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81) Game changers
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Series
Game changers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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When the coach's son, Shawn O'Brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben McBain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.
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Series
Pub. Date
2013
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A 2014 Caldecott Honor Book
In this innovative wordless picture book with interactive flaps, Flora and her graceful flamingo friend explore the trials and joys of friendship through an elaborate synchronized dance. With a twist, a turn, and even a flop, these unlikely friends learn at last how to dance together in perfect harmony. Full of humor and heart, this stunning performance (and splashy ending!) will have readers clapping for more!...
In this innovative wordless picture book with interactive flaps, Flora and her graceful flamingo friend explore the trials and joys of friendship through an elaborate synchronized dance. With a twist, a turn, and even a flop, these unlikely friends learn at last how to dance together in perfect harmony. Full of humor and heart, this stunning performance (and splashy ending!) will have readers clapping for more!...
83) Of mice and men
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
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An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the dream they share in a world marred by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy,and callousness. Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lenny dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own - a couple of acres and a few pigs, chickens, and rabbits back in Hill Country where land is cheap. But after they come...
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Inspired by the harrowing true stories of those who hid from the Nazis in the sewers, this emotional testament to the power of friendship follows Ella, an affluent Polish girl, as she helps Sadie and her pregnant mother survive despite the worsening dangers of the war.
1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents in the Kraków Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
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In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day.
87) Yesterday
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Series
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Callie Parker's childhood companions gather for her marriage and discover howlittle they know of their beloved yesterday...and how one woman's darkest secret can tear them apart.
88) Someone like you
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"Scarlett was always the strong one. Halley was always content to follow in her wake. Then Scarlett's boyfriend died, and Scarlett learned that she was pregnant. Now Halley has to find the strength to take the lead and help Scarlett get through it. Because true friendship is a promise you keep forever"--P. [4] of cover.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"A flier has [a] forced landing in the Sahara. He is met by the little Prince of Asteroid B612. The Prince tells the flier of his experiences on many planets with men, flowers, and animals--all very quaint and strange--and the conclusion of it all is: 'What is essential is invisible to the eye.'" Library Journal.
93) My friend Rabbit
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Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.
94) Orbiting Jupiter
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice"--
95) Pete's big lunch
Series
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Pete the cat shares his big lunch with his friends.
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Series
Upside-down magic volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"It's never easy when your magic goes wonky. For Nory, this means that instead of being able to turn into a dragon or a kitten, she turns into both of them at the same time -- a dritten. For Elliott, the simple act of conjuring fire from his fingertips turns into a fully frozen failure. For Andres, wonky magic means he's always floating in the air, bouncing off the walls, or sitting on the ceiling. For Bax, a bad moment of magic will turn him into...
97) Jake and Lily
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 6
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"Jake and Lily are twins and have always felt the same--like two halves of one person--but the year they turn eleven and Jake begins hanging out with Bump Stubbins, everything changes"--
98) The candymakers
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Series
The candymakers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
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Description
When four twelve-year-olds, including Logan, who has grown up never leaving his parents' Life Is Sweet candy factory, compete in the Confectionary Association's annual contest, they unexpectedly become friends and uncover secrets about themselves during the process.
99) Eggs
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
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Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.
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Series
Dork diaries volume 2
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
Nikki's diary describes a frightful Halloween, on which she helps with her sister's ballet class party at the same time she is Brandon's date for their middle school Halloween dance, where she has promised to spend the evening with her two best friends.