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341) The Phantom Tower
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"When the missing button for their new apartment building's thirteenth floor suddenly appears, identical twins Mal and Colm are pulled into an eerie adventure in an parallel dimension"--
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Description
Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the public eye. As small children, they watched their grandfather become president; just twelve years later they stood by their father's side when he took the same oath. They spent their college years watched over by Secret Service agents and became fodder for the tabloids, with teenage mistakes making national headlines. But the tabloids didn't tell the whole story. In SISTERS FIRST,...
343) Kween
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
A searing, joyful YA debut about a queer Cambodian American teen's journey to find her voice and step into her legacy, perfect for fans of Ibi Zoboi and Elizabeth Acevedo.
Soma Kear's verses have gone viral. Trouble is, she didn't exactly think her slam poetry video through. All she knew was that her rhymes were urgent. On fire. An expression of where she was, and that place…was a hot mess.
Following her Ba's deportation back to Cambodia, everything's...
344) R my name is Rachel
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Three city siblings, now living on a farm during the Great Depression, must survive on their own when their father takes a construction job miles away.
345) Wish on a Unicorn
Author
Pub. Date
p2010
Description
Now I didn't believe a broken-down old unicorn could make wishes come true...not for a minute. But, what if it could?
Mags has a lot to wish for, a nice house with a mama who isn't tired out from work; a normal little sister; a brother who doesn't mooch for food; and, once in a while, she'd like some new clothes for school. When her sister Hannie finds a stuffed unicorn, Mags's wishes start to come true. She knows the unicorn can't really be magic,...
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Series
Vanderbeekers volume 4
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When autumn arrives on 141st Street, the Vanderbeekers are busy helping Mr. Beiderman get ready for the New York City Marathon and making sure the mysterious person sleeping in the community garden gets enough to eat. But when they discover the true identity of the person making a home in the community garden's shed, their world turns upside down as they learn what it means to care for someone in an impossible situation.
In this fourth book in the...
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Series
Vanderbeekers volume 7
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Amidst the anticipation of Mr. B and Aunt Penny's wedding, the Vanderbeekers' lives take an unexpected turn as Laney receives a dire diagnosis, leading them to the hospital where, despite their own challenges, they form a bond with a critically ill new friend in need of their support.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In a small village called Yellow Stone, in southeastern China, Sisi is a model sister, daughter, and student. She brews tea for her grandfather in the morning, leads recitations at school as class monitor, and helps care for her youngest brother, Da.
But when students are selected during a school ceremony to join the prestigious Red Guard, Sisi is passed over. Worse, she is shamed for her family's past -they are former landowners who have no place...
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines....
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the sound only gets worse.
Author
Pub. Date
(June 1, 2018)
Description
Henry and Jessies middle school robotics team is going to the regional competition! But it seems like someone doesnt want their team to compete. Can the Aldens use their sleuthing skills and what theyve learned about robotics to find the culprit and save the day?
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 5
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
One hilarious Harlem family is on a mission to find the perfect way to celebrate their Papa's fortieth birthday while discovering more about their mysterious grandparents in this heartfelt romp and latest installment to the New York Times best-selling series, perfect for fans of the Penderwicks. It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth birthday party. But then Papa must leave town to help his...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
The Aldens travel to Australia to learn about protecting the Great Barrier Reef and the animals that live there. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are going down under. Off the coast of Australia, they dive in to explore the Great Barrier Reef. With the help of their conservationist guide, Kayla, they learn about ways to help rebuild the damaged reef. But coral reefs take a long time to take shape. Can the Aldens find ways to help the animals that...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
In 1940, during the Blitz, Katherine, Robbie and Amelie Bateson are sent north to a private school in Rookskill Castle in Scotland, a brooding place, haunted by dark magic from the past--but when some of their classmates disappear Katherine has to find out if the cause is hidden in the past or very much in the present.
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Series
Boxcar children mysteries volume 55, 56, 57
Pub. Date
p2015.
Description
While helping their grandfather prepare for Greenfield's Winter Festival, the Alden children uncover a mystery surrounding the statue in the town square.
The Alden children draw upon their resourcefulness to save the neighborhood firehouse from being torn down, while they also face a series of mysterious incidents connected with it.
While sightseeing in San Francisco, the Boxcar children uncover a mystery involving fishing boats and sabotage.