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2) Vanish
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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Fourteen-year-old Simone is having trouble making friends at her new school when her leadership studies class is paired with kindergarten students to mentor throughout the school year.
To her surprise, Simone enjoys the Kinderbuddy Project, and she develops a special friendship with her Kinderbuddy, Lily. But as the bond between Simone and her Kinderbuddy grows, she realizes that a crisis is looming in Lily's family. Simone
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Lulu (Judith Viorst) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Lulu needs help from a boy named Fleischman if she is to earn money walking her neighbors' dogs, and she finds out that if she wants her business venture to succeed, she has to be nice.
4) Night walk
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"When a little girl can't sleep one night, her dad asks if she'd like to go for a walk. They tiptoe through the silent house and step out into the dark. "--
6) Dog walker
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
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Turk, in need of money but not really wanting to work, notices that girls love dogs, so he starts a dog-walking business, recruiting friends to do the actual work with the side benefit of meeting girls, but the whole scheme is threatened when Chuck, the school tough guy, wants in on the action.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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Eleven-year-old Remy loves the traditions of Seagate, the island where her family spends every summer vacation, but after her grandmother and a special dog dies, and her relationships with best friends Bennett and Micayla change, Remy takes comfort in the company of Dog Beach--where she hatches a plan to bring her friends closer and recapture the Seagate magic.
9) 9 kilometers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"As a young boy walks nine kilometers to school, he travels through the mountain and rain forest landscapes of southern Chile"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Sidney's mother refuses to let him have a dog, so when his friend Sydney comes up with the idea of starting a dog-walking business, it seems like a way to have dogs to play with and make money at the same time--but soon the friends find out that dogs area lot of work, and can really strain a friendship.
11) Milo walking
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Young Milo and his mother go for the same walk around their neighborhood every morning, but with Milo's imagination, there are always new things to see, old things to see in new ways, and the possibilities of what they will see tomorrow.
14) Pugs and kisses
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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Ana Ramos may not have a dog of her own, but she does get to walk her neighbor's adorable pug, Osito. One day, at the park, Osito befriends another pug, Pancake, whose owner just happens to be a cute new boy named Calvin. When Calvin assumes that Osito belongs to Ana, she doesn't correct him. No big deal, right? Ana doesn't realize the trouble she has unleashed until Calvin shows up at her school. Calvin suggests setting up play dates for the two...
15) Pinny in fall
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"On a crisp fall day, Pinny decides to go for a walk. She packs a sweater, her rain hat, a book, a snack and her treasure pouch. Set for adventure, Pinny's day includes a windy game of tag with her friends, an exciting call for help from the lighthouse keeper and a surprising encounter with the falling autumn leaves."--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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"The best part of Kat's day? Walking her neighbor's irresitible pug, Meatball. So when Kat's parents insist that she join an extracurricular club this year, Kat decides to make her own, by turning her hobby into a business: a dog-walking business! Kat andher best friends, Taz and Lucy--plus the cute new boy, Declan--start Four Paws Dog Walking. But wrangling puppies and pleasing customers turns out to be a lot harder than they thought. Can Kat take...
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Mirette books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, a bear, modeled on a young Henry Thoreau, walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.
19) Karen's big joke
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Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 27
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Karen loves April Fools' Day. That is when she gets to play tricks on her friends. Now she has come up with a joke to play on her whole family. Would this be her best joke ever?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
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"Life in middle school is finally starting to seem bearable-until Rafe spots his grandmother standing on the free-meal line at the local soup kitchen. In order to help bring in more money, Rafe concocts a brilliant plan-a dog-walking business that soon turns into a huge money-making neighborhood empire"--