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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Wrapped in controversy, the publication of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in 1891 was a milestone in world literature. The work was censored by publishers, who were afraid of shocking British morale with the publication, then scandalized and turned into evidence against the author himself in a lawsuit of moral aggression. But the qualities of the novel – the only one written by Oscar Wilde, famous for his plays – spoke louder and it is still fascinating...
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Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Supremely confident middle school student Nate Wright manages to make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement.
4) The bad seed
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: With Jory John's charming and endearing text and bold expressive illustrations by Pete Oswald, here is The Bad Seed: a funny yet touching tale that reminds us of the remarkably transformative power of will, acceptance, and just being you. Perfect for young readers, as well as anyone navigating their current world, The Bad Seed proves that positive change is possible for each and every one of us.
5) Olivia
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Series
Olivia books (Ian Falconer) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Whether at home getting ready for the day, enjoying the beach, or at bedtime, Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
While visiting the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina, eleven-year-old Nickie makes some decisions about how to identify both good and evil when she witnesses the townspeople's reactions to the apocalyptic visions of one of their neighbors.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears...
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Very fairy princess volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Despite her scabby knees and dirty fingernails, Geraldine knows that she is a princess inside and shows it through her behavior at home and in school.
9) City spies
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Series
City spies volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City juvenile justice system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, she finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets sara released from jail but also offers her a chence to make a home for herself withing a secret team of your MI6 agents....
10) Ungifted
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
11) Long way down
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry ; Don't snitch ; Get revenge. Will takes his dead brother Shawn's gun, and gets in the elevator on the 7th floor. As the elevator stops on each floor, someone connected to Shawn gets on. Someone already dead. Dead by teenage gun violence. And each has something to share with Will.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Carmen decides to discard an old pair of jeans, but Tibby, Lena, and Bridget think they are great and decide that whoever the pants fit best will get them. When the jeans fit everyone perfectly, a sisterhood and a memorable summer begin.
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Series
Pretty little liars volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When one of their tightly-knit group mysteriously disappears, four high school girls find their friendship difficult to maintain when they begin receiving taunting messages from someone who seems to know everything about their past and present secrets.
14) Before I fall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
After she dies in a car crash, teenaged Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.
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Series
Maisie Dobbs novels volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
With the country in the grip of economic malaise, and worried about her business, Maisie Dobbs is relieved to accept an apparently straightforward assignment from an old friend to investigate certain matters concerning a potential land purchase. Her inquiries take her to a picturesque village in Kent during the hop-picking season, but beneath its pastoral surface she finds evidence that something is amiss. Mysterious fires erupt in the village with...
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Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"As his school's centennial is coming up, Big Nate is stuck showing the dorky new kid around"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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The last days of school are always the hardest, even if your least favourite teacher is out for the rest of the year. Summer vacation can't come soon enough! No school, baseball, beach trips, and blech! yellow bananas? Everyone at P.S. 38 is a little stir-crazy as the school year winds down. With Kim Cressly trying to make her gigantic boyfriend jealous, Artur and Nate BOTH entering Hunny Bursts cereal's new mascot contest, and Coach John subbing...
18) 13 gifts
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Series
Willow Falls series volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Shortly before her thirteenth birthday, shy and withdrawn Tara is sent to stay with her aunt, uncle, and cousin in her parents' hometown of Willow Falls, where she makes friends and becomes involved with an elderly buyer and seller of collectibles, who seems to be trying to give Tara some kind of mysterious message.
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Series
Alexander (Judith Viorst) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When Samantha, the seventeen-year-old daugher of a wealthy, perfectionistic, Republican state senator, falls in love with the boy next door, whose family is large, boisterous, and just making ends meet, she discovers a different way to live, but when hermother is involved in a hit-and-run accident Sam must make some difficult choices.
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