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1) Ferris
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement and her grandmother seeing a ghost--one who has wild, impractical and illuminating plans
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvacious Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend--or more than friend--Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since she barely survived an accident at age eight: "What is my purpose?"
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Estranged from the best friend whose brother killed her sister in a school shooting, a grieving Cora receives a message on her twelfth birthday from her friend, asking for her help with creating a time portal to prevent the tragedy
Author
Series
Terrible two volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
As the Terrible Two face the end of their time together in Yawnee Valley, they are determined to pull a prank that changes the town forever
6) Air
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-and-a-half year old Emelyn Ethrige lives with her father in South Carolina, dreams of wheelchair motocross, and makes custom chair bags trying to earn enough money to buy a serious set of wheels. She has been in a wheelchair all her life and is just fine getting around without help, but it seems that since her mother was killed in an accident everyone (father, grandparents, teachers, and classmates) have started treating her differently: urging...
Author
Series
Best babysitters ever volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Mayhem ensues in their sleepy California beach town when three best friends, motivated by unlimited snacks, no parents, and earning money for an epic seventh-grade party, find an old copy of "The Babysitters Club" and decide to start their own babysitting business
11) With malice
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighteen-year-old Jill Charron wakes up in a hospital, unable to remember the past six weeks, including the accident that killed her best friend, if it was, in fact, an accident
12) Dead voices
Author
Series
Small spaces quartet volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Trapped at a haunted ski resort, Ollie, Coco, and Brian must rely on their friendship and sharp minds if they want to escape"--
13) Saving Marty
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"When Lorenzo adopts a runt piglet destined for auction, an unexpected, life-changing friendship forms"--
15) Genuine fraud
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Told through flashbacks, best friends Jule and Imogen are orphaned outcasts who will do almost anything to attain a happy, wealthy life
17) Falling short
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Best friends Isaac and Marco face various challenges in sixth grade, such as Isaac getting better grades, Marco winning a spot on the basketball team, and both seeing their efforts make a change in their respective family lives. They hope their friendship and support for one another will be enough to help them from falling short
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
During their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences
19) Dark waters
Author
Series
Small spaces quartet volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Stuck on a mysterious island, Ollie, Coco, and Brian must band to together if they hope to escape the creature that haunts them on both land and sea"--
Author
Series
Just Grace volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
While Grace and her best friend Mimi are waiting for the arrival of the baby sister Mimi's family plans to adopt, Grace gets a big surprise
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