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Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
3) Ruby Tuesday
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The 1988 World Series win by the Los Angeles Dodgers sets off a chain of life-changing events for thirteen-year-old Ruby Tuesday as she travels to Las Vegas and learns some surprising truths about her family members and their careers as gamblers and musicians. Plenty of girls have trouble relating to their parents. Few have to turn to a dictionary for help. Ruby Tuesday Sweet keeps a battered webster's by her side -- but when her dad tunes in to...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Living with his religious father, feminist mother, and racist grandmother in Denver, Colorado, during the early 1980s, twelve-year-old Samuel Gerard relates his school adventures and deals with his own prejudices towards Mexican immigrants.
5) Slam dunk
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a new school year starts, and thirteen-year-old basketball star Julian feels a lot of pressure as he realizes he is the only remaining player from last year's winning team, a friend's health crisis helps him regain perspective.
6) Red rage
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Mara, who has a violent temper, uses rage to offer her relief from the world, but when an unspeakable event occurs, she is forced to look inward and discover something about herself.
Author
Series
Jenna Fox chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Placed in a group foster home, eleven-year-old Cal Lavender learns how to cope with life from the four other girls who live there and from their storytelling guardian, the Knitting Lady.
9) Frogged
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When almost-thirteen-year-old Princess Imogene is turned into a frog, she puts into practice lessons from the book, "The Art of Being a Princess," as she tries to become her less-than-perfect self again.
One should be able to say of a princess “She was as good as she was beautiful,” according to The Art of Being a Princess (third revised edition), which the almost-thirteen-year-old Princess Imogene is supposed to be reading. Not feeling particularly...
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 12
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
During the summer between eighth and ninth grades, Alice and her friends Pamela and Elizabeth decide to improve themselves through exercise.
11) School of Charm
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After her beloved father's death in 1977, eleven-year-old tomboy Chip tries to fit with her family of beauty queens, making unlikely new friends at Miss Vernie's unusual charm school in Mt. Airy, North Carolina.
Author
Series
SpongeBob SquarePants chapter books volume 5
Publisher
Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
SpongeBob's ego--and head--swell when he is selected to star in a television special as the world's biggest daredevil, but hotshot producer Barry Cuda has another role in mind for him.
13) Dark Dude
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest.
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Questions about the nature of the mind are among the most hotly debated in philosophy today. Today, we are beginning to see the true complexity of this pursuit, as philosophers draw on the latest evidence from neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and other fields to probe still deeper into the inner workings of the mind ... Philosophy of Mind expertly sorts out the various approaches to understanding the mind, giving the...
Publisher
Hen's Tooth Video
Language
English
Description
A journey rich with positive, life-enhancing messages about growth and change. Through a combination of live action, puppetry, and animation, the show promotes positive self-esteem with colorful songs and stories. It explores children's authentic experiences, their dreams and concerns, and their fears and fantasies. This enchanted fun-filled voyage of discovery is superb for both children and adults to enjoy together.
A journey into the endless possibilities...
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