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Author
Series
Marvellers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts, like brewing Indian spice elixirs and bartering with pesky Irish pixies.
Despite her excitement, Ella discovers that being the first isn’t easy—some Marvellers mistrust her magic, which they deem “bad and unnatural.” But eventually, she finds friends in...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
199 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The moving story of a young Rwandan girl born with clubfeet and the risk she takes for the chance to walk on the bottoms of her feet for the first time. Rebeka Uwitonze was born in Rwanda with curled and twisted feet, which meant she had to crawl or be carried to get around. At nine years old, she gets an offer that could change her life. A doctor in the US might be able to turn her feet. But it means leaving her own family behind and going to America...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The author tells the story of his life in graphic-novel format. Thirteen-year-old Jimmy has everything going for him until a series of events causes him to lose everything. However, through it all he pursues his dream to create comic books. Finally, a friend gives him an idea that changes his life.
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.