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2) Rebound
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
Author
Series
Princess Posey books volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Posey is excited that Gramps and her neighbor, Mrs. Romero, are getting married, but unhappy that Mrs. Romero and her dog will move away.
Author
Series
Dreadful tale of Prosper Redding volume 1
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
A modern New England boy must rid himself of the ancient demon inhabiting his body and break his family's curse.
8) Amber House
Author
Series
Amber House trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
After her grandmother's death Sarah Parsons, nearly sixteen, delights in exploring her family's centuries-old Maryland estate with new friend Jackson, but soon she is having vivid visions of her ancestors, one of whom may be a threat to Sarah's autistic brother, Sam.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself"--
Author
Series
Gaither sisters volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible" --
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When his family's restaurant and Cuban American neighborhood in Miami are threatened by a greedy land developer, thirteen-year-old Arturo, joined by Carmen, a cute poetry enthusiast, fight back, discovering the power of poetry and protest through untold family stories and the work of José Martí.
12) Neverwas
Author
Series
Amber House trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
At her family's Maryland home, in a world where colonists lost the 1776 Insurrection, Sarah Parsons and her friend Jackson share visions of a different existence and, having remembered how things ought to be, plan a daring mission to set them right.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"Austin Szerba narrates the end of humanity as he and his best friend Robby accidentally unleash an army of giant, unstoppable bugs and uncover the secrets of a decades-old experiment gone terribly wrong"--
14) The turning
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Aran has never truly fit in with his selkie clan. He was born in his human form, without a pelt to transform him into a sleek, strong seal. Each day he waits, left behind while his selkie family explores the deep ocean. What if his pelt never comes?"--
16) Mañanaland
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
A novel inspired by Navajo culture follows the experiences of a boy whose summer at his grandmother's reservation home is shaped by his uncle's addictions and an encounter with a sacred being from the Navajo creation story.
20) Clean getaway
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For the life of him, William "Scoob" Lamar can't seem to stay out of trouble--and now the run-ins at school have led to lockdown at home. So when G'ma, Scoob's favorite person on Earth, asks him to go on an impromptu road trip, he's in the RV faster than he can say FREEDOM. With G'ma's old maps and a strange pamphlet called the 'Travelers' Green Book' at their side, the pair takes off on a journey down G'ma's memory lane. But adventure quickly turns...
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