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81) Jabari jumps
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly...
Author
Series
Caveboy (Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen) volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Caveboy loves banging his club, running really fast, and playing with his friends, but when his club breaks, he needs to find a new one, leading him to making a new friend and discovering his own bravery.
83) Dragon keeper
Author
Series
Dragonkeeper volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
An orphan slave girl becomes a Dragon Keeper when she heroically comes to the aid of an aging dragon and both go on a dangerous journey across China to protect a mysterious stone vital to the dragon's legacy.
Author
Series
Martin Bridge volume 8
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Martin's summer is off to an unharmonious start when his best friends Alex and Stuart are grounded for accidentally damaging Polar Pete's ice-cream truck and to complicate matters Laila Moffat joins the Junior Badgers, much to Martin's chagrin.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Nurk, a sort-of brave shrew, packs up a few pairs of clean socks and sails off on an accidental adventure, guided by wisdom found in the journal of his famously brave and fierce grandmother, Lady Surka the warrior shrew.
86) Brave as a mouse
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A heroic little mouse leads three mischievous black cats on a wild and epic chase up and down and over and around and into the pantry as part of a plan to protect her best friend, a goldfish the cats have been frightening"--
87) Lucero
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A timid, unpopular boy learns about courage, love, and luck through a school project involving a strong-willed elderly woman, the abandoned house where her son died, and the legend of the Firebird.
Author
Series
Lady Ilena volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Now chief of Dun Alyn, fifteen-year-old Ilena disgraces herself on the battlefield and, while subsequently exiled from her people, becomes involved in a plan to rescue King Arthur from his Saxon captors.
90) Pinkie promises
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Polly is tired of people telling her "that girls do not do that" whenever she tries something, and when she meets Senator Elizabeth Warren she is inspired to be brave and stretch herself, even running for class president in her new school.
Author
Series
Mr. Gum volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Brave-hearted young Polly attempts to stop mean old Mr. Gum from poisoning Jake, a huge dog adopted by the town of Lamonic Bibber that keeps destroying Mr. Gum's garden, and thus provoking the angry fairy who lives there. Includes a glossary of such English terms as gob and trouserface.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Celebrates everyday courage, including believing in ourselves, speaking out, trying new things, asking for help, and getting back up no matter how many times we may fall. Includes information on how to let go of fear by practicing yoga poses and mindful breathing exercises.
93) Poisoned
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of the fairy tale Snow White, the huntsman follows the queen's order to kill Sophie, but the princess is brought back to life by the seven men of the woods, who, along with other brave friends, help Sophie overcome the story's true villain and reclaim her throne.
Author
Publisher
Lantana Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Waking up in the night when the shadow of a giant chicken crosses her bedroom door, young Anyaugo follows the mischievous bird on a fantastical adventure that challenges her to safeguard her family's food for the following day's New Yam Festival, in a U.S. release of an award-winning book from Nigeria.
96) Marja's skis
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Seven-year-old Marja is finally big enough to learn to ski to school. One day she sees a friend who has fallen through the broken ice on the river. With the help of her skis, Marja save her friend.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A jovial singing frog, Tubs, helps his best friend, a human doctor, investigate a mysterious prophecy to uncover the source of an illness that is spreading through their beloved Louisiana swamp, infecting the animals that make the region their home.
Author
Publisher
Compendium, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this story, a child is visited by his first chance and unsure what to do with it, he lets it go. Later on, when a new chance arrives he reaches for it, but this time he misses and falls. Embarrassed and afraid, he begins ignoring each new chance that comes by, even though he still wants to take them. Then one day he realizes that he doesn't need to be brave all the time, just at the right time, to find out what amazing things can happen when he...
99) Payback time
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he is determined to be a writer, but he senses a real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand out on the field--or to discuss his past.
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.
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