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41) Pure Spring
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
It's spring in post-World War II Ottawa and Matin has found a true home. He's also working even though he had to lie about his age to get the job. Martin is also in love, but his boss is robbing the family of the one he loves.
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Description
When Kyle learns that his mother has been having an affair and his father has been living with the secret, his reality is altered. But Kyle's parents want him to keep this secret from the rest of the family until after what might be their last big summer reunion. Kyle feels the walls of his relationships closing in, and has to decide what his obligations are to everyone he cares for.
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Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes of Oak Glen Primary School is looking for a new best friend, and he decides that the best way to find one is to come up with a bunch of amazing things to do at recess--and see who shares in the fun.
47) Pi in the sky
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Joss, the seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe, must team up with a human girl to re-create Earth, when the planet is accidentally erased from existence.
48) The lost whale
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Description
Publisher Annotation: When Rio is sent to live with a grandmother he barely knows in California, he feels completely alone. Then he makes a new friend on the foggy beach-a girl named Marina, who teaches him about the massive grey whales that migrate nearby. As Rio grows to love the whales, he discovers that his mother loved them, too. He's suddenly sure that if he can somehow find a way to connect her with these gentle giants, and especially with...
50) Steal that base!
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Chad is upset when his parents begin wanting him to come home before midnight and eat healthier; meanwhile, Abby has bobblehead issues and pinch hitter Sammy Solaris has trouble with speed. With the help of Dylan, a baseball card, and a porcupine, Chad tries to save the summer.
51) Kat's Fall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Fourteen-year-old Darcy Murphy has been helping to raise his younger sister, Kat, since their mother was convicted of attempted murder; but now Sherri Murphy is being released and it will take incredible strength for Darcy to face her and the community that has labeled both of them.
52) Titanicat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A boy who has signed on as cabin boy aboard the Titanic helps ready the ship for its maiden voyage, but when it is time to set sail and he cannot find the ship's cat on board, he leaves the vessel to search for her.
53) Bone talk
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"More than a hundred years ago, a boy named Samkad thinks he knows everything about the world. He knows the mountains he lives in. He knows his people. He knows his blood enemy, the Mangili. And he wants to become a man, to be given his own shield, spear and axe to fight with. His best friend, Luki, wants all the same things - but she is a girl, and no girl has ever become a warrior. But everything changes when a new boy arrives in the village. He...
55) Benny and Omar
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Benny hates his new life in Tunisia; none of the kids play his favorite sport, and he feels like he just doesn't fit in, until he is befriended by Omar, a wild boy living on his talent for buying, selling, and fixing things.
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Series
Underworld chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
As of today, there are only 7 children who have ever read this book and lived to tell about it. If you're very brave, perhaps you are willing to take your chances. But don't say you have not been warned!
58) Chocolate me!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Relates the experiences of a dark-skinned, curly-haired child who wishes he could look more like the lighter-skinned children in his community until his mother helps him realize how wonderful he is inside and out.
59) Cardboard
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster.
60) Last ride
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Tom Shields killed his best friend, Logan, in a street-racing accident a year ago. While he tries to make amends to Logan's girlfriend and keep his promise to never race again, he's haunted by his dead friend.