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Author
Series
Big Nate volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Both Nate Wright and school bully Randy Betancourt have crushes on the new girl Ruby, and altercations between the two boys result in peer counseling sessions that eventually lead to an unlikely friendship and their becoming teammates on the school's ultimate frisbee Mud Bowl team.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
230 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In spite of their differences, Natalie Wallis and Annie Beckett become friends and decide to spend their summer spying on their neighbors.
5) Ungifted
Author
Series
Ungifted volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
Author
Series
Publisher
Focus Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From animals babies eating their parents' poop to get healthy gut bacteria to animals eating poop for nutrients, poop-eating is a common behavior in the animal kingdom. This title examines the insects, mammals, and birds that eat poop and the reasons why"--
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Now in middle school, Isaiah Dunn participates in a mentoring program, but he has a hunch that his mentee--a troublemaking third-grader name Kobe--has a secret and Isaiah is determined to get to the bottom of it.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
171 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Big Nate is a legend at P.S. 38, where he and friends Francis, Teddy, Dee Dee, Chad, and others manage to make sixth grade interesting with all kinds of pranks, drama, sports, and good times. The all-time leader in detentions, Nate is never far from the spotlight, whether it's for a freak injury on the soccer field, Halloween costume fail, or stirring up a new episode in his long-running rivalry with grade-grubbing Gina or his teacher nemesis, Mrs....
10) Undaunted
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
As a young scientist, Birute Mary Galdikas had a mission: To find and study the elusive orangutans of Borneo's rain forest to help protect this amazing and elusive species. Follow her story as she carries out an epic search and struggles to survive while studying the world's most endangered great ape.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"This biography for children will trace Goodall's life, but each chapter will also focus on two or more the chimpanzees that she observed, with information in sidebars about these particular animals. Along with biographical details, the book will explore the ethical issues that surround Goodall's work and show what has changed in our understanding of Great Apes. What do we know today about these animals in terms of language, speech, tool use, and...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"When catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbors, the Vanderbeeker children set out to build the best, most magical healing garden in Harlem--in spite of a locked fence, thistles and trash, and the conflicting plans of a wealthy real estate developer"--Provided by the publisher.