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Author
Series
43 Old Cemetery Road volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In this story told mostly through letters, Noah Breth's feuding children come to Ghastly, Illinois, to follow a trail of limericks to their inheritance, while Seymour tries to convince Iggy and Olive to let him keep Mr. Breth's dog.
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Relates the experiences of ordinary teenager Tillie Pierce during the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, as she helped save wounded Union and Confederate soldiers during the bloody, three-day battle.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When Tilly moves to a big, old house with her mum and dad, she can't wait to start exploring. There, deep in the garden, she finds a mysterious, hidden gate ... Led by a wild fox, Tilly discovers the magical secret that lies beyond the gate and nothing is ever quite the same again.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Caldecott-honor winning picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement.
Mamie Till-Mobley is the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy who was brutally murdered while visiting the South in 1955. His death became a rallying point for the civil rights movement, but few know that it was his mother who was the catalyst for
7) Ghost boys
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Madison's got her eye on the end of seventh grade. But first she must make it through a few crazy weeks. Will Poison Ivy get all the credit after Madison has done all the work on an end-of-year science project? And when a boy from Madison's past pops up, will things with Hart take a U-turn? From a big school musical revue to a family party, there's no predicting what will happen next. Only one thing is for sure: Fiona and Aimee will be Madison's friends...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Thirteen years old and a budding comedian, Cody has little to laugh about after he and his mother move from California to Texas to help his sick grandmother and he finds himself framed by his jealous cousin for calling in bomb threats to their school.
10) The tale of Despereaux: being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern day scary stories.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"By August 1945, World War II was over in Europe, but the fighting continued between American forces and the Japanese, who were losing but determined to fight till the bitter end. And so it fell to a new president--Harry S. Truman--to make the fateful decision to drop two atomic bombs--one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki--and bring the war to rapid close. Now, even seventy years later, can anyone know if this was the right choice? In a thoughtful...
14) Lunch!: Lunch!
Author
Series
Comics Squad volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Calling all kidz! Do you like comics? Do you like laughing till milk comes out of your nose?! Look no further—do we have the book for you! All your favorite comic characters are right here in one book, including the Peanuts gang, Babymouse, and Lunch Lady. This all-star tribute to classic Sunday comics includes eight sidesplitting, action-packed stories about every kid’s favorite subject—LUNCH!
Lunchtime can be fun,...
Lunchtime can be fun,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Karen has new roller skates. She is a very good skater. She can even do tricks. But oh, no! Karen falls down and breaks her wrist! She has to go to the hospital and get a cast. Karen wants somebody famous to sign her cast. It isn't going to be easy--but Karen won't give up till she gets the job done!"--
Author
Series
Comics Squad volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A comics collection from some of the biggest stars in graphic novels, including Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and Victoria Jamieson!
Calling all kidz! Do you like comics? Do you like laughing till you get sent to the principal?!
Don’t punish yourself! Read the next Comics Squad! Leave your troubles behind with this collection of quick and funny stories about many kids’...
Calling all kidz! Do you like comics? Do you like laughing till you get sent to the principal?!
Don’t punish yourself! Read the next Comics Squad! Leave your troubles behind with this collection of quick and funny stories about many kids’...
Author
Series
Time twisters volume 4
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Amelia Earhart accidentally time travels back to ancient Greece, Abby and her stepbrother, Doc, must persuade her to return to her own time and finish her solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
20) The underdogs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Small but fast twelve-year-old Will Tyler, an avid football player in the down-and-out town of Forbes, Pennsylvania, takes matters into his own hands to try and finance the city's football team, giving the whole community hope in the process.