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Questioneers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure. .
2) Win or lose
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Wildcats center PJ Harris is the tallest player on the team. Everyone expects him to be a natural on the court. He's an all-star, except for one thing. He's horrible at free throws. When a game comes down to PJ's free throws making the difference between win or lose, he freaks! Can he solve his problem in time to earn back the respect of his coach and teammates and himself?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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When she is chosen to compete in the local spelling bee, Stacey learns that, win or lose, her words are powerful, and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all, in this debut picture book from the iconic voting rights advocate.
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Betty Bunny books volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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When a young rabbit quits soccer after a disappointing first game, her family encourages her to keep trying.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"This comical companion to Ross Burach's "The very impatient caterpillar" pays loving homage to every child's struggle to persist through challenges while also delivering a lighthearted lesson on butterfly migration. Remember, if at first you don't succeed, fly, fly again."--Back cover.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"One day, Kamala and Maya had an idea. A big idea: they would turn their empty apartment courtyard into a playground! Based on a true story, this is the uplifting tale of how the author's aunt and mother first learned to persevere in the face of disappointment and turned a dream into reality. This is a story of children's abillity to make a difference and of a community coming together to transform their neighborhood" --Jacket.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Poppy is a little pig that dreams of being a star, and even though her first attempts all fail, the support and love of her family and friends encourage her to keep trying and working hard to find something that she loves doing, and is good at.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle--one that feels much bigger than herself. Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters--a group of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II--need help inventing something new. And Rosie is just the engineer for the job! After one...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
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"An unbelievably hilarious middle-grade true story from bestselling author Jordan Sonnenblick. In a typical school year, every kid has one or two things go wrong. But for Jordan, there's A LOT going wrong ALL THE TIME. Take this year. Here are some of the thing going wrong: -- His teacher hates him. Like, really hates him. Like, is totally out to get him even when he's trying to be good, and is willing to fail him on the simplest things, like show...
10) We are family
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 7
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"Kids have big dreams. And when those dreams are on the line, how far are they willing to go to achieve them? When Jayden and his teammates find out there's not going to be a Hoop Group this year--and maybe ever again--they have to learn to lean on each other if they want to save their basketball season. Jayden Carr has been training all summer to be ready for Hoop Group--the free afterschool basketball program where his hero, NBA superstar Kendrick...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 11
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"Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth--and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home. When Perry moves to the "outside" world, he feels trapped. Desperate to be reunited...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"After centuries alone in his old castle, Vlad is ready to try something new. When he hears the local hockey team gushing about how they'll crush and destroy their opponents in the next game, he knows he's found the activity for him! Vlad immediately gives the game his all, but he soon realizes that super-human powers don't mean much in hockey without a mastery of the basics. After weeks of practice, he's finally ready for the big game...but can a...