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Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Miss Parks, a new teacher, is devastated when her cat, Autumn, disappears during a storm, but with the help of her students, she finds not only Autumn but also the man of her dreams.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Annie Fetlock--born on Thursday, met the love of her life on Thursday, and when a special cat comes into her life on Thursday, she knows he has found the right home"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom. Based on a true story, this picture book tells of a little girl growing up in France during World War II who becomes aware that her family is hiding a Jewish family in the cellar. Since the Tall Boots--the Nazis--have marched into Monique's small French village, terrorizing it, nothing surprises her. Until the night...
6) Pink and Say
Author
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather.
9) Pink y Say
Author
Publisher
Lectorum
Pub. Date
[c1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather.
10) Bully
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grade friends Lyla and Jamie, both new to their school, stand up for each other when a clique of popular girls bullies them online.
12) The bee tree
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
To teach his daughter the value of books, a father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey.
13) The blessing cup
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A single china cup from a tea set left behind when Jews were forced to leave Russia helps hold a family together through generations of living in America, reminding them of the most important things in life.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Young Stella loves books so much, her books begin to take over the farmhouse. "Why, Stell, you need your own library to hold those books," her pa tells her, so he and the neighbors build her one! She calls it "The Mermaid's Purse," since the midwife said Stella was born in one. Stella opens the Purse to her neighbors and travels around the countryside, sharing her books door-to-door. Not everyone gives them a chance at first, like grouchy Pig Ears...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Because she is afraid to read an essay aloud in English class, young Patricia is invited to take Mr. Wayne's drama class where she paints sets, participates in fun exercises, and memorizes every part in the play the others are rehearsing.
17) Palace of books
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
At the public library in her new town, Patricia meets Mrs. Creavy, an encouraging librarian who introduces Patricia to the books of John James Audubon and helps her become the first member of the Audubon Bird Club of Freemont Elementary.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a teacher who believes each of them is a genius, a class of special-needs students invents something that could convince the whole school they are justifiably proud to be "Junkyard Wonders."
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how a teacher named Miss Chew encouraged individuality, and accepted learning differences, and helped a young student with academic difficulties get extra time to take tests and permission to be in advanced art classes. Inspired by the author's memories of her art teacher.
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