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25) Wildoak
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When the fates of a snow leopard, a child, and an ancient forest collide, the unimaginable can happen. Perfect for fans of Pax and The One and Only Ivan.
**Winner of the 2023 Schneider Family Book Award!**
* "Nuanced and empowering." - Publisher's Weekly, starred review
* "Memorably atmospheric." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Immersive."
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
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Overburdened by his parents' bickering and a bully's attacks, fifteen-year-old Lucky Linderman begins dreaming of being with his grandfather, who went missing during the Vietnam War, but during a visit to Arizona, his aunt and uncle and their beautiful neighbor, Ginny, help him find a new perspective.
28) 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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Princess Academy trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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Miri returns to Asland and calls upon all of her knowledge of rhetoric and other useful lessons learned at the Princess Academy when she and the other girls face strong opposition while working for a new, fair charter.
30) Cinder Rabbit
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[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Zoe is chosen for the role of Cinder Rabbit in her school play and is also supposed to lead the class in the Bunny Hop at the end, but ever since wicked Winifred laughed at her for landing in a mud puddle, Zoe has forgotten how to hop.
31) One green apple
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[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young immigrant named Farah gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples.
32) Sugar and ice
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
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When Russian skating coach Andrei Groshev offers twelve-year-old farm girl Claire a scholarship to train with the elite in Lake Placid, she encounters a world of mean girls on ice, where competition is everything.
33) The power of one
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
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Follows Peekay, a white British boy in South Africa during World War II, between the ages of five and eleven, as he survives an abusive boarding school and goes on to succeed in life and the boxing ring, with help from a chicken, a boxer, a pianist, black African prisoners, and many others.
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2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
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Aileen's family of magic makers includes Aunt Beck, the most powerful magician on Skarr, but her own magic does not show itself until a mission for the King and a magical cat help her find strength and confidence.
37) Cowgirl grit
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[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Sydney Todachine is looking forward to a summer on the beaches of San Diego before starting sixth-grade, but instead she finds herself on her Grandfather's ranch on the Navajo Nation reservation with no wi-fi, and while a couple of the kids are pretty nice, her cousin Hadley is as nasty as ever--but Sydney bonds with a spirited horse called Midnight, and together they start training at night for the upcoming rodeo.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"When Nigel looks up at the moon, his future is bright. He imagines himself as...an astronaut, a dancer, a superhero, too! Among the stars, he twirls. With pride, his chest swells. And his eyes, they glow. Nigel is the most brilliant body in the sky. But it's Career Week at school, and Nigel can't find the courage to share his dreams. It's easy to whisper them to the moon, but not to his classmates--especially when he already feels out of place."--...
40) 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.