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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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When Buster the dog's owner goes away for a few days, he sends Buster to Sagebrush Kennels for Cowboy Camp, where Buster is homesick at first, but then has fun herding balls into the corral, gathering sticks for a campfire, and making wanted posters with his pawprints.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Penguin likes to visit his friend Duck but he begins to miss some of the things at home. How can Duck cheer up his homesick friend? This illustrated story shows young readers the benefit of caring for the feelings of others. Book features: Big Words and Big Questions.
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Series
Magic animal cafe volume 2
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"Worried about the future of the cat café, Ellie and Blake investigate a rumor at the local park. It's the perfect place to test their new ability to understand animals, and there's a bird who's happy to talk. Shazza the cockatoo is loud, bossy and obsessed with 'numnums'. All she wants is to return to Australia. But for now she'll settle for inviting herself home with Ellie and Blake, who soon learn that getting along with animals can be just as...
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Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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The story of young immigrant Isabel, who misses her family and friends back in Mexico while decorating a large box as a place of quiet contemplation and encountering new experiences, including a first snowstorm and a kind teacher.
11) My two blankets
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
A homesick little girl who has recently moved to an unfamiliar country comforts herself by clinging to an old blanket, but when she meets a new friend, the relationship helps her take her first steps into a new culture.
12) A bit of Earth
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember--first because of her parents' constant travel, and then because of their deaths. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to "give her a better life" in the United States, Maria is shipped to a host family across the world. When Maria arrives...
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Anna Hibiscus (Early chapter books) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
"Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. She can't wait to fly across the world and visit her granny in Canada. But can she find enough warm clothes for the cold winter weather? And will her family miss her?"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Anna Hibiscus (Early chapter books) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
"Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. But she is spending Christmas with her granny in Canada. She can't wait to see snow for the first time. And how will it feel to be so far from home?"--
15) Wild girl
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.
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Series
Iris and Walter volume 4
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Iris's first sleepover at her friend Walter's house ends early when Iris gets homesick and wants to go home.
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Tells the story of a small angel who simply can't get with the program no matter how hard he tries until an understanding elder realizes that he is homesick and is able to retrieve a box of his most treasured possessions. When it comes time for Jesus to be born on Earth, the Littlest Angel gives his previous box to the Baby, but he is worried that God will think his gift too humble. However, God is pleased indeed, and transforms the box into the Star...