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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
2) On the fence
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Charlie has always been a tomboy, but when she accidentally becomes a makeup model, her newfound feminity draws her into an unknown social world, complete with guy troubles she's never had before"--
Author
Series
I survived volume 20
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of a boy who moves across the country to rural northern California, where his efforts to adjust are challenged by a fast-moving firestorm that places family homes and lives at risk.
Author
Series
Tokyo ever after volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverant eighteen-year-old from northern California.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1948
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Sad when the swallows leave for the winter, young Juan prepares to welcome them back to the old California Mission at Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day the next spring.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to go after a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love--or himself--at all"--
10) Two-faced
Author
Series
Almost identical volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Charlie compromises her values to help Lauren, one of the popular girls, cheat on a test, her identical twin sister, Sammie, is inadvertantly pulled into the mess.
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 1
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old EllRay's father has promised a family trip to Disneyland if EllRay can stay out of trouble for a week, but not defending himself against Jared, the class bully, proves to be a real challenge.
Author
Series
Dreamhouse Kings volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Xander and his family move into an old, abandoned house in the middle of a dense forest outside of a small California town, they discover that not only are some of the rooms portals into other places, but that malevolent forces are at work.
14) Pool boy
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When his father is arrested for insider trading and his family loses all their money, Brett Gerson takes a job as an assistant to a 70-something pool cleaner in his former wealthy California neighborhood and learns some valuable life lessons.
Author
Series
Annabelle unleashed volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Annabelle spends autumn coping with competing groups of friends at school, her mother's pre-wedding stress, learning to get along with a cute stepbrother-to-be, and such momentous events as wearing her first bra and learning to shave her legs.
16) Saving the team
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After moving to California, seventh-grader Devin is afraid she will not make the soccer team but finds, instead, a team is so bad that she is compelled to take the lead and turn it into something the players and coach can all be proud of.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone, a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he secretly gave Moose.
18) Odder
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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2025 NYRA Recommendations - Young Readers
Books for Kids and Tweens
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Books for Kids and Tweens
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Description
"A touching and lyrical tale about a remarkable sea otter, from Newbery Medalist Katherine Applegate, author of Wishtree. Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn’t just swim to the bottom, she dive-bombs. She doesn’t just somersault, she triple-doughnuts. She doesn’t just ride the waves, she makes them. Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky...
19) Running on fumes
Author
Series
Hardy boys undercover brothers volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Frank and Joe travel to California where they investigate the leader of a utopian community and his followers to see if they intend to sabotage the oil industry.
20) Warp speed
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Marley Sandelski has always felt invisible at school when he is not facing bullies, but a series of unexpected events gives him a taste of popularity and insights into some classmates, well-liked or greatly-feared.
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