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21) No ivy league
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When seventeen-year-old Hazel takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in Portland, Oregon, the only plan is to earn some extra cash to put toward concert tickets. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds that working side by side with at-risk teens leaves no room for comforting illusions of equality and understanding. This uncomfortable and compelling memoir is an important story of a teen's awakening to the racial insularity...
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Kim Deitch made his name as an "underground" cartoonist - a contemporary of Spiegelman, Crumb, et. al. - but over the last three decades has simply been one of the most vital graphic novelists the medium has to offer, including acknowledged classics such as The Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Alias the Cat, and The Search for Smilin' Ed. His new graphic novel, Reincarnation Stories, feels like the apotheosis of his career, an ambitiously sprawling tour...
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IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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When Beauty's father is swept overboard from their ship, The Rose, just as they are being attacked by a sorcerer-pirate and his crew of living skeletons, Beauty jumps in to save him, and is immediately scooped up by a surprisingly friendly Kraken; she offers to remain with him if he finds and saves her father, but as she explores the pirate's island she finds a treasure and a book of spells--which may hold the key to turning the Kraken back into a...
24) Cinderella
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IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"The bright lights and fancy parties are calling--but Cinderella's stepmother won't let her go. A sprinkle of magic from a fairy godmother, and Cinderella is on her way in a party dress! Will she connect with the prince, or be stuck with her family forever?"--
25) Strange boarders
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Recently resettled in America, Adnan Zakaria is a Syrian refugee whose skateboarding ability is the only thing that allows him to make a connection with the other kids in his neighborhood--but when his skateboard disappears and turns up in the possession of a local troublemaker Adnan will have to out-skate his foe in order to win it back.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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The story of Sinbad the Sailor, who sets sail in search of great riches and discovers even greater adventures. On his seven treacherous voyages, the Persian explorer braves a shipwreck, fights off savage cannibals, and battles a giant Cyclops, surviving to tell his legendary tales.
32) Stage dreams
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The New Mexico Territory, 1861. Young Grace, a trans runaway, has headed west, fleeing her Georgia home—and conscription into the Confederate Army. But her coach ride to California makes an unplanned stop when notorious outlaw the Ghost Hawk swoops in, shaking down its passengers and stealing away with Grace. The Ghost Hawk—Flor to her friends—means to hold Grace for ransom. But when the two get to talking about Flor's plan to crash a Confederate...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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In this graphic version of the classic fable, Daisy the mouse proves her worth when she has to rescue Thunder the lion, overconfident leader of the resistance, from the alien invaders from Zurg, and with the aide of a secret weapon--kitties--they drive the invaders from the planet!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Phoebe and Her Unicorn is back with more sparkles than ever! In this fourth volume, join in the adventure as Phoebe and Marigold confront messy rooms, trouble at school, and a nasty case of "Sparkle Fever." Follow the pair back to Camp Wolfgang, where their old pals Sue (a.k.a. "Monster Girl") and Ringo, the lake creature, remind them that being weird is WAY more fun than being normal.
35) Robot rescue
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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When Cat-Stro-Bot gets into trouble while helping the CatStronauts team with their research on Europa, the CatStronauts defy mission control and undertake a secret mission to save their friend on Jupiter's frozen moon.
36) Kitty Quest
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Kitty quest volume 1
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2021.
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IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Guided by the last, incorporeal member of an ancient guild of protectors, aspiring adventurers Perigold and Woolfrik successfully subdue a rampaging monster and the bumbling wizard controlling it.
38) Taking flight
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"Lucy Andia competes on Peabody's gymnastics team. She excels at floor exercise, but Coach Dawson moves her to uneven bars. Lucy is used to being on the floor. The high bar is more than eight feet off the ground! After numerous falls, Lucy is too scared to continue. Will Lucy quit the team? How can she overcome her fear of falling?" --back cover
39) Highwayman
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Forever on the move, Highwayman travels through the vastness of North America searching for the source of his condition. He suffers from a strange, seemingly incurable disease: immortality. Bound to the road and at the mercy of whomever will give him a ride, he encounters people who reflect the rapidly changing world around him. Moving through centuries of change, he watches humanity's precarious trajectory towards an unknown future.
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Big Nate volume 016
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2017.
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IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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You can t keep a good man down, and Nate s still got pals like Teddy, Francis, and Chad to cheer him up. Sure, their methods aren t always warm and fuzzy, but Nate doesn t mind. After all, what s a little noogie between friends?