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9321) Falling Too Fast
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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In Dos Rios, Texas, things aren't always as they seem.Alexis Garza has music in her blood. She's certain that one day, she'll be leaving the border town of Dos Rios, Texas behind for a glamorous life of singing stardom. Until then, however, she'll have to content herself with belting her heart out at voice classes, going to high school mariachi band practice, and helping out at the Graza family restaurant.Alexis's ordinary life takes a turn for...
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Explosive volcanic eruptions are cool, really, cool. They inject ash into the stratosphere and deflect the sun's rays. When eighth grader Jamie Fulton learns that snow fell in June in his hometown because of an eruption on the other side of the world, he's psyched! He could have snowboarded if he'd lived back in 1815 during the year without a summer.
Clara Montalvo, who recently arrived at Jamie's school after surviving Hurricane Maria in Puerto...
9323) Big Break
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Chosen Girls is a dynamic new series that communicates a message of empowerment and hope to Christian youth who want to live out their faith. In book 5, Harmony's heart is in the right place, but her trust is in the wrong person. She thinks a New York agent is the ticket for the Chosen Girls to make it big-and make a big difference helping the needy of the world. Through two Battle of the Bands contests Harmony learns the importance of trusting the...
9324) The Stitch Clique
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Meet the Stitch
Clique, five stylish girls who share a passion for fashion!
When
the store Zoey's Closet opens its doors to offer sewing classes for beginners,
Ava, Gracie, Lily, Maya, and Sophia walk in not knowing each other or what to
expect. But as they talk about their favorite fashion looks and trade stories
about their families, something just clicks. They discover they have a lot in
common-in fact, their differences only make each other...
9325) No Second Chances
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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In Dos Rios, Texas, things aren't always as they seem.Santiago might be in over his head this time. . . Santiago's grades are slipping again, but he's determined to prove to his family that he can be successful at something, even if it's not school. When a fancy new taco chain moves in across the street from the Garza family restaurant, Santiago is inspired-- he'll open a food business of his own!Unfortunately, running a business is not as much fun...
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The Bobbsey Twins at the Country Fair is a children's book by Laura Lee Hope, first published in 1922. It is part of the Bobbsey Twins series, which follows the adventures of two sets of twins: Bert and Nan, who are eight years old, and Flossie and Freddie, who are four. In this installment, the Bobbsey family is excited to attend the country fair. They enjoy seeing the different exhibits, riding the Ferris wheel, and eating delicious food. But the...
9327) Drew
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Changers Book One: Drew opens on the eve of Ethan Miller's freshman year of high school in a brand-new town. He's finally sporting a haircut he doesn't hate, has grown two inches since middle school, and can't wait to try out for the soccer team. At last, everything is looking up in life.
Until the next morning. When Ethan awakens as a girl.
Ethan is a Changer, a little-known, ancient race of humans who live out each of their four years of high...
9328) Project Food Drive
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Each class is competing to collect the most food for the local food pantry. The winning class gets to pick books for the library! Jina and her friends know exactly which books they'd pick. But what happens when a classmate's family experiences an emergency and Jina and her friends decide to risk winning the competition to help their classmate in need?
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As if seventh grade isn't hard enough, Truth Trendon learns she has to wear a back brace to help her worsening scoliosis. She decides gravity is to blame for curving her spine and ruining her life. Thanks for nothing, Isaac Newton!
Truth's brace is hard plastic, tight, and uncomfortable. She has to wear a t-shirt under it and bulky clothes over it, making her feel both sweaty and unfashionable. She's terrified that her classmates are going to find...
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On his thirteenth birthday, Ronnie woke up feeling like a chimp-all long armed, big eared, and gangly. He's been muddling through each gawky day since. Now his best friend, Joey, has turned thirteen, too-and after Joey humiliates himself in front of a cute girl, he climbs a tree and refuses to come down. So Ronnie sets out to woo the girl on Joey's behalf. After all, teenage chimps have to stick together.
