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1) Slacker
Author
Series
Slacker volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
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...
2) Unstoppable
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because unitedtogether they are unstoppable.
3) Speak up
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text encourage the reader to speak up about everything from their own name being mispronounced to someone bringing a weapon to school. Includes author's note about real people who have found their voices, when to speak up, and how to express oneself without speaking.
6) No good deed
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Civic-minded teen Gregor Maravilla attends an activist's summer camp where he participates in a charity competition that triggers a rivalry with a famous young actress whose choices encourage campers to sabotage each other.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey, they learn that they have the power to make changes--big or small--in the world, in their communities, and in most importantly, in themselves"--
Author
Series
Slacker volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Cameron Boxer, king of the slackers, has found something worth his time. By playing video games online in front of an audience he can find both fame AND fortune -- especially with Elvis (a beaver who seems to love video games as much as Cam) at his side. The only problem? Things keep getting in Cam's way. Like school. And the club he accidentally started. And the misguided people in his life who don't think beavers should be playing video games....
11) Banana pants!
Author
Series
Miranda and Maude volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fed-up with standardized testing, Miranda and Maude's teacher decides to put on a school play, inspiring the girls to fight for other positive changes--and leading to their first fight.--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This empowering picture book teaches all kids, no matter their age or abilities, that they have what it takes to change the world. They don't need to wait until they grow up, and they don't even need any special skills. They can make a big difference--just as they are"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
One child who wants to make a difference joins with another and, through a series of simple actions and others' help, succeeds in making the world a better place. Includes a mindfulness exercise and notes about the importance of taking one first step.
14) Say something!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the creator of the New York Times bestseller The Word Collector comes an empowering story about finding your voice, and using it to make the world a better place. The world needs your voice. If you have a brilliant idea.. say something! If you see an injustice.. say something! In this empowering new picture book, beloved author Peter H. Reynolds explores the many ways that a single voice can make a difference. Each of us, each and every day,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Neva and her older brother Clayton have been left with their grandparents for the summer, and she is having a difficult time dealing with change: the changes to her body, changes with her relationships with her brother who is becoming involved with social activism and their multicultural community (and with Michelle, the sexy girl across the street), and with her best friend, Jamila, whose father is from Ghana--Neva is growing up and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and friends, Annabelle, eighteen, runs from Seattle to Washington, D.C., becoming a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to her recent trauma.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Fern helps her poor family by hunting and foraging for food in the forest near her home and worries that fracking will damage their livelihood, but she cannot get her family and neighbors to understand the threat.
Author
Series
Miranda and Maude volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Princess Miranda is horrified when her parents insist she attend public school, especially because Maude, who sits next to her in 3B, is everything the princess finds most offensive.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
When a radical band of teen activists claim that Alix's powerful father covers up wrongdoing by corporations that knowingly allow innocent victims to die in order to make enormous profits from unsafe products, she must decide if she will blow the whistle on his misdeeds.
20) We are allies!
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Fiends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Every person, no matter how small, can do something to change the world for us all! In her picture book debut, Taimani Emerald, has created a gentle introduction for young readers on what being an ally looks like. Whether it's sharing, saving, joining, or creating--there are many ways to pledge support to those in need."--