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Author
Series
Merci Suárez changes gears volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
Español
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Formats
Description
Merci Suárez sabía que el sexto grado sería diferente, pero no tenía idea alguna lo diferente que resultaría. En primer lugar, Merci nunca se ha parecido a los otros niños de su escuela privada en la Florida, porque tanto ella como Roli, su hermano mayor, son estudiantes becados. Ellos no tienen ni una casa grande ni un yate elegante, y tienen que desempeñar servicios comunitarios adicionales para compensar por su matricula gratis. Así que...
2) Invisible
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's New Books: November 2022 Graphic Novels and Comics
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Children's Special Topics: 2022 SLJ Best Books of the Year_ Graphic Novels
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Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Children's Special Topics: 2022 SLJ Best Books of the Year_ Graphic Novels
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"Can five overlooked kids make one big difference? There's George: the brain, Sara: the loner, Dayara: the tough kid, Nico: the rich kid, and Miguel: the athlete. And they're stuck together when they're forced to complete their school's community service hours. Although they're sure they have nothing in common with one another, some people see them as all the same... just five Spanish-speaking kids. Then they meet someone who truly needs their help,...
Author
Series
Alexander Cold trilogy volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his grandmother, a writer for a geography magazine, to the remote Forbidden Kingdom in the Himalayas to help locate a sacred statue of a golden dragon before it is stolen by a greedy outsider.
4) Marina
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When boarding-school student Oscar Drai meets Marina, she promises him a mystery and takes him to a secret graveyard deep in Barcelona, where they witness a woman dressed in black lay a single rose atop a gravestone etched with a black butterfly. Their curiosity leads them down a dangerous path, and they discover a decades-old conspiracy that puts their lives in the hands of forces more sinister and mystical than they could have believed possible"--...
Author
Series
Alexander Cold trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Alexander Cold and his grandmother travel to Africa on an elephant-led safari, but discover a corrupt world of poaching and slavery.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Inspired by Muhammad Ali, Jimmy starts training to become a boxer, and while his future looks bright, he decides leaving his small town for big matches might not be the best option for him.
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"Ten-year-old Jimena Pérez loves life with her parents in El Salvador. They sell fruit at the market, just like her grandmother and great grandmother did. "Fruits / are a blessing / like you, Jimena," her mother tells her. But one day a group of boys threaten her friend Rosenda at school. "You know / what will happen / to your family / if you don't join us." Jimena's parents, afraid gangs will try to recruit her too, decide she must go to the United...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Children's Genre: Scary Stories
Children's Special Topics: Favorite Halloween Books for Older Kids
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
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Children's Special Topics: Favorite Halloween Books for Older Kids
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
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Description
Presents abridged and adapted versions of twenty-one horror stories, including Charles Dickens' "The Signalman" and Edgar Allan Poe's the "Black Cat."
13) No
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a mother bear tries to convince her little bear to go to sleep for the winter, little bear would rather stay awake and play, until a storm makes him reconsider.
14) I am deaf
Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Lana is 10 years old and she is deaf. In this story she tells what it's like to be deaf, describing some of the things she uses to help her learn at school and communicate with her teachers and friends"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
On May 27, 1937, over four hundred children boarded a ship called the Mexique and sailed for Morelia, Mexico, fleeing the violence of the Spanish Civil War. This would just be a short stay, they thought. They'd be home in a few months. But the war dragged on and the children stayed, waiting and wondering, in Mexico. When the war finally ended, a dictator ruled Spain. Home was an even more dangerous than before. This moving book invites readers onto...
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Follows the true story of Dita Kraus, a fourteen-year-old girl from Prague who after being sent to Auschwitz is chosen to protect the eight volumes prisoners have smuggled past the guards.
18) The capybaras
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"A charming and hilarious tale for kids ages 4-8 about how accepting others can enrich us all--featuring capybaras, the beloved animal sensation capturing hearts around the world."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Butterfly Hill volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After fourteen-year-old Celeste Marconi returns to Valparaiso from Maine, she decides to uncover the truth about what happened in Butterfly Hill during the dictatorship and find her missing friend, Lucila.
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