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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Mar�ia Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Mal�u) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.
Author
Publisher
Holiday Hill Farm
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Did you ever watch fireflies light up the sky? Some flash bright. Some flash low. Some flash fast. Some flash slow. Well, it wasn't always that way. It all began a long time ago when a firefly named Beacon chose not to glow. Beacon knew the rule they all had to obey--every firefly had to glow exactly the same way. But Beacon marched to a different drum. He thought flashing your taillight ought to be fun. And then one night, when they needed him most,...
83) Lost and found
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twin brothers Jay and Ray Grayson learn about friendship, honesty, and themselves after taking advantage of a clerical oversight in which their new school thinks there is only one Grayson boy.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A unique, spunky, multiracial, bilingual girl plans a one-of-a-kind birthday party and hopes her abuelita (grandma) will be able to come from Peru to join the festivities. Includes an author's note and glossaries"--
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Mclean begins to lose sight of who she really is after she tries to reinvent herself at each school she attends after her parents' divorce and her father moves her from town to town.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Marisol McDonald, a biracial, nonconformist, soccer-playing pirate-princess with brown skin and red hair, celebrates her uniqueness.
Marisol McDonald no combina. Es pelirroja y morena; su ropa es de varios colores; juega a los piratas futbolistas; y le gusta ser unica.
87) Jake and Lily
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twins Jake and Lily have a very close relationship, but when they turn eleven, their parents give them separate bedrooms and Jake begins to spend time with a group of neighborhood boys. Lily is devastated as she struggles to make friends, and Jake is faced with a bully.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"You're a custom-made kid, by God's own design. You're not three; you're not two; you are one of a kind!" Written with the whimsy of Dr. Seuss and the love of a parent, this rhyming verse makes kids' toes tap and their faces smile. Kids love listening again and again as a silly Mom counts the reasons for loving her child, while also reminding us of God's boundless love. Children are reassured by the message that love isn't dependent on glamorous looks...
89) The ugly pumpkin
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A lonely, oddly-shaped pumpkin is sad that no one chose him for Halloween, but by Thanksgiving he has discovered where he belongs.
Author
Publisher
Mango Media / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Applying the metaphor of a complete 'home rehab' to the mind, [ Redesign Your Mind ] presents an engaging series of visualization techniques." -- Publishers Weekly Your mind is like a room that is yours to redesign -- a space that you can declutter, air out, furnish, decorate, and turn into a truly congenial place. Today, cognitive-behavioral therapy and CBT techniques are the tools that help us do this. In this book, Dr. Eric Maisel, Ph.D. moves...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Willa does fall in love, but it isn't at all the way she dreamed it would be. And just what is extraordinary? Willa and twin brother Nicky's mother is going to have a baby-how ordinary. Their friend Horace's mother has left to"seek her fortune. "That, Willa thinks, is extraordinary. Willa is on the verge of learning something important. And by the end of the long summer, Willa, Nicky, and Horace each do something extraordinary and unforgettable.
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Plans I Have for YOU! combines playful rhyming text written by bestselling children's book author Amy Parker with whimsical illustrations by award-winning artist Vanessa Brantley-Newton to create a book that inspires readers of all ages to dream about their future. God has great plans for each and every one of us, and this book encourages children to think about the talents that make them special and will help them imagine how God may use our...
Author
Publisher
Nimbus Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The award-winning poet and author of Summer Feet offers delightful rhyming picture book that helps children embrace diversity. If ever you go travelling On EveryBody Street You'll see EveryBody's Different Than EveryOne you meet Sheree Fitch's playful words lead you into this beautiful children's book and invite you to celebrate our gifts, our weaknesses, our differences, and our sameness. Fitch displays her wit and mastery of words in quick, rollicking...
Author
Series
Franny K. Stein mad scientist volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in--which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan.
96) Two of a kind
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Anna abandons her best friend, Julisa, to spend time with Kayla and Melanie, whose friendship is considered very special, she soon learns that she has little in common with her new friends.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Julian Calendar thought changing schools would mean leaving his "nerdy" persona behind, but instead he forms an alliance with fellow inventors Greta and Ben and works with them to prevent an adult from using one of their gadgets for nefarious purposes.
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Linsey Davis, Emmy-winning correspondent for ABC News, brings us a culture-rich picture book proudly showcasing the beauty of diversity while also celebrating the wonderful things we have in common. One Big Heart Activity Kit is a companion to One Big Heart by Linsey Davis. This guide can be utilized in the classroom, in a home school setting, or by parents seeking additional resources. Ideal for grades K-3. From skin, hair, and eyes in a multitude...
99) My Brother Otto
Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This engaging picture book shows everyday life with little crow siblings when one of them is on the autism spectrum. My Brother Otto is a child-friendly, endearing, and fun picture book for children about the love, acceptance, and understanding a sister, Piper, has for her little brother Otto, who is on the autism spectrum. The book provides explanations for Otto's differences and quirkiness in an easy-to-understand language, and highlights Otto's...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Pearl and her popular, thirteen-year-old sister, Lexie, do not get along very well, but when their grandfather moves in and the girls have to share a room, they must find common ground.
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