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1) Girls rule!
Author
Series
Hatfords and Malloys volume 10
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The Malloy girls and the Hatford boys try to outdo each other in a quest to earn money and choose how to participate in the annual Buckman, West Virginia, Strawberry Festival.
2) The pet war
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Otto wants a dog, and his older sister Lexi wants a cat, so their mother suggests that whoever can raise enough money to pay for their pet can choose--and so the competition begins.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble playing gang in Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while "New Dealers" from Washington, D.C., arrive to turn run down Key West into a tourist resort.
4) Lunch money
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school.
Author
Series
Publisher
JIMMY Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Life in middle school is finally starting to seem bearable-until Rafe spots his grandmother standing on the free-meal line at the local soup kitchen. In order to help bring in more money, Rafe concocts a brilliant plan-a dog-walking business that soon turns into a huge money-making neighborhood empire"--
6) I'm Ok
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
“So funny and heartfelt.”Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese. “I love the profound honesty of Im Ok.” Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park. Ok Lee is determined to find the perfect get-rich-quick scheme in this funny, uplifting novel for fans of Counting by 7s and Crenshaw. Ok Lee knows its his responsibility to help pay the bills. With his father gone and his mother working three jobs and still barely making ends meet, theres really...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Summer vacation in their small Maine town does not look too promising until twelve-year-old Gina and four of her friends make a pact to become millionaires before school starts in September.
8) Rare beasts
Author
Series
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The sinister siblings, twins Edgar and Ellen, kidnap the pets of Nod's Limb's youngest citizens and turn them into "rare beasts" in hopes of making money to finance future pranks.
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Henry Reed keeps a journal of his summer activities which include setting up a research firm and embarking on a series of usually profitable projects with the aid of his ally and neighbor Midge.
"Henry Reed has arrived in Grover's Corner--and the town will never be the same. While spending the summer with his aunt and uncle, Henry comes up with a sure-fire money-making project: Henry Reed, Inc., Research. Henry's neighbor, Midge Glass, has an even...
Author
Series
Farah rocks volume 2
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Farah spends much of her summer trying to earn money to attend an enrichment camp at her new school, but someone is sabotaging her by taking down her fliers. Includes glossaries and instructions for growing crystals.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Charlotte is not a dog person but does not like that the rest of her family neglects their Saint Bernard puppy, and so with a lot of determination and a little sneakiness, she works on finding a good home for the gentle giant.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In Dorset, England, twelve-year-old Kat Wolfe opens a pet-sitting business, but the owner of her first client goes missing and only her new friend shares Kat's conviction that the parrot's owner is the victim of foul play.
13) Swap'd
Author
Series
Click'd volume 2
Publisher
Disney*Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"After building one wildly popular app, Allie Navarro is ready for her next coding challenge--earning enough money for a trip to Game On Con with her friend, Courtney"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In Oregon, eleven-year-old Hope begins coping with her mother's verbal abuse by devising survival strategies for herself based on a history unit about the Holocaust, and meanwhile she works toward buying a pair of purple hiking boots by helping at a second-hand shop.
15) The PS brothers
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sixth-graders Russell and Shawn, poor and picked on, work together scooping dog droppings to earn money for a Rottweiler puppy to protect them from bullies, but when they learn the puppies' owner is running an illegal dog-fighting ring, they are torn about how to respond.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old John "Houdini" Smith tries to write a book about what is happening in his life, from his parents' worries about money and his brother in Iraq, to his new understandings of people while he and his friends rake lawns in their East Side Providence, Rhode Island neighborhood.
Author
Series
Kevin Spencer books volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is a hard worker, so when his income is cut off he begins a series of businesses, from poker games to selling snacks, earning money to take a girl to a dance, but his partners soon tire of his methods.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Pearl Li tries to gain her family's acceptance and save her favorite boba tea shop by selling her crocheted amigurumi dolls.
"Perfect for fans of Kelly Yang and Jessica Kim, this joyful, moving middle grade contemporary follows a big-hearted Taiwanese American girl as she aims to gain her family’s acceptance and save her favorite boba tea shop by selling her handcrafted amigurumi dolls. Pearl Li is ready to spend the summer before...
20) Iggy the legend
Author
Series
Iggy volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Iggy needs to make a bit of money, he conjures up a scheme to help kids con the Tooth Fairy for profit"--
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