Louis Sachar
2) Holes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnate is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
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Wayside School volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
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Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
4) Small Steps
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
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Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
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Wayside School volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
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Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
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Wayside School volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 4
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More humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, where students learn to tango, face the cafeteria's dreaded Mushroom Surprise, and study a hobo during show and tell. Sequel to "Sideways Stories from Wayside School.".
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Wayside School volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Follows the adventures and misadventures of students and staff as they cope with the effects of a large, gloomy cloud that has settled over Wayside School.
9) Fuzzy mud
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
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"Two middle-grade kids take a shortcut home from school and discover what looks like fuzzy mud but is actually a substance with the potential to wreak havoc on the entire world"--Provided by publisher.
11) Someday Angeline
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
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As an eight-year-old genius in the sixth grade, Angeline is not too popular, but she tries to adjust to being different.
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SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL-You can imagine the confusion at Wayside School when the builder made a terrible mistake. Instead of building 30 classrooms side-by-side, he built them one on top of another. Maybe that accounts for the wacky goings-on in Mrs. Jewls' class. Where else will you find children being turned into apples, dead rats wearing raincoats, and little girls who try to sell their toes? WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN- The teacher...
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This eBook features all four books, each with new cover and interior art and full of hilarious stories, zany art, and a quadruple serving of absurdity. More than fifteen million readers have laughed at the stories of Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger, Wayside School Is Falling Down, and the newly released Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom.
So what are you waiting for? Come visit Wayside School!.
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Marvin Redpost volume 4
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Marvin is really excited to take care of his teacher's dog while she's away. He'll even earn a bonus if he does a good job! And he gets to be alone in his teacher's house! But when Mrs. North's dog starts to look sick, Marvin isn't sure he'll get that bonus. In fact, Mrs. North may never talk to Marvin again! Hilarious and relatable, Marvin Redpost is perfect for kids who love to bond with quirky characters like Junie B. Jones and George Brown,...
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Marvin Redpost volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After Casey Happleton tells him that if he kisses his elbow he will turn into a girl, nine-year-old Marvin experiments and finds himself very confused about his identity.
17) Holes
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Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Stanley Yelnats isn't so surprised when a miscarriage of justice send shim to a juvenile detention center. After all, his family has been ridden with bad luck ever since a one-legged gypsy put a curse on his great-great grandfather. He is told that the hard labor he must perform...digging 5 foot holes in the dried up soil where Green Lake once sat...is meant to build character.
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Series
Marvin Redpost volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Red-haired Marvin is convinced that the reason he looks different from the rest of his family is that he is really the lost prince of Shampoon.
20) The cardturner
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.