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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
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Suspicion falls on half-jumbie Corinee when local children from her Caribbean island home begin to disappear, and she is forced to go deep into the ocean to seek the help of a dangerous jumbie who rules the waves.
22) When I grow up
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Sebastian the turtle tells his father about all the jobs he might do when he grows up, from fireman to skydiver, and agrees that being a father might be the best of all.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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As soon as Anne Shirley arrived at the snug, white farmhouse called Green Gables, she knew she wanted to stay forever. But would the Cuthberts send her back to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they expected -- a skinny girl with decidedly red hair and a temper to match. If only she could convince them to let her stay, she'd try very hard not to keep rushing headlong into scrapes or blurt out the very first thing she had to say. Anne was...
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Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. "He strutted around with a short perm, a Cosby-esque sweater, gold chains and a Kangol--telling jokes like Redd Fox, and giving advice like Jesse Jackson. You couldn't tell my father he was white. Believe me, I tried," writes Wolff. And so from early childhood on, her father began his crusade to make his white daughter down. Unfortunately,...
26) Big Friends
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Pub. Date
20160119
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Birt and Etho are best friends. Together they play outside in big cardboard boxes. Sometimes they're kings, soldiers, astronauts. Sometimes they're pirates sailing wild seas and skies. But always, always they're Big friends. Then one day a new boy arrives, and he wants to join them. Can two become three?
28) Going home
Author
Pub. Date
1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Feeling like an outsider when she visits her relatives in Puerto Rico for the first time, eleven-year-old Felita tries to come to terms with the heritage she always took for granted.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
We woke up in the usual way, but it was not a usual day.Out on the lawn, plain as could be, stood an orange wishing tree."I wish!" I said. "I wish!" said you.And so our double wishes grew.Wishes are a magical part of childhood. Whether we wish on stars or blow out candles on a cake, our dreams matter. Nancy Tillman captures the wonder of wishes as only she can, with love.
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"A Southern story of friendship forged by books and bees, when the timeless troubles of growing up meet the murky shadows of World War II. Deep in the tobacco land of North Carolina, nothing's been the same since the boys shipped off to war and worry took their place. Thirteen-year-old Lucy Brown is precocious and itching for adventure. Then Allie Bert Tucker wanders into town, an outcast with a puzzling past, and Lucy figures the two of them can...
31) Feeling Happy
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Series
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate happiness and how to enjoy it.
34) Caminar
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Carlos knows that when the soldiers arrive with warnings about the Communist rebels, it is time to be a man and defend the village, keep everyone safe. But Mama tells him not yet {u2014} he{u2019}s still her quiet moonfaced boy. The soldiers laugh at the villagers, and before they move on, a neighbor is found dangling from a tree, a sign on his neck: Communist. Mama tells Carlos to run and hide, then try to find her. . . . Numb and alone, he must...
35) Be a Friend
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Pub. Date
20160105
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Dennis is an ordinary boy who expresses himself in extraordinary ways. Some children do show-and-tell. Dennis mimes his. Some children climb trees. Dennis is happy to BE a tree . . . But being a mime can be lonely. It isn't until Dennis meets a girl named Joy that he discovers the power of friendship--and how special he truly is! At its core, this book is a heartwarming story of self-acceptance, courage, and unbreakable friendship for anyone who has...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Lola the mermaid seems so brave and courageous... but she was not always that way. She used to feel timid and out of place, so her dad gave her a special gift, a bracelet of courage. One day whilst out on an adventure, Lola loses her bracelet and as the tides start to turn, she must find a new way home. Without her bracelet, she feels scared and lonely but with the help of a wise dolphin, some friendly sea urchins and beautiful jellyfish, Lola finds...
37) Spare Parts
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Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Meet Rhoobart.He's tarnished and tattered and, worst of all, his heart's broken. He'll have to go to the Spare Parts Mart, dig through their parts, and find a new heart.Meet Poptart, the robot.She's energetic and smart and has her own ideas about broken hearts."You just need a jump start!"And that's how two robots who are nothing but spare parts meet and make each other whole in this riotous and rhythmic robot love story from the creators of The Ant...
40) Baby Panda
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Pub. Date
2004
Description
In this colorful and fun series, only 200 words will give toddlers basic facts about the baby animal. Photographs are bright and colorful.