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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: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Poppy's big dreams lead her to Paris for the world games ice skating championship. Nervous but ever courageous and supported by her family she embarks upon the adventure head-on. Poppy meets a snowboarding panda, a Maltese who skies, and two fellow skaters, a crane and a Kangaroo. She begins to realize that although these animals look different, act different, and are from different places, they are all the same at heart
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Kaitlin has given up a lot--even attending school--to pursue her dream of being a champion figure skater, but after she throws a tantrum at a major competition, she is dropped by her coach and prestigious skating club and can only get a spot in the much-ridiculed Fallton Club.
5) Hans Brinker
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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A Dutch brother and sister work toward two goals--finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.
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Girls only (GO!) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Olivia Hudson's dream of becoming an Olympic skater seems to be ruined when her father moves to Alpin Lake, Colorado.
7) Snowden
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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A magical snowman teaches an unhappy girl about friendship and skating.
8) Dancing Carl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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As winter progresses, the strange man in the worn flight jacket dances frequently on the ice of the rink, expressing more with his movements than most people do with words.
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Girls only (GO!) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
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Sixth grader Livvy prays for guidance when her grandmother's constant mothering threatens to interfere with Livvy's dream of becoming an Olympic skater.
10) Stick with me
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
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When twelve-year-olds Izzy and Wren are thrown together by unusual circumstances, they find solace and solutions to nagging problems in their newly-formed friendship.
11) Bunnies on Ice
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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From the author/illustrator of "The Secret Circus" and "Bandits" comes one very self-assured young rabbit's firsthand account of the trials and tribulations of being a skating star. Full color.
12) Skating showdown
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Thirteen-year-old Janelle loves figure skating, but when she enters a competition she is frustrated because she is not as good at the jumps as another girl at the rink and she starts to wonder if she should just quit--until her coach comes up with an idea.
13) Rough patch
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Entering her first year of high school, shy Keira and her boy-crazy BFF Sita start the year by making lists of the cutest boys. However, Keira's secret is that she finds herself attracted to girls, too, which she hides. When she meets a girl named Jayne, though, things come to a head, and she risks getting caught at the high school Halloween dance.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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Esperanza Flores's place on the United States Olympic figure skating team has come at the expense of an injured skater, so in addition to the pressure of sudden fame and outsized expectations Espi has to deal with the resentment of her teammates--and their efforts to sabotage her routine.
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Pub. Date
2015.
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Neighbors and figure skating partners since preschool, Gabe and Maddy tell, in their separate voices, of changes on and off the ice when they are assigned a new, romantic program, raising Maddy's hopes of her love being returned and Gabe's fears that romance will break up their partnership.
17) Skating day
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Pub. Date
c2004
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Little Critter goes ice skating with his friends and family. Includes word list, activities, and reading comprehension questions.
19) Wei skates on
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"Wei has loved ice-skating ever since his first visit to the rink. He loves gliding across the ice, taking flight on jumps, and moving with the music—there’s nothing else like it! But as Wei’s first big competition draws near, he begins to worry. He’s been training hard, but what if he doesn’t win? With help from Mom, can Wei find a way to handle his nerves? What would it feel like to skate without the pressure of winning? " -- Publisher's...