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1) Hatchet
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. Includes an introduction and sidebar commentary by the author.
2) Wonder
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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NYT - Children’s Chapter Books
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade E-Book
Read-Alikes for the Dork Diaries
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade E-Book
Read-Alikes for the Dork Diaries
Description
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce, discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he is spending the summer is the testing grounds of the mysterious Dr. Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books come alive.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Patricia “Sweet Pea” DiMarco wasnt sure what to expect when her parents announced they were getting a divorce. She never could have imagined that they would have the “brilliant” idea of living in nearly identical houses on the same street. In the one house between them lives their eccentric neighbor Miss Flora Mae, the famed local advice columnist behind “Miss Flora Mae I?” Dividing her time between two homes is not easy. And it doesnt...
6) Blended
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Isabellas parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week shes Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. The next week shes Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves.Because of this, Isabella has always felt pulled between two worlds. And now that...
8) Pivot point
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A girl with the power to search alternate futures lives out six weeks of two different lives in alternating chapters. Both futures hold the potential for love and loss, and ultimately she is forced to choose which fate she is willing to live thorugh"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Struggling with ADHD, loneliness, and connecting with his divorced father who would rather see him embrace sports instead of cooking, sixth-grader Elliott finds an unlikely friend in popular, perfect Maribel when the two are paired in a school-wide contest.
Elliott has been struggling since his closest friend moved away, and he's not too sure where he fits into his own family, especially since his newly remarried dad and stepmom are expecting a baby....
10) Dear Mr. Henshaw
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Formats
Description
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
12) The Romantics
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his first big relationship crumbles on the heels of his parents' painful separation, seventeen-year-old Gael is heartbroken until Love intervenes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Despite her parents' divorce, her father's coming out as gay, and his plans to marry his boyfriend, ten-year-old Bea is reassured by her parents' unconditional love, excited about getting a stepsister, and haunted by something she did last summer at her father's lake house.
15) Strider
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.
16) I, Amber Brown
Author
Series
Amber Brown volume 8
Publisher
Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Because her divorced parents share joint custody of her, nine-year-old Amber suffers from lack of self-esteem and feels that she is a piece of jointly-owned property.
17) Charlie Anderson
Author
Publisher
M.K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A cat comes out of the night to steal the hearts of two sisters who look forward to his sleeping on their beds, until one day Charlie doesn't come home and they learn a surprising secret about him.
18) One small dog
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Curtis gets a dog when his parents divorce, but his beloved new dog causes problems that he did not expect.
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