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Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ella is nervous about the first day of school in her new town, but wearing her grandmother's good luck hat makes her feel better--until the other students tease her and call her names.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lenora Allbright is 13 when her father convinces her mother, Cora, to forgo their inauspicious existence in Seattle and move to Kaneq, AK. It's 1974, and the former Vietnam POW sees a better future away from the noise and nightmares that plague him. Having been left a homestead by a buddy who died in the war, Ernt is secure in his beliefs, but never was a family less prepared for the reality of Alaska, the long, cold winters and isolation. Locals...
7) Netherland
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hans van den Broek finds himself alone in New York City after his wife and son return to London, and stumbles upon the subculture of cricket, builds a friendship with Chuck from Trinidad, and begins a new life in his adopted country.
10) Moving day
Author
Series
Allie Finkle's rules for girls volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nine-year-old Allie Finkle has rules for everything and is even writing her own rule book, but her world is turned upside-down when she learns that her family is moving across town, which will mean a new house, school, best friend, and plenty of new rules.
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After Mickey witnesses his father's death and his mother's admission into rehab, he is sent to live with his estranged uncle and change high schools, but when Mickey's new girlfriend, Ashley, suddenly disappears Mickey refuses to let another person walk out of his life and follows clues that reveal truths about both Ashley and Mickey's father.
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When second-grader Eugene and his family move to a new neighborhood and he starts at a new school, he has a chance to bring out his superhero alter ego, Captain Awesome, to find the kidnapped class hamster.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2007, c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The only good thing about Jack's new school is that it is near the ocean and he loves to surf, but then Jack meets Peter Stafford, a daredevil surfer who insists on risking his life every time he enters the water.
15) Aquamarine
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A love-struck mermaid named Aquamarine supplies adventure and insights to two twelve-year-old girls, life-long friends who are spending their last summer together before one of them moves away.
18) I know here
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A little girl who lives in a trailer in Saskatchewan while her father works on building a dam, is upset by the news that the project is nearly done and her family will be moving to Toronto, but her teacher suggests a way she can take all her memories with her.
19) The new girl
Author
Series
Allie Finkle's rules for girls volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Guided by her rules, nine-year-old Allie works to get past being just the new girl at school, eagerly awaits the arrival of her kitten, and faces turmoil when her grandmother visits while the family is still settling into their new home.
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