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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Children's Awards: California Young Reader Medal (Middle School)
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Description
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
2) Odder
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's: New e-Books February 2023
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Read in Full Bloom: 3rd - 5th Grade
Children's: New e-Books February 2023
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Read in Full Bloom: 3rd - 5th Grade
Description
"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Newbery Medal for Distinguished Literature
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Description
In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind. This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another...
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