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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
My weird school volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A skateboarding principal offers unusual incentives to his students to motivate them to learn more. Principal Klutz was hanging upside down from the school flagpole! He kissed a pig on the lips! He painted his bald head orange! And now he wants to bungee-jump off the roof of the school, dressed like Santa Claus! In fact, all the grown-ups at A.J.'s school seem to have something wrong with them. What's going on here? What are A.J. and the kids in his...
Author
Series
Mostly ghostly volume 6
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Max's twelfth birthday party turns into a major disaster when ghosts Nicky and Tara boycott it, and sinister events spin out of control.
Author
Series
Junie B. Jones series volume 10
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lucille invites Junie B. and her friend Grace to sleep over at her very rich nanna's house, where everything is beautiful, expensive, and breakable.
Author
Series
Allie Finkle's rules for girls volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
While trying to spare Erica's feelings so she could go to Brittany's birthday party, Allie disobeys one of her own rules and lies.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sassy Simone Sanford plans a fabulous dinner party for her fourth grade class, but it turns into a recipe for disaster when her dog eats the food, her friends make a mess, and the new girl in school is missing.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
The block party was Carrie's idea, but when it arrives she can only think about two things: the talent show and the delicious noodle dishes from many countries that her neighbors are bringing.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 30
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
1953
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When a gang that uses parties as a cover for robberies victimizes a masquerade party Nancy is attending, the teen-age detective switches identity with her girl friend to solve the case.
Author
Series
Black lagoon adventures volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While worrying about the class gift exchange, Hubie discovers the true meaning of Christmas.
Author
Series
The amazing days of Abby Hayes volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Abby's having a party. She decides it's the perfect time to give her room a makeover. Will she finish in time for the party?
Author
Series
Oggie Cooder series volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Neither a long list of rules, nor the inability to find the perfect gift--Cheddar Jam--nor being locked in a bathroom with a juggling bear will keep quirky fourth-grader Oggie Cooder from attending neighbor Donnica Perfecto's birthday pool party.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.
Author
Series
Insiders (Minter) volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Wealthy New York City high school student Jonathan and his upper-class friends spend their time dating, partying, and dealing with each other's family problems.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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When Alice takes a long tumble down a rabbit hole, she lands with a thud and enters a world of teatime with the Mad Hatter, croquet with the Queen of Hearts, nonsensical conversations with a hookah-smoking caterpillar, and adventures that just get curiouser and curiouser.
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