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41) Eleanor & Park
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Two misfits. One extraordinary love. Eleanor -- Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough -- Eleanor. Park -- He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"A sharply funny and moving debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love and learning to celebrate her true self. Perfect for fans of Erika L. Sánchez, Leah Johnson, and Gabby Rivera. Sixteen-year-old Yamilet Flores prefers to be known for her killer eyeliner, not for being one of the only Mexican kids at her new, mostly white, very rich Catholic school. But at least here no one knows she's gay,...
43) Bloomability
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When her aunt and uncle take her from New Mexico to Lugano, Switzerland, to attend an international school, thirteen-year-old Dinnie discovers an expanding world and her place within it.
44) Breaking dawn
Author
Series
Twilight saga volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
Having made her choice between living a fully human life or joining the world of immortals to be with her beloved Edward, Bella finds her future threatened by a series of events with potentially disastrous consequences.
46) Speak
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Speak up for yourself - we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows that this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only...
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 4
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Nikki Maxwell is determined to help out Brandon save an animal shelter, but when she and her friends enter an ice skating competition to help raise money for the shelter, Mackenzie has to stick her nose in and cause trouble.
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking. He is sent to dreary Bloor's Academy, a boarding school for gifted children, where the endowed Children of the Red King can be monitored under one roof.
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 11
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Assigned to attend her archnemesis Mackenzie Hollister's new school for the student exchange week program, Nikki is surprised to learn that there are students at the school even meaner than Mackenzie.
50) Ghost
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist
Children's Book Battles: 6th and 7th Grade_2023
Children's Book Battles: 6th-8th Grade
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Children's Book Battles: 6th and 7th Grade_2023
Children's Book Battles: 6th-8th Grade
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Description
Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team -- a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training....
51) Invisible
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
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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Formats
Description
"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,...
52) House of robots
Author
Series
House of robots volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother, ' to school with him to learn to become a student"--
53) Framed
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Griffin Bing is in big trouble when a Super Bowl ring disappears from his middle school's display case, replaced by Griffin's retainer, and the more he and his friends investigate, the worse his situation becomes.
54) Midnight sun
Author
Series
Twilight saga volume 5
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 37
Language
English
Description
"The story of Bella and Edward from "Twilight" told from Edward's point of view takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he justify following his heart if it means leading...
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Charlie and his magically gifted friends and relatives work together to rescue Billy Raven, a young orphan, from a mysterious and dangerous couple who have adopted him.
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Charlie and his friends unite to rescue Ollie, a boy who was turned invisible and made to live in the attics at Bloor's Academy more than a year ago, but they are hindered by a mysterious new student who lives with Charlie's aunts.
57) Rebel belle
Author
Series
Rebel belle volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Harper Price's charmed life is turned upside down when she discovers she's been given magical powers in order to protect her school nemesis David Stark, who's an Oracle"--
58) Good girls lie
Author
Language
English
Description
Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, it accepts only the best and the brightest. Its elite status, long-held traditions and honor code are ideal for preparing exceptional young women for brilliant futures at Ivy League universities and beyond. But a stranger has come to Goode, and this...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: C. S. King Award for Afr. Amer. Author/Illustrator
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Recommended: Black History Month 2022
Children's Special Topics: Black History Month 2024
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Recommended: Black History Month 2022
Children's Special Topics: Black History Month 2024
Formats
Description
"Acclaimed author Renee Watson offers a powerful story about a girl striving for success in a world that too often seems like it's trying to break her. Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has: every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where...
60) The similars
Author
Series
Similars volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Similars are all anyone can talk about at the elite Darkwood Academy. Who are these six clones? What are the odds that all of them would be Darkwood students? Who is the madman who broke the law to create them? Emma couldn't care less. Her best friend, Oliver, died over the summer and all she can think about is how to get through her junior year without him. Then she comes face-to-heartbreaking-face with Levi--Oliver's exact DNA replica and one...
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