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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
NEWBERY COLLECTION. Newbery medal winner, 1990. In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Aware that she should not spy on people, six-year-old Junie B. Jones could not resist her penchant for spying. When she spies on her kindergarten teacher, she finds it hard to keep the revelation to herself. Eventually it leads her to trouble at kindergarten.
8) Holes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
10) The tiger rising
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Rob, who passes the time in his rural Florida community by wood carving, is drawn by his spunky but angry friend Sistine into a plan to free a caged tiger.
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Series
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Farrar Straus Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The pout-pout fish believes he only knows how to frown, even though many of his friends suggest ways to change his expression, until one day a fish comes along that shows him otherwise.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Award-winning artist Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America--the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With perfect comic pacing, Greg Pizzoli introduces us to one funny crocodile who has one big fear: swallowing a watermelon seed. What will he do when his greatest fear is realized? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? This crocodile has a wild imagination that kids will love.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground...
16) Bats in the Band
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the weather warms up, bats take advantage of an empty theater to stage a concert.
17) The crossover
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
18) Dino-Boarding
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meat-eating and vegetarian dinosaurs compete in surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding events.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Sing and roar along with your baby in this newly imagined nursery song.
Children will squeak and bark and chatter along with a kitten and puppy rowing their way gently down the stream in a rain forest. To the tune of a family favorite nursery song, introduce the many different rain forest animals with one delightful surprise after another." --playaway.com
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Susan B. Anthony may be an international icon but her campaign for women's rights had personal roots. Working as a school teacher in New York, Anthony refused to settle for less pay than her male colleagues which ignited her lifelong devotion to women's equality. Anthony toured the United States and Europe giving speeches and publishing articles as one of the most important advocates of women's rights. Learn more about the woman behind the movement...