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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1982 Buncombe County, North Carolina, sixteen-year-old Alex Stromm writes of the aftermath of the accidental drowning of a friend, as his English teacher reaches out to him while he and a fellow boarding school student try to cover things up.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In 1970 Queens, New York, Julian Twerski, now in seventh grade, struggles to write an essay as punishment for an act he did not commit, worries about Beverly, the girl he likes, prepares for his bar mitzvah, and tries to cope with the serious illness of one of his closest friends, Quentin.
5) Twerp
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In Queens, New York, in 1969, twelve-year-old Julian Twerski writes a journal for his English teacher in which he explores his friendships and how they are effected by girls, a new student who may be as fast as Julian, and especially an incident of bullying.
6) On my honor
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Olivene Love gets tangled up in a murder mystery when her itinerant preaching family arrives in the small town of Binder, Arkansas in 1957.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1962 England, despite observing his father's illness and the suffering of the fire-eating Mr. McNulty, as well as enduring abuse at school and the stress of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bobby Burns and his family and friends still find reasons to rejoice in their lives and to have hope for the future.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A Seattle family takes in Kyle, an amnesiac teen, whom they have learned has mysterious powers and psychic abilities. Kyle is the result of a secret human cloning experiment conducted years earlier. The family has been teaching Kyle human behaviors such as anger, joy and love. They guard Kyle against the evil forces who seek to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
11) Long way down
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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Description
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.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Collector's ed. ; Full screen (1.33:1) version.
Language
English
Description
Marge and Homer make whoopee while Bart and Lisa attend summer camp. Lisa is crowned Little Miss Springfield. Marge puts her charm and smarts to work in the power plant and when Mr. Burns notices, it leads to a cozy dinner for two. Home becomes the power plant's union negotiator and tries to bargain away the dental plan for beer.
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Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Charlotte loves playing and talking with her friends, but very often she plays and talks too much, and at school she has to learn that sometimes it is necessary to listen and let her friends and teacher do the talking.
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