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Author
Series
Ms. Rapscott's girls volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"At Great Rapscott School for Girls of Busy Parents, Ms. Rapscott teaches her students How to Get Lost on Purpose, resulting in a series of fantastical adventures that makes each learn a little something about courage, strength, bravery, and teamwork"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Everyone's favorite game maker, Mr. Lemoncello, is testing out his new Fabulous Fact-Finding Frenzy game! If Kyle can make it through the first round, he and the other lucky finalists will go on a great race - by bicycle, bookmobile, and even Mr. Lemoncello's corporate banana jet! - to find fascinating facts about famous Americans. The first to bring their facts back to the library will win spectacular prizes! But when a few surprising 'facts' surface...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Horton, an upstanding kitchen boy in a castle in nineteenth-century England, becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of thefts, which is also connected to the pursuit of a very eligible and wealthy young lady's affections.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In 1852, when seventeen-year-old Katharine is sent to her family's estate to prove that her uncle is insane, she finds he is an inventor whose work creating ingenious clockwork figures supports hundreds of families, but strange occurences soon have her doubting her own sanity.
Author
Series
Million dollar series (Dan Gutman) volume 4
Publisher
Hyperion Books For Children
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Best friends Ouchie and Squishy, who love bowling and horror movies respectively, meet the eccentric owner of a local bowling alley and try to help him save Bowl-A-Rama from the wrecking ball and a destructive psychotic lunatic.
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
9) Floors
Author
Series
Floors volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten-year-old Leo's future and the fate of the extraordinary Whippet Hotel, where his father is the maintenance man, are at stake when a series of cryptic boxes leads Leo to hidden floors, strange puzzles, and unexpected alliances.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Children's Recommended: 5th Grade
Children's Recommended: High Lexile Fiction for Younger Children
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile 900 to 999
Children's Recommended: 5th Grade
Children's Recommended: High Lexile Fiction for Younger Children
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile 900 to 999
Formats
Description
While trying to jumpstart the zombie apocalypse, twelve-year-old Ernestine Montgomery and her new stepbrother, Charleston, stumble upon a murder mystery in the retirement apartments where their parents do maintenance.--Provided by Publisher.
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 5
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
One month before the state standards test are to take place, the Origami Rebel Alliance has found powerful allies in unexpected places in their fight against the FunTime test preparation program, but Principal Rabbski has not yet declared her allegiance.
13) Counting by 7s
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Book Battles: 2021_22 Middle Schools
Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Book Battles - Past & Present
Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Book Battles - Past & Present
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.
14) Stargirl
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Recommended: 7th and 8th Grade 2021
Children's Recommended: School Related Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Recommended: School Related Middle Grade Chapter Books
Formats
Description
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: February 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Recommended: 4th Grade 2023
Children's: New e-Books February 2023
Children's Recommended: 4th Grade 2023
Children's: New e-Books February 2023
Formats
Description
When sixth-grader Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic are blacked out he is outraged, so he, his friends, and his eccentric family set out to do something about the censorship imposed by one teacher and the school board.
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again! This time Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS. Will it be fun? Like the commercials say... HELLO? It's a Lemoncello! But something suspicious is going on... books are missing from Mr. Lemoncello's library....
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight is back--and not a moment too soon--as Kellen, Sara, and the gang face a new Menace: the FunTime Educational Program. FunTime is supposed to raise students' standardized test scores. Instead, it's driving everyone crazy. The students turn to Origami Yoda for help"--
Author
Series
Olivia Kidney volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Olivia Kidney and her father move into a Manhattan brownstone that has a lagoon in the living room, hosts visiting strangers in the middle of the night, and is mysteriously close to the spirit world.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Upon moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, a boy convinces his two new friends to help him track down the mysterious phantom who stole his bicycle, as well as Arthur Bobowicz, owner of a giant chicken that once terrorized local citizens.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a small fishing village in British Columbia, twelve-year-old Primrose tries to be a matchmaker for her Uncle Jack, befriends Ked, a new foster child, tries to decide if she is willing to go to jail for her convictions, and together with Ked, publishes a cook book to raise money for the Fisherman's Aid. Includes recipes.
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