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14061) Pit of vipers
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Nancy's good friend, Charlie, appears to be guilty of snake-napping from the River Heights Zoo. Meanwhile, George's brother, Scott, is being very sneaky and not acting like himself. Can these things be related? Nancy is about to find out
14062) Anne of Green Gables
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Shawn and his dog Keeper remain the best of friends even after the show-and-tell where Keeper trips the teacher, spills glue, knocks over the fish tank, and does not perform a single trick
14064) You wish
Author
Series
You wish volume 1
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
What if you found a genie's magic lamp, and rubbed it only to discover that YOU were the genie? Avery McLean is just your normal ten-year-old tomboy, helping her dad run a tiny, run-down gas station in the middle of the desert. With no friends and no fun to be had, Avery has been teaching herself to do card tricks to entertain passing motorists, figuring that her lonely life could use a little magic. Little does she know how much magic is about to...
Author
Series
Baby-sitters little sister) volume 8
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Karen is having her first sleepover! She and her friends are going to tell spooky stories, bake cookies, and raid the refrigerator. But then Karen and Nancy get into a big fight, and Karen doesn't want Nancy to come to her party. A new girl, Pamela, comes instead and she isn't any fun. What is Karen going to do?"--Provided by publisher
14066) The Jane Austen Book Club
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A group of six friends, in Sacramento, gather to distract themselves from loss: a newly dumped Sylvia, Prudie's repressed disappointment, and Jocelyn, who has a life of unrealized dreams. All are devoted Jane Austen fans, except the lone man, Grigg, who has an ulterior motive for joining the chick-lit gang. There's plenty of pride (Prudie), prejudice (Jocelyn), sense (Sylvia), and sensibility (Sylvia's daughter Allegra). Throw in a fair amount of...
14067) Franklin's rocket team
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After Franklin's little sister, Harriet, keeps interrupting Franklin and Rabbit as they try to play rocket ship, Franklin asks his father for help, but Rabbit explains why it is always more fun when he lets his siblings join in
14068) Truth or dare
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Lia returns after a summer with her aunt, it feels like everything has changed within her group of friends. Everyone just seems more dramatic. When a few white lies are told during a game of Truth or Dare, they make Lia's life very complicated. Is "keeping up" with her BFFs really worth it?
Author
Series
TBH volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Told entirely in text messages, emails, and notes, best friends Prianka, Gabby, and Cecily find their friendship tested by busily planning a spring fair, bullying, and boys
14070) Love blind
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"Shy high schooler Kyle Jamieson forms an unusual friendship with Hailey Bosler, a girl rocker with degenerative blindness; they partner together to tackle a bucket list of greatest fears and in the process discover the painful reality of bad timing"--
Author
Series
Tales from the Chinese zodiac volume 8
Language
English
Description
2013 is the Year of the Snake! Suzie is a young snake who wants to explore the colorful world. But others have the wrong impression about serpents! However, Suzie befriends the girl Lily. Together they discover how valuable a snake's qualities can be. Suzie proves to be a big help around the house of Lily's grandparents. But when a tiger enters the town, trouble is not far behind! How can Suzie prevent everything from going up in smoke? The eighth...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz's father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero-while the whole country is watching.
In this authentic, humorous, and gorgeously written debut novel about privacy, waking up, and speaking up, Senator Anthony Ruiz is running for president. Throughout his successful political career,...
14073) Encounters in End City
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
It's graduation week at Minecrafters Academy, but a battle is brewing between the top five students at the school. With the school's top five students wrapped up in an endless prank war as they compete over the coveted position of class speaker, one of their classmates finds a solution: the students will travel to an End city and hunt for treasure; the student who not only survives, but returns with the most treasures, will be chosen. The students...
14074) Kisses and lies
Author
Series
Scarlett Wakefield mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Orphaned British teenager Scarlett Wakefield postpones her romance with the handsome son of the school groundskeeper in order to travel to Scotland with her American sidekick, Taylor, in search of clues to the murder of a boy who dropped dead after kissing Scarlett
Author
Series
Wings of fire (Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Not every dragonet wants a destiny-- Clay has grown up under the mountain, chosen along with four other dragonets to fulfill a mysterious prophecy and end the war between the dragon tribes of Pyrrhia. He's not so sure about the prophecy part, but Clay can't imagine not living with the other dragonets; they're his best friends. So when one of the dragonets is threatened, all five spring into action. Together, they will choose freedom over fate, leave...
14076) Bird hugs
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Bernard isn't like other birds. His wings are impossibly long, and try as he might, he just can't seem to fly. He's left wondering what his wings are good for ... if they're even good for anything at all. But a chance encounter with a dejected orangutan leads Bernard to a surprising discovery: that maybe what makes him different is actually something to be embraced
14077) Curlfriends: new in town
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Eager to make a good first impression at her new middle school, thirteen-year-old Charlie does her best to fit in until she meets a group of diverse Black girls who show her the importance of authenticity
14078) The cool code
Author
Series
Cool code volume 1
Publisher
Clarion Books, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In an attempt to fit in, Zoey develops an app called the Cool Code with a cute llama avatar that will tell her everything from what to say to what to wear based on pop culture algorithms she's uploaded
14079) Sneaks
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When Ben Harp sees his teacher's watch crawling across the hallway, he thinks he must be dreaming. But no, he's just seen his first Sneak--an interdimensional mischief-maker that can borrow the form of any ordinary object. He figured this school year would be bad ... and he's stuck doing a group project with two similarly friendless girls, Charlotte and Akemi ... Now Ben, Charlotte, and Akemi are trying to understand a book that seems to contain...
14080) Sipsworth: a novel
Author
Publisher
Godine
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to her hometown in England after living abroad for sixty years. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss, and she retreats from the world into a life of dull routine. Then one winter night, a chance encounter with a mouse sets Helen on a surprising journey
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