Acclaimed author Gary Soto tells a fun and...
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A close friend is the best treasure in all the world.
But what happens when friends move away? When they change? When they start liking someone else better? Best-selling author Larry Libby shares, in a simple, heartwarming way, the nature of God as a true friend. With thoughtful, biblically based explanations, he clearly expresses how God is always with us no matter what.
Filled with warm, soft illustrations that will comfort young hearts, God...
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Fourteen-year-old Reese's dream of winning the Black Elk race is shattered when her beloved horse, Trusted Treasure, falls at the last jump. While still reeling from that loss, her family suffers a second tragedy-one that results in the end of their family business, the sale of Trusted Treasure, and irreparable damage to Reese's relationship with her father.
Heartbroken and still longing to find Trusted Treasure, Reese meets Wes, a Lakota Indian,...
9333) Off the Beaten Track
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A breathtaking mountain adventure, in which a boy finds his inner strength, from the author of the critically-acclaimed, award-winning novel The Heart
Paul is ten years old and lives with his aunt and uncle. Bruce, an old family friend, suddenly reappears after three years of silence, eager to keep a promise he made to Paul to take him on a three-day mountain trek.
Paul longs for Bruce's friendship and wants badly to prove himself. But he is also...
9334) Storm Rising
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The center of attention wherever she goes, Storm Novelo is hiding a secret. Convinced no one would like her inner brainiac, she hides behind her public airhead persona-and quits every project she starts before anyone can get too close. What will it take to convince her she's playing to the wrong audience?
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Something for You is a touching picture book about lending a hand and the gift of friendship, from debut author-illustrator Charlie Mylie, whom Brian Selznick has heralded as "a major new talent in children's books."
A mouse's friend is sick. What can he do to help her? He'll go get her something! But what? Something little? Something to share? Or something just for her? When his search doesn't go as planned, our mouse realizes that the best gift...
9336) Fading Tracks
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Lonely and a long way from her Iowa home, twelve-year-old Jeri McKane reacts to boarding school the way most middle schoolers would. Even with close friends, she wonders whether her scholarship to prestigious Landmark School was worth it. She's tempted to give up when her Mom can't make parents' weekend, and the school bus carrying her roommate, Rosa, disappears. But this reporter for the sixth-grade newspaper has an eye like Nancy Drew and more faith...
9337) Footprints in the Sand
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The first of two exciting titles in the new Back-2-Back series. Told with an authentic teenage voice, these stories really hit the right note.
Miranda's story - she's an only child on holiday with her recently-divorced mother, hoping to get away from it all, but finding herself on a grotty Greek island in the worst hotel ever, where even the Coke is warm! Life is miserable, until she spots a dream-on-a-windsurf, zigzagging across the bay...
Mark's...
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Laissant définitivement s'éloigner les secrets de collège, Gorka et ses amis vont découvrir l'univers du lycée et les premiers émois amoureux.
Claire-Lucille, seule fille du groupe, va faire la connaissance de Békir, un adolescent turc et le prendre en amitié. Apprécié de tous, Békir va être associé à la rédaction d'un journal de lycée. Malheureusement pour lui, la publication d'un article sur la culture de son pays d'origine va...
9339) Lucy Out of Bounds
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In Lucy Out of Bounds, Mora's gone boy-crazy for Lucy's best friend, and the town might sell the soccer field Lucy plays on. Lucy feels betrayed by everyone, but in the book of Ruth she just might find a role model for perseverance … and forgiveness.
9340) Watch the Cookie!
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Sam and Mousey are best friends, and Mousey is always looking up to Sam and following his lead. They do everything together and share everything, too. So when Sam surprises Mousey with a big chocolate chip cookie, they can't wait to split it. Unfortunately, Sam really has to go and he has to go NOW! "Watch the cookie. I'll be right back," he tells Mousey. Mousey diligently watches the cookie, but it turns out that he isn't the only one. Pigeons come...
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