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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading--anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey's life changes. The chorus finds a new soloist in Garvey, and through chorus,...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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As a storm sweeps in, Tinh's father tells him to tie up their fishing boat but the storm scares him and he runs away, but when the damage to the boat is discovered, Tinh realizes what he must do.
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Sequel to: Skylark.
The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Sarah forces Jacob to deal with his past.
6) QB 1
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.
7) Worth
Author
Publisher
Live Oak Media
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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After breaking his leg, eleven-year-old Nate feels useless because he cannot work on the family farm in nineteenth-century Nebraska, so when his father brings home an orphan boy to help with the chores, Nate feels even worse.
8) Hot hand
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In the wake of his parents' separation, ten-year-old Billy seems to have continual conflicts with his father, who is also his basketball coach, but his quiet, younger brother Ben, a piano prodigy, is having even more trouble adjusting, and only Billy seems to notice.
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.
10) Squirm
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
Billy Dickens discovers that his mysterious father lives in Montana, so this summer Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, and save his own father.
11) Abduction!
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Bonnie has a feeling of foreboding on the very day that her six-year-old brother Matt and their dog Pookie are abducted, and she becomes involved in a major search effort as well as a frightening adventure.
12) Stormchaser
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In his continuing adventures, Twig, now sixteen years old, joins the crew of his father's sky pirate ship and embarks on a dangerous mission to collect the powerful stromphrax, a substance that purifies water and also prevents the city of Sanctaphrax from floating away.
13) Game changers
Author
Series
Game changers volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Audio
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When the coach's son, Shawn O'Brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben McBain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Artemis has to join forces with the fairies to save his father who was kidnapped by the Russians.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Troy always dreamed of meeting his father, but when the man finally appears his mother's anger, his father's shady business dealings, and Troy's own feelings make the reunion difficult and confusing.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Corey Maduro and his team, the Orioles, are going to the Grand Slam Tournament, but Corey's in a hitting slump, is being hassled by Katelyn Morris, and is embarrassed by his dad's temper at his games.
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Reading level: Ages 10-14
With their ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe and his father have the opportunity to find out whether Babe Ruth really did call his shot when he hit that homerun in the third game of the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, and beliefs.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
While trying to earn money for a motor bike, fourteen-year-old Joe Pederson becomes involved with the Mexicans who work on his family's farm and develops a better relationship with his father.
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