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61) The Outsiders
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society. When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever.
63) A time to bloom
Author
Series
Leah's garden volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
Delphinium Nielsen and her sisters have accomplished much in the past year, traveling west and settling in Nebraska. They are on their way to building a garden in dedication to their mother and working against the forces of nature to make their farm thrive. However, none of that can mask their concern that they are quickly running out of money. Del's work teaching in their booming town offers hope, not only to support her sisters financially, but...
64) Zen shorts
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Stillwater the giant panda moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.
65) The gift
Author
Series
Witch and wizard volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After escaping imprisonment by the totalitarian regime known as the New Order, siblings Wisty and Whit Allgood, who possess magical powers, establish themselves as leaders of the Resistance, a hidden community of teenagers like themselves, hunted by the state and determined to defy its ban on the arts, magic, and all other forms of creativity.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a memoir written with his brother, the popular author describes how the two of them dealt with their grief over the untimely deaths of their parents and only sister by embarking on a three-week odyssey around the world.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
As imaginary superhero Bumblebee Boy, Sam rejects his pesky little brother's help in defeating pirates, dragons, and saber-toothed lions, but when Sam comes up against some scary aliens, he discovers the advantage of having a sidekick.
69) The field guide
Author
Series
The Spiderwick chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
After the murder of her younger brother at a busy restaurant in the Sydney suburbs--a murder that a dozen bystanders claim they didn't see, and the police are unable or unwilling to solve--Ky sets aside her grief to track down and confront the witnesses herself.
71) Roxy
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Two siblings get caught up in a wager between two manufactured gods, Roxicodone and Adderall, in this new thriller inspired by the opioid crisis"--
72) When I am big
Author
Publisher
Reader's Digest Children's Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A boy enjoys imitating his big brother and dreams of the day when he will be big as well.
Author
Series
Fablehaven volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
479 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Very strange things are afoot at Fablehaven. Someone or something has released a plague that transforms beings of light into creatures of darkness. Seth discovers the problem early, but as the infectious disease spreads, it becomes clear that the preserve cannot hold out for long. In dire need of help, the Sorensons question where to turn. The Sphinx has always given sound advice -- but is he a traitor? Inside the Quiet Box, Vanessa might have...
74) The immortalists
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The instant New York Times bestseller and celebrated family love story heralded as perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna Tartt (People). If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children--four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness--sneak...
75) Lucinda's secret
Author
Series
The Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With goblins, trolls, and the house boggart all trying to get them, the Grace children turn to Great Aunt Lucinda for help.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
77) Turkey surprise
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 18 x 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A turkey hides from two pilgrim brothers looking for food for Thanksgiving Day, and they end up finding something better to eat.
78) Motor mouth
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby returns to take on a whole new set of bad guys, Florida heat, colorful and dangerous characters, and high-stakes adventure, all the while romancing gorgeous race car driver Sam Hooker.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Aaron Fox is hired to investigate the disappearance of twenty-year-old Caitlin Frostig, he discovers that his estranged half-brother, cop Moses Reed, is also on the case, but only after consulting psychologist Alex Delaware do they stand any chance of success.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.