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Carol Weston
2) Ava XOX
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ava realizes she is not ok with another girl interested in her friend Chuck, and she also wants to help Pip's friend Jayda find her inner confidence, but a misstep leads to backlash, and Ava discovers that words can be powerful instigators.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
The first installment in the Ava and Pip series, perfect for aspiring writers and anyone that loves palindromes and word play. Ava and Pip is a funny and heartfelt story of Ava, an outgoing girl who wants to help her sister come out of her shell, and become a writer when she grows up.
"A love letter to language."—The New York Times
Meet outgoing Ava Wren, a fun fifth grader who tries not to lose patience with her
...Author
Series
Melanie Martin volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
In her diary, ten-year-old Melanie describes how she and her family, accompanied by her best friend Cecily, travel to the Netherlands, where they have a good time despite Cecily's concern for her mother's health and Melanie's struggles with her little brother and her own attitude.
Author
Series
Melanie Martin volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While spending spring break in Spain with her family, eleven-year-old Melanie keeps a diary of her experiences improving her Spanish, struggling with her little brother, meeting her mother's former boyfriend, and falling in love with his son.
6) Ava and Pip
Author
Series
Ava Wren series volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Ava uses her writing talents to help her older sister overcome her shyness, both girls learn the impact their words and stories can have on the world around them.
Author
Series
Melanie Martin volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Melanie Martin writes in her diary, describing her family's trip to Italy and all that she learned.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Children's Recommended: 7th and 8th Grade 2021
Children's Recommended: Summer Reads for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Grief (Older Children)
Children's Special Topics: Grief and Loss
Children's Recommended: Summer Reads for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Grief (Older Children)
Children's Special Topics: Grief and Loss
Description
Missing her mother who died last year, fourteen-year-old Sofia finds an anonymous outlet for her personal questions and deep, dark secrets in the Dear Kate advice columnist until, much to her horror, Sofia's father starts dating Kate.