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Students can access the full-text encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, as well as the Lands and People series - an excellent source of information for country reports, and the America the Beautiful series - a great resource for state reports.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Children's Biographies: 150+ pages
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Description
The author tells the story of how she and her mother came to New York City in 1951 to try to leave the horrors of the Holocaust behind, but found it harder than they expected to fit into this "new world."
Author
Series
Confessions (James Patterson) volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tandy Angel is, along with her brothers, a suspect in their parents' murder but having grown up under Malcolm and Maud Angel's perfectionist demands, Tandy decides she must clear the family name no matter what.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Honor for Latino Literature
Children's Special Topics: Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Children's Special Topics: Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Description
It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and the neighborhood protests start, things get a lot more complicated--and dangerous.
Author
Series
Nate volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now on Broadway as second understudy for E.T., Nate Foster keeps in close contact with his best friend, Libby, as he faces his nemesis, Jordan Rylance, and his own insecurities as the cast member with the least training and experience.
Author
Series
Things not seen volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Gwen, who has been living with her grandfather in Manhattan while she attends music school, joins up with another music student to solve the mystery when her grandfather suddenly goes missing.
8) Kate Spade
Author
Series
Publisher
Morgan Reynolds Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Author
Series
Magic in Manhattan volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Love spells run amok in New York City when high school freshman Rachel asks her younger sister, who is a witch, for magical help in winning the affection of heartthrob Raf Kosravi.
Author
Series
Antsy Bonano volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Children's Awards: California Young Reader Medal (Middle School)
Children's Recommended: 6th Grade 2021
Children's Recommended: 6th Grade 2021
Formats
Description
A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.
11) Audacity
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Description
"A historical fiction novel in verse detailing the life of Clara Lemlich and her struggle for women's labor rights in the early 20th century in New York."--
12) Bystander
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Thirteen-year-old Eric discovers there are consequences to not standing by and watching as the bully at his new school hurts people, but although school officials are aware of the problem, Eric may be the one with a solution.
13) The Broken Lands
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"Set in the seedy underworld of nineteenth-century Coney Island during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, two orphans are determined to stop evil forces from claiming the city of New York"--
Author
Series
Magic in Manhattan volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Living in New York City with her mother and her younger sister, Miri, fourteen-year-old Rachel tries to persuade Miri, who has recently become a witch, to help her become popular at school and to try to stop their divorced father's wedding.
15) Indivisible
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Mateo Garcia and his younger sister, Sophie, have been taught to fear one word for as long as they can remember: deportation. Ma and Pa have been in the United States for so long, they have American-born children, and they're hard workers and good neighbors. When Mateo returns from school one day to find that his parents have been taken by ICE, he realizes that his family's worst nightmare has become a reality. Now Mateo must figure out who he is...
Author
Series
Jack Perdu series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
After fourteen-year-old classics prodigy Jack Perdu has a near fatal accident he meets Euri, a young ghost who introduces him to New York's Underworld, where those who died in New York reside until they are ready to move on, and Jack vows to find his dead mother there.
17) Slob
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
♭2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Picked on, overweight genius Owen tries to invent a television that can see the past to find out what happened the day his parents were killed.
18) Isaac Mizrahi
Author
Series
Publisher
Morgan Reynolds Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of the Egyptian American designer, describing his interest in fashion as a child, early work with top designers, the success of his first collection, and his emergence as an international fashion celebrity.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
On the morning of September 11, 2001, sixteen-year-old Kyle Donohue watches the first twin tower come down, then while fleeing home to safety, he finds a girl covered in ash who has no memory.
20) Marc Jacobs
Author
Series
Publisher
Morgan Reynolds Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of the American fashion designer, describing his early successes as a student, his struggles with addiction, and his current status as an internationally recognized figure in the fashion world.
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