Giordan Diaz
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Steeped in Hispanic folklore since childhood, middle schooler Charlie Hernández learns the stories are true when, shortly after his parents disappearance, he grows horns and feathers and finds himself at the heart of a battle to save the world."--Colophon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"There are two versions of Héctor: the public and the private. It's the only way to survive in communist Cuba--especially when your father was exiled to the U.S. and labeled an enemy of the people. Héctor must always be seen as a fierce supporter of the regime, even if that means loudly rejecting the father he still loves. But in the summer of 1980, those two versions are hard to keep separate. No longer able to suppress a public uprising, the Cuban...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
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Sammy Shine's life as Hank's pet mouse is simple and quiet—until he flies off in remote controlled airplane and gets lost.
When Sammy Shine crashes into the forest, he ends up in a whole new world; no longer does he live in comfort in his shoe box in Hank's room. Now he's lost in the woods, with no way to get home, and a dangerous enemy.
Fortunately, a group of new friends, including another mouse, an injured crow, a newt, and...
When Sammy Shine crashes into the forest, he ends up in a whole new world; no longer does he live in comfort in his shoe box in Hank's room. Now he's lost in the woods, with no way to get home, and a dangerous enemy.
Fortunately, a group of new friends, including another mouse, an injured crow, a newt, and...
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After years away, Lucas returns uninvited to the home he was expelled from as a child. The garden has been conquered by weeds, which blanket his mother's beloved flowerbeds and his father's grave alike. A lot has changed since Eloy and Felisberto were invited into the family home to work for Lucas's father, long ago. The two hulking strangers have brought the land and everyone on it under their control- and removed nuisances like Lucas. Now everything...
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A homing pigeon teams up with a parrot and their humans to investigate an animal crime spree in this action-packed detective story from Henry Cole.Homing pigeon Homer and his parrot friend Lulu learn something is afoul when they witness four-legged criminals stealing valuables from both the animal and human communities. Lulu and Homer track down the bandits, but need human help to stop them for good. Can they lead their human keepers to the culprits'...
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Twelve-year-old Fernando "Fin" joins his grandfather on a secret quest to find a long-lost treasure swept to sea. But when their first mission takes a near-deadly turn, leaving his abuelo weak and unable to speak, Fin is left to navigate the hunt
alone. Well, not exactly alone-his boring, totally unadventurous dad has agreed to help out.
With danger lurking at every turn, Fin dives into the mission in order to save Abuelo's life. But between Dad's...
8) Hazmat
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It's been years since a chemical plant accident killed 138 employees including Jacob's father, a fact that has made Jacob obsessed with the plant ever since. Jacob's friends lure him to the plant to play a prank on him in hopes that he will come to his senses and realize the plant is not haunted. When Jacob discovers that he has been duped, he snaps, picks up an ax and goes on a rage filled killing spree. His friends and everyone else in the building...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Unhappy about being sent to the same summer camp after their fathers start dating, Bett and Avery, eventually begin scheming to get the couple back together after a break-up. Told entirely through letters, emails and text messages
10) Malicia
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Four friends, three days, two lovers, and one very haunted theme park On a stormy Halloween weekend, Ray enlists his best friends Joaquin, Sofia, and Isabella to help him make a documentary of Malicia, the abandoned theme park off the coast of the Dominican Republic where his mother and brother died in a mass killing thirteen years ago. But what should be an easy weekend trip quickly turns into something darker because all four friends have come...