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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly devoted to his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first ace arrives in the mail. That's when Ed becomes the messenger. Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting...
Author
Series
Amber Brown volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Overview: Amber has a lot on her mind. Her mom is engaged. Her father is moving back to the United States. Her parents fight every time they talk on the phone--and Amber is caught in the middle. It's enough to make Amber Brown see red! (Digest) The year that she is in the fourth grade is a difficult one for Amber, as she tries to deal with escalating telephone fights between her divorced parents and her father's impending return to take joint custody...
3) Booked
Author
Series
Crossover volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
4) Forest born
Author
Series
Books of Bayern volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
When her beloved forest no longer gives her comfort and her brother Razo invites Rinna to the city to be one of Queen Ani's waiting women, she happily accepts, only to discover her own strength comes from places both expected and unexpected.
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Language
English
Description
While Frankie learns to ride a bike, tie her shoes, make new friends, try new foods, and work with her dad, she also learns that trying new things is how she grows--and that being brave enough to do so is what growing up is all about.
Author
Series
Books of Bayern volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Young Razo travels from Bayern to Tira at war's end as part of a diplomatic corps, but mysterious events in the Tiran capital fuel simmering suspicions and anger, and Razo must spy out who is responsible before it is too late and he becomes trapped in an enemy land.
7) Be you!
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
"Discover a joyful reminder of the ways that every child is unique and special, from the beloved creator of The Dot, Happy Dreamer, and New York Times bestseller, The Word Collector. Here, Reynolds reminds readers to "be your own work of art." To be patient, persistent, and true. Because there is one, and only one, YOU."--Amazon.
10) Clink
Author
Publisher
Balzer & Bray
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
While newer, fancier robots are quickly purchased, Clink, an old-fashioned robot who can only make toast and music, gathers dust and feels downhearted until a young boy enters the shop looking for something special.
Author
Publisher
Compendium Kids
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A boy has an idea which makes him uncomfortable at first but he discovers it is magical and that, no matter what other people say, he should give it his attention.
"What do you do with an idea? Especially an idea that's different, or daring, or just a little wild? Do you hide it? Walk away from it? Do you pretend it isn't yours? This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child's confidence grows,...
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction. A teen activist wrestles with protest-related anxiety and PTSD. A socially anxious vampire learns he has to save his town by (gulp) working with people. As part of her teshuvah, a girl writes letters to the ex-boyfriend she still loves, revealing that her struggle with angry outbursts is related to PMDD....
15) I am enough
Author
Lexile measure
400L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another.
16) Neck & neck
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Description
"A giraffe's self-esteem is tested when he competes with a balloon for a young boy's attention."--
17) Dumplin'
Author
Series
Dumplin' volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.
18) Better than you
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 640L
Language
English
Description
Tyler's friend Jake continually boasts about his abilities, making Tyler feel bad about himself until his Uncle Kevin and new neighbor Niko help him see that Jake is the one with the problem.
19) Keeping the moon
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight and eccentric Aunt Mira, and trying to explore her sense of self.
Colie expects the worst when she's sent to spend the summer with her eccentric aunt Mira while her mother, queen of the television infomercial, tours Europe. Always an outcast-first for being fat and then for being "easy" -- Colie has no friends...
20) Puddin'
Author
Series
Dumplin volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Description
When circumstances put Millie Michalchuk and Callie Reyes together over the course of a semester, the girls realize they have more in common than they ever imagined.
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