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Author
Series
Dyamonde Daniel books volume 1
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Spunky third-grader Dyamonde Daniel misses her old neighborhood, but when she befriends a boy named Free, another new student at school, she finally starts to feel at home.
Author
Series
Dyamonde Daniel books volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Free is excited about a local poetry contest because of its cash prize, but when he and Dyamonde befriend a classmate who is homeless and living in a shelter, they rethink what it means to be rich or poor.
Author
Series
Danitra Brown series volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins/Amistad
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With the help of best friend Danitra, Zuri faces her fears about starting a new school year in this story told in a series of rhyming poems.
Author
Series
Garvey novels (Nikki Grimes) volume 1
Publisher
Wordsong, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Preferring science and reading to the sports his father wants him to play, Garvey comforts himself with food and endures bullying before joining the school chorus, where he learns how to accept himself and bond with his father.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Books about School for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Description
A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl.
Author
Publisher
Wordsong, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's New Books: December 2023 Graphic Novels
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Description
Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading -- anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey's life changes. The chorus finds a new soloist in Garvey, and through chorus,...
Author
Series
Danitra Brown series volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts, in a series of poems and letters, Danitra's summer at her aunt's house in the country and her best friend Zuri's summer at home in town.
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