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2) Mud city
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Series
Breadwinner series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
This final book in the trilogy begun in "The Breadwinner" and "Parvana's Journey" paints a devastating portrait of life in refugee camps and shows the resourcefulness of children who endure great suffering there.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Lou and her friends run FASTER than airplanes. They build MIGHTY fortresses. They rescue WILD animals. Lou is brave enough for anything! That is, until her friends decide to climb a tree. Lou has never climbed a tree before. She doesn't thing she can do it. She likes her adventures to be DOWN, not UP. But when the excuses run out, its time to face facts: this adventure look like FUN! If only Lou could climb trees! Is she brave enough to TRY?
An empowering...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
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Eleven-year-old Augie Boretski dreams of escaping his run-down Camden, New Jersey, neighborhood, but things start to turn around with help from a Big Brother, a music teacher, and a mysterious bookstore owner, so when his school is in trouble, he pulls the community together to save it.
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Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"On the Mighty Mountain Road Crew, the trucks come in one size: BIG. That is, until the little snowplow joins the crew. None of the other trucks think that the little snowplow can handle the big storms, but he knows that he can do it--and just to be sure, he trains hard, pushing loads of gravel, pulling blocks of concrete, and doing plow lifts to get ready. But when a blizzard arrives, will the little snowplow's training be enough to clear the streets...
8) Turkey Tot
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Pub. Date
©2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Turkey Tot and his friends spot some fat, juicy blackberries hanging high above their heads, Turkey Tot tries hard to figure out a way to reach them.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Description
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society. When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever. Puffin is proud to publish...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Celebrate the 90th anniversary of The Little Engine That Could with this all-time classic reillustrated by Caldecott Award-winning artist Dan Santat!
The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of a little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls...
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When her abuelo is injured at the local landfill, second-grader Sofia is determined to transform the dangerous Mount Trashmore into a park, taking on City Hall in the process.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins football team. The kids on the rival team tease him for being a 'butterfingers' who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan up his sleeve to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins"--
Author
Series
Breadwinner series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
A war is raging in Afghanistan as a coalition of Western forces tries to oust the Taliban by bombing the country. Parvana's father has died, and her mother, sister and brother have gone to a faraway wedding. Parvana doesn't know where they are. She just knows she has to find them. And so, masquerading as a boy, she sets out across the desolate countryside that Afghanistan has become, where she meets other children who are strays from the war. This...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"As the newest member of the BSC, Dawn is eager to prove herself. So when a big job comes along, she jumps at the chance to show everyone what she's made of. The Barretts are even more challenging than Dawn expected. The house is a mess. Mrs. Barrett is unreliable, and the kids are out of control. Dawn knows she's a great baby-sitter, but this is impossible! She only knows one thing for sure--a member of the BSC never gives up!"--Page 4 of cover.
19) George shrinks
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Description
Taking care of a cat and a baby brother turns into a series of comic adventures when George wakes up to find himself shrunk to the size of a mouse.