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1) Slacker
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Slacker volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything is now the center of everything, whether he likes it or...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"The Aldens spend the summer on Grandfather's island! Joe, the island's friendly handyman, helps them with anything they need, but as the children continue to explore their summer home, they realize there is more to the island--and to their new friend--than meets the eye."--Publisher's description.
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Greystone secrets volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
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English
Description
"What makes you 'you'? Chess has always been the protector of his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn acts silly so he will be adored. They've been a happy family, the three of them and their mom. But everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children--who share the same first and middle names and exact birth dates--reach the Greystone family. This bizarre coincidence makes them wonder: Who exactly are these strangers? Before Chess,...
4) Ruby Holler
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.
5) Freewater
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.
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Dragonwatch volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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As the evil Celebrant, the Dragon King, conquers more and more dragon sanctuaries, Kendra must raise an army of friends and allies on her own to fight him because her brother Seth and Bracken are missing.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Cash, Fitch, and Bird Thomas are three siblings in seventh grade together in Park, Delaware. In 1986, as the country waits expectantly for the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger, they each struggle with their own personal anxieties. Cash, who loves basketball but has a newly broken wrist, is in danger of failing seventh grade for the second time. Fitch spends every afternoon playing Major Havoc at the arcade on Main. And Bird, his twelve-year-old...
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Greystone secrets volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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"Told from separate viewpoints, as Finn, Emma, and Chess Greystone and Natalie Mayhew, ages eight to thirteen, continue their quest to rescue their mothers they must return to the alternate dimension where truth is illegal." --
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines....
12) Mapmaker
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English
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"Walt's magical ability to bring maps to life puts him, his twin sister Van, and new friend Dylan in danger when an enchanted heirloom strands them in the fantastical world of Djaruba and they discover a malevolent rival to the kingdom, a fellow mapmaker, has nefarious plans for Walt."--
14) My life begins!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Dubbing his new triplet sisters "the Trips," nine-year-old Jacob studies them for a science project by watching them grow and realizes they aren't just "the Trips" anymore, but individuals he has come to love.
15) The reptile room
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A series of unfortunate events volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.
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Judy Moody volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
Description
It's no secret that Judy wants to be like Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor, when she grows up. So when class 3T starts to study the Amazing Human Body, Judy can hardly wait to begin her better-than-best-ever third-grade projects: show and tell with something way rarer than a scab, a real-live, ooey-gooey operation, and a cloning experiment that may create double trouble for Judy and her friends.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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"Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute"--
"A sharply funny and moving debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love and learning to celebrate her true self. Perfect for fans of Erika L. Sánchez,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
While staying with his rough-and-tumble cousins and older sister Brunhilde in Minnesota, Erik Sheepflattener, whose inner Viking motto is Avoid Stuff, must learn to speak up for himself when Brunhilde tries to conquer all of his fears.
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Ruby books (Kathryn White) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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When her mother brings new baby Leon home, Ruby feels left out until she realizes that she has the important job of being a big sister.