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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
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When a racist incident rocks her small Michigan town, eleven-year-old Lekha must decide whether to speak up or stay silent, even as she struggles to navigate her life at home, where she can be herself, and at school, where she is teased about her culture.
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Series
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
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Devastated about having to change middle schools mid-year, Maggie Malone gets a taste of a very different life when the ugly boots Aunt Fi sends for her birthday allow her to spend a day in the life of pop sensation Becca Star.
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Stravaganza volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
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Feeling inferior to her talented twin brother, teenaged Isabel is transported to a parallel world that resembles the Italian Renaissance city-state of Ravenna, where she tries to save the city from attack by the fierce Gate people.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Gracie LaRoo, the youngest pig on the Water Sprites synchronized swimming team, is nervous about giving a speech at the Wilbur Academy, the school she used to attend--she loves her sport, but her old coach does not think that it really measures up to swim racing.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"The possibilities are endless in this uplifting ode to the power of potential. With lyrical text by bestselling author Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and images by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt -- the team behind CreativeSoul Photography -- each page of The Me I Choose To Be is an immersive call for self-love that highlights the inherent beauty of all Black and brown children. "--
66) You are enough
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"It can be hard to be different-whether because of how you look, where you live, or what you can or can't do. But wouldn't it be boring if we were all the same? Being different is great! Being different is what makes you YOU. This inclusive and empowering picture book from Sofia Sanchez-a young model and actress with Down syndrome-reminds readers how important it is to embrace your differences, be confident, and be proud of who you are. Imagine all...
67) Monstergarten
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Patrick is worried about his first day of monstergarten. Everyone knows you have to be SCARY in monstergarten. Patrick's friend, Kevin, offers to show Patrick how to be scary – they roar, they sneak up on people, they bare their teeth. But Patrick still isn't ready. His parents tell him to just be himself. But what if he's not scary ENOUGH?
69) My rotten life
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
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Tired of continually having his feelings hurt by popular students and bullies, fifth-grader Nathan agrees to try an experimental formula, Hurt-Be-Gone, and becomes a half-dead zombie, a condition which, he soon discovers, has some real advantages.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 11
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Founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis has created an online fan base by sharing tips for living a better life while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own. Each chapter begins with a specific lie Hollis once believed that left her feeling overwhelmed, unworthy, or ready to give up. As a working mother, a former foster parent, and a woman who has dealt with insecurities about her body...
71) Frizzy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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"A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embraces her natural curls. Marlene loves three things: books, her cool Tia Ruby, and hanging out with her best friend Camila. But according to her mother, Paola, the only thing she needs to focus on is school and "growing up." That means straightening her hair every weekend so she can have "presentable," "good" hair. But Marlene hates being in the salon...
72) I am Jack
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Series
Jack books (Susanne Gervay) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
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Eleven-year-old Jack suffers terrible headaches as he worries that his grandmother will soon die, his mother's boyfriend will move in--or leave--and especially that the school bully will get revenge for Jack's ill-timed joke at his expense.
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. Through all the ups and downs of childhood, Ramona and Beezus learn that anything's possible when you believe in yourself and rely on each other. Based on the best-selling books by Beverly Cleary.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
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Teased for his fair coloring, eleven-year-old Jimmy McClean travels with his maternal grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, to learn about his Lakota heritage while visiting places significant in the life of Crazy Horse, the nineteenth-century Lakota leader and warrior, in a tale that weaves the past with the present. Includes historical note and glossary.
75) Chicken chickens
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Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
On their first visit to a playground, two little chickens are afraid to play until a beaver helps them go down the slide.
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Series
Obi the gerbil volume 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Obie the gerbil must fend for herself in a dangerous household, consisting of a dog, three cats, a parrot, and a mouse hidden in the attic, when the Armstrongs go on vacation and instructions for taking care of Obie get lost.
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Series
After-school superstars volume 4
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Boogie Bass feels his best friend, Nolan, is better than he at everything, even caring for Boogie's little brothers, but an after-school camp reveals Boogie's talent at communicating using American Sign Language. Includes facts about ASL.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"When Mike pitches against the heavy-hitting Peach Street Mudders, the butterflies in his stomach feel more like dragons. The other team is good, and Mike starts to lose faith in his ability. Good thing he has a secret weapon in his dong, Harry. Can Harry help Mike pitch a no-hitter?"--Page [4] of cover.
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Maybe Marisol volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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"One of Marisol's least-favorite things is gym class--especially when Coach Decker announces that they will be playing kickball--so Marisol and her best friend Jada ask the best (and stinkiest) athlete they know--Marisol's big brother Oz--for help." --
80) Sidekicked
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
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Thirteen-year-old superhero sidekick-in-training Drew "The Sensationalist" Bean must overcome his not-so-superpowers and become the hero everyone needs when a supervillain, The Dealer, returns to Justicia.