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Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In a humorous and entertaining guide, two-time Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff breaks down the process of writing fiction into steps, all while trying to cope with the constant distractions from her exuberant seventy-pound golden retriever puppy, Rosie. Citing examples from her award-winning novels she explains how to proceed with each step in chapter sections titled Can You See What I Did? Young writers can find the inspiration...
Author
Series
Kids of the Polk Street School volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
It's September again.What does it mean for Richard "Beast" Best to be left back? It means being teased by his old friends while he's stuck facing the same old teacher in the same old classroom. He even has to take a special reading class with "babies" like Emily Arrow and Matthew Jackson. And just like last year, he can't help getting into trouble.But with the help of Mrs. Paris, the reading teacher, Beast starts to enjoy reading...
Author
Series
Kids of the Polk Street School volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney's desk gets to keep them all. The only problem is Richard has to read a page in a library book for each guess.
Smelly Matthew, who sits in front of him, knows they'll never win. "We're the worst readers in the class, " he says. But Richard won't give...
Smelly Matthew, who sits in front of him, knows they'll never win. "We're the worst readers in the class, " he says. But Richard won't give...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
It’s August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy Hill, lives in Brooklyn near the Dodgers’ home, Ebbets Field. She was adopted by Loretta, a nurse at the hospital, and has never known what happened to her own mother. Someday, somehow, she plans to...
5) Big whopper
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Destiny Washington cannot think of a discovery during Discovery Week at school, she makes up a story, but finds that she cannot keep on pretending it is true.
6) Star time
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 4
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gina wants more than anything to be the star of the show that her class will perform, but everything seems to go wrong until she makes a generous choice.
7) Sky high
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Banned from inventing for a week when two of his innovations wreak havoc, an imaginative Charlie gets help from his friends and fellow inventor Mr. Redfern to prepare for an upcoming invention fair.
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mitchell's father gets a new job and his family moves, he and his sister go to a new school where they must make new friends and adjust to new routines.
9) Flying feet
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Charlie often thinks of inventions that seldom work, but his latest idea just might be able to help Jake the Sweeper get rid of a big pile of trash and save "Come as a Character" day, too.
10) Bears beware
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mitchell is afraid when the children from the Zigzag Center go camping overnight, but he tries to be brave and discovers that nature is not so scary after all.
11) Super surprise
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 6
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Destiny Washington gets the notion that everyone's favorite teacher, Ms. Katz, is going to be dismissed from the Zigzag Afternoon Center, she and classmate Yolanda think of several ways to save her.
Author
Series
Hunter Moran volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
While trying to hide an incriminating report card and dodge meddling siblings, fifth-grade twins Hunter and Zack set out to save their town from a diabolical dentist who is planning to blow it to smithereens.
13) Winter sky
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Almost twelve-year-old Siria, who chases firetrucks in the middle of the night to ensure her fire fighter dad's safety, learns about bravery one winter as she tries to mend a broken friendship.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Middle Grades
Children's Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Middle Grades
Description
A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
Author
Series
Hunter Moran volume 3
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twin siblings Hunter and Zack, along with neighborhood pest Sarah Yulefsky, dig for treasure--the hidden hoard of town founder Lester Dinwitty.
Author
Series
Hunter Moran volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When neighbor Sarah Yulefski tells Zack and Hunter that she overheard someone talking about plans to kidnap someone in their town, the twins use the last four days of summer vacation to investigate.
17) Wild girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.
18) Lily's crossing
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Formats
Description
During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently.
19) Eleven
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sam discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend and the castle they are building, his questions are eventually answered.
20) Nory Ryan's song
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.
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