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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
To find their way home, ten-year-old May Bird and Somber Kitty seek the Lady of North Farm as May Bird struggles with the knowledge that only she can save the Ever After from its terrible ruler, Evil Bo Cleevil.
83) Pity party
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A grab bag of deliciously dark short fiction set in middle school that explores anxieties and twists them into funny, resonant, and reassuring psychological thrills"--
84) Black Belt Bunny
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Black Belt Bunny is good at sidekicks, backflips, and air chops, but when told he must learn to make a salad, he resists, only to be unexpectedly empowered by himself and the narrator"--
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In China during the Han Dynasty, young Ping, doubting that she is the true dragonkeeper, struggles to care for the baby dragon, Kai, in the desolate mountains of Tai Shan, until fate leads her back to the Imperial Palace and the Garden of the Purple Dragon, but even in the safety of the palace, enemies abound and tempt her to try to escape her destiny.
87) Number one kid
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 1
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Mitchell's father gets a new job and his family moves, he and his sister go to a new school where they must make new friends and adjust to new routines.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Happily Ever Afters comes a dual POV rom-com about Reggie and Delilah, who fall in love through missed connections and chance meetings on holidays over the course of a year. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances. Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. She...
89) Isabelle
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Isabelle, who attends a performing arts school in Washington, D.C., with her older sister, Jade, has a passion for ballet dancing but lacks self-confidence.
91) Grayling's song
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In a medieval kingdom, Grayling finds self-confidence when her mother is turned into a tree by evil forces and Grayling must venture into the wilds to reverse the spell.
93) The cobra's song
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Indian American Geetanjali, part of a family of classical Hindustani music singers, believes her neighbor has become an ichchaadari naagin, a cobra that can turn human, she must overcome her fears and harness the power of her voice before the naagin changes the whole town into snakes.
94) Front desk
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when...
Author
Publisher
Mama's Boyz, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Naomi is an African-American girl struggling with accepting her natural hair texture. She wishes she could have hair like her friends, long and blonde or big brown curls. Can a trip to her Grandma's help her to take pridein her kinky, coily hair?
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
¡Es el festival de invierno! Hay juegos, un concurso de muñecos de nieve, patinaje sobre hielo y, por supuesto, golosinas. Pero para Pedro el festival no es tan divertido. Su caballo de nieve no le sale bien y se cae de cara patinando. ¿Conseguirá Pedro controlar la situación y pasarla bien al final?
Although Pedro is not great at making snow figures or snow angels, he knows he can help Roddy overcome his fear of sledding on the big hill.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, New York
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Poe Blythe, the young captain of the Outpost's last mining ship, wants revenge far more than the gold they tear from the Serpentine River. She has vowed to annihilate the river raiders who robbed her of everything two years ago. But as she navigates the treacherous waters of the Serpentine and realizes there might be a traitor among her crew, she must also reckon with who she has become, who she wants to be, and the ways love can change and shape...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Playing baseball was the one thing that made twelve-year-old Nick Crandall feel at home until he found acceptance with adoptive parents, but he faces a new struggle to fit in when he becomes the first seventh-grader ever to make the varsity baseball team.
100) Wild pitch: a novel
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Robbie Hammond, the Dulaney Orioles' pitcher, has to persevere through a losing season"--
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