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Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"When Joey Campbell's biological father is released from prison, four-year old Joey faces a life no one could've planned. His father wants custody, and a judge's quick decision deals a devastating blow to the Campbell family: Joey must be returned to his biological parents. In a haze of grief and disbelief, the Campbells watch their adopted son pick a dandelion and blow the feathery seeds into the wind. And in the days following the ruling, Jack Campbell...
3) Ask me
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A father and daughter explore their neighborhood, talking and asking questions as they go.
4) Good enough
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A Korean American teenager tries to please her parents by getting into an Ivy League college, but a new guy in school and her love of the violin tempt her in new directions.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"When five high school students are brought together under mysterious circumstances, they begin to piece together a theory that their parents are working together to kill them all"--
9) Rundown
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
As a game, sixteen-year-old Jennifer pretends that she has been attacked by a serial rapist, but then she finds herself getting more attention than she wanted, from the police and her parents.
11) The snow family
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy decides to build a snow family to take care of his snowboy the way his parents take care of him.
12) Half Moon summer
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Two seventh graders, Drew and Mia, spend their summer in Half Moon Bay, California, training for a half-marathon, and supporting each other as their families struggle with medical and financial problems.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ellie's boring summer becomes exciting when she develops a crush on her new next-door neighbor, an older boy with a troubled past, whom her parents have forbidden her to see.
14) Panda whispers
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Just like the many animal parents who wish their babies good dreams at bedtime, a human father wishes sweet dreams to his child.
15) Wake up, me!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster books for young readers
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A young child wakes up and greets the world, getting ready to play.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Bath time is full of magic. The faucet flows like a waterfall, the bathroom floor is a distant shore, toy boats sail against the waves. An imagination-fueled adventure on the high seas is just what it takes to get little one clean"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
When young Mae Jemison is asked by her teacher what she wants to be when she grows up, African American Mae tells her mostly white classmates that she wants to be an astronaut, a dream that her parents wholeheartedly support.
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