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1) The big game
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
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Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
3) QB 1
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
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Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.
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Calpurnia Tate volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
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"In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
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Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
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Eleven-year-old injured soccer player Luz has a hard enough time reframing her identity as a computer programmer, but when her Guatemalan half-sister moves in, she learns what it truly means to start over. Includes author's note.
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Sam Abernathy books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
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Eleven-year-old Sam Abernathy, extremely overprotected and a reluctant celebrity since he was trapped in a well at age four, dreams of becoming a chef and starts by entering a local cook-off.
10) The music thief
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Living in San Antonio, Texas, eleven-year-old Alma tries to cope with the drive-by shooting death of her favorite Latina singer, as well as deal with the struggles of her various family members, and finds herself doing something she knows is wrong.
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Brewster triplets volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
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The Brewster triplets, Dawn, Darby, and Delaney, are looking forward to a smooth transition to seventh grade, but from the beginning things go wrong: they are split into separate classes, they end up on the cheer squad (which only Delaney likes), Darby is failing, and Dawn keeps getting into trouble--and somehow they must solve all these problems, help plan their older sister's wedding, and stay together despite the changes that come with growing...
12) In the same boat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
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Sadie Scofield is entered in the Texas River Odyssey, 260 miles of brutal canoeing, but a chance to finally make up for ruining her father's chance of winning the previous year; but her brother Tanner suddenly opts to paddle for a different team, and she is left with Cully, a young man who was her best friend years ago, but no longer--260 miles in the same boat to sort out her relationship with the boy she once tried to defend from his abusive father,...
13) Starfish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
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When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasons why she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
16) Skunked!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"When Travis discovers an abandoned baby skunk, he can't help but bring it home and take care of it. Stinky, as Travis names him, settles in pretty well. But when Travis discovers Stinky's litter-mate, Winky, who is in need of some help, things get complicated around the Tate house"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Confused about all her emotions, Erica "Chia" Montenegro looks to her mood ring to figure out what she is feeling. She has not seen Blue for Peaceful in a long time, but she often sees Black for Stressful--especially since her mother's sickness keeps getting worse. Visiting a famous church, Erica makes a "promesa" to God to raise funds for research into her mother's condition, so long as God makes her mother better.
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Max's lucha libre adventures volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
A young fan of lucha libre Mexican wrestling makes a connection to his battling hero, the Angel de la Guarda (the Guardian Angel).
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Description
In an adventure reminiscent of Homer's Odyssey, fifteen-year-old Odilia and her four younger sisters embark on a journey to return a dead man to his family in Mexico, aided by La Llorona, but impeded by a witch, a warlock, chupacabras, and more.