Jerry Spinelli
1) Maniac Magee
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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He came into this world named Jeffrey Lionel Magee, but when his parents died and his life changed, so did his name. And Maniac Magee became a legend.
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
2) Milkweed
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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The hardship and cruelty of life in the ghettos of Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of World War II is captured through the eyes of a young Jewish orphan who must use all his wit and courage to survive unimaginable circumstances.
3) Eggs
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Cammie O'Reilly is the warden's daughter, living in an apartment above the entrance to the Hancock County Prison. But she's also living in a prison of grief and anger about the mother who died saving her from harm when she was just a baby. And prison has made her mad. This girl's nickname is Cannonball. In the summer of 1959, as twelve turns to thirteen, everything is in flux. Cammie's best friend is discovering lipstick and American Bandstand. A...
6) Loser
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself.
7) Wringer
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When the school assigns each eighth-grader the name of a teenager who died in the past year as a lesson in mortality, Worm Tarnauer, who thrives on being invisible, doesn't count on Becca Finch, the seventeen-year-old car crash victim who changes everything.
10) Crash
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.