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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Lenora Allbright is 13 when her father convinces her mother, Cora, to forgo their inauspicious existence in Seattle and move to Kaneq, AK. It's 1974, and the former Vietnam POW sees a better future away from the noise and nightmares that plague him. Having been left a homestead by a buddy who died in the war, Ernt is secure in his beliefs, but never was a family less prepared for the reality of Alaska, the long, cold winters and isolation. Locals...
Author
Series
Terrible two volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
When master prankster Miles Murphy moves to sleepy Yawnee Valley, he challenges the local, mystery prankster in an epic battle of tricks but soon the two join forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
"From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are -- and deciding who you want to be. When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"When twelve-year-old GiGi and her big sister DiDi move to Long Island from South Carolina for GiGi to attend a fancy new private school, GiGi has a new recipe for success and makes new friends, but then discovers a family secret that turns her life upside-down"--
5) Skellig
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Young readers will by enchanted by this magical tale of friendship and family: Michael was looking forward to his new house and neighborhood, until his infant sister became very ill. Now his parents are constantly frantic, the scary doctor is always coming around, and Michael feels helpless. When he goes out into the old rickety garage, he comes across a mysterious being living beneath spider webs and eating flies for dinner. This creature calls...
6) Going wild
Author
Series
Going wild volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Children's Read Alikes: Keeper of the Lost Cities
Children's Recommended: 4th Grade
Children's Recommended: E-Books Fiction for Middle Grades
Children's Recommended: 4th Grade
Children's Recommended: E-Books Fiction for Middle Grades
Description
Discovering a mysterious bracelet after moving to Arizona, Charlie Wilde finds that she has developed superhuman abilities and speed and teams up with new friends to discover what is happening to her and how to control her powers.
Author
Series
Problim children volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Children's Recommended: 4th Grade
Children's Recommended: 4th Grade 2023
Children's Recommended: E-Books Fiction for Middle Grades
Children's Recommended: 4th Grade
Children's Recommended: 4th Grade 2023
Children's Recommended: E-Books Fiction for Middle Grades
Description
Seven siblings are forced by the destruction of their swamp home to move into their grandpa's mansion, but greedy neighbors plot to steal their secrets and place them in homes far away from each other.
Author
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Parasite and Ready or Not--a destitute woman pretends to be someone else and moves into the lower floor of a Los Angeles duplex, and inadvertently becomes a target in the twisted game of the wealthy family upstairs. All out of money and friends' couches to sleep on, Demi is desperate. Lucky for her, a stranger presents her with the chance of a lifetime: a new identity and the downstairs apartment in a secluded Beachwood Canyon duplex....
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with Christopher at her side. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out. At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"Keet knows the only good thing about moving away from her Alabama home is that she'll live near her beloved grandfather. When Keet starts school, it's even worse than she expected, as the kids tease her about her southern accent. Now Keet, who can 'talk the whiskers off a catfish, ' doesn't want to open her mouth. Slowly, though, while fishing with her grandfather, she learns the art of listening. Gradually, she makes her first new friend. But just...
11) If I survive you
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But America, as the couple and their two children learn, is far from the promised land. Excluded from society as Black immigrants, the family pushes on through Hurricane Andrew and later the 2008 recession, living in a house so cursed that the pet fish launches itself out of its own tank rather than stay. But even as things fall apart, the family remains...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Evelyn Del Rey is Daniela's best friend. They do everything together and even live in twin apartments across the street from each other: Daniela with her mami and hamster, and Evelyn with her mami, papi, and cat. But not after today--not after Evelyn moves away. Until then, the girls play amid the moving boxes until it's time to say goodbye, making promises to keep in touch, because they know that their friendship will always be special. The tenderness...
13) Alone
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Seda's mom inherited an old, crumbling mansion, and it was fun to explore the beautiful grounds for a summer. When her mom decided to renovate and live there, Seda isn't happy. And the coming of winter they'll be cut off from the outside world. When a group of teens get stranded near the mansion during a blizzard, Seda has no choice but to offer them shelter, even though she knows danger lurks in the dilapidated mansion-- and in herself.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A successful artist with a doting husband, Isabel Dryland knows she should be grateful for her happy life. It's a complete reversal from the one she led before, when normalcy seemed out of reach, after a violent assault she cannot remember left her shattered and scarred. Even though the memory was lost, the nagging feeling that she was damaged goods and the lingering effects of her injuries kept her questioning her sanity at times. Tom, her husband,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Megan is really excited about moving. She can't wait to take her lively Golden Labrador puppy, Ellie, for walks in the countryside near their new house. But Mum and Dad are worried that Ellie is getting in the way, so Gran offers to have the puppy to stay during the move. Megan and Ellie are best friends and have never been separated before. Megan misses her puppy so much - and Ellie will do anything to get home to her dear friend Megan.
Author
Series
Fenway and Hattie volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
Fenway and his beloved human Hattie are a perfect pair until they move from the city to the suburbs, after which the Jack Russell terrier must find a way to get his Hattie back.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that's what it feels like during her first week of junior year at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Just when she's thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help?...
Author
Series
Life of a cactus volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Aven Green didn't lose her arms in an alligator wrestling match or in a wildfire in Tanzania. That's just what she tells people when she gets the "looks." The truth is, Aven was born without arms but, at age 13, that hasn't stopped her from doing almost anything. Then her parents take a job managing Stagecoach Pass, a rundown Western theme park in Arizona, and Aven has to leave everything she knows behind. Aven struggles to make friends at her new...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Description
In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot.
20) Hound dog true
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Mattie, a shy fifth-grader, wants to hide out at her new school by acting as apprentice to her Uncle Potluck, the custodian, but her plan falls apart when she summons the courage to speak about what matters most and finds a true friend.
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