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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
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Twelve-year-old Coco Hidden has grown up in her mother's chocolate shop in Colorado, along with her friend Leo de la Cueva, but recently things have not been going well; the shop is failing, and Leo is hanging out with the other boys, and barely wants to talk to her--but when they both win a culinary contest, the two children and their mothers find themselves on a trip to the Amazon in Ecuador, where Coco hopes to find the rare ceiba tree, and where...
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Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"School dances are tricky. Everybody wants to go, but nobody wants to dance. The music is too loud for anyone to talk. Teachers are there watching kids, but telling them to go out and have a good time. Oh, and at Kersville Elementary, be careful because you'll have to watch out for ghouls on the dance floor!"--Provided by publisher.
3) Taking sides
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.
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Sarai volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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When cuts in the school budget threatens the band program, Sarai organizes a benefit concert to raise money, and gains the attention of her favorite singer, Sparkles Sanchez.
10) Picture perfect
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Sofia feels that because she looks so much like her older sisters, nobody notices her--so when school picture day comes around she comes up with a way to stand out.
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Disney chills volume 5
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Twelve-year-old Hector's family is counting on him to win the Zeus Cup in a race, but when a Greek god offers a deal to help him win, all Hades breaks loose.
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Zapato Power volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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When a freak spring blizzard buries Starwood Park, Freddie works with Mr. Vaslov to clear the sidewalks using a new invention—Zapato Power snowshoes! But not even the snow can stop a thief from causing trouble in the neighborhood. Can Freddie solve the case, even if it means helping Erika, the Starwood Park bully?
13) Lola's fandango
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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After learning how to dance a style of flamenco known as the fandango, Lola plans a surprise for her mother's birthday.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
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When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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"When a young girl is asked where she's from--where she's really from--she's no longer as she was. She decides to turn to her dear abuelo for some help with this ever-persistent question. But he doesn't quite give her the answer she expects."--Page [2] of cover.
"own voices"
18) Benito runs
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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Benito's father, Xavier, returns from Iraq after more than a year suffering from PTSD--post-traumatic stress disorder--and yells constantly. Benny can't handle seeing his dad so crazy, so he decides to run away. Will Benny find a new life, or will he learn how to deal with his dad--through good times and bad?
19) Pedro goes buggy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Pedro collects a lot of different bugs for a class assignment, but when his brother lets them out in the house their parents are furious, and ban any further collecting.