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41) How it went down
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black and the shooter, Jack Franklin, is white, and in the aftermath everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events agree.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"A surrealist novel about four teenagers who find unconventional ways to escape standardized tests and their perilous world, and discover that the only escape from reality is to face it"--
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the worst disaster in U.S. naval history, describing heroism in the face of persistent shark attacks and hypothermia after the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis in the South Pacific in the final days of World War II.
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Reeling from the death of her mother, fourteen-year-old Mati's family leaves England to visit their native Zimbabwe, where Mati finds comfort in Meticais, a gender-neutral spirit or ghost who only she can see, and who helps her navigate her mercurial interpersonal relationships and feelings of grief.
Mati’s family is reeling from the death of Mati’s mother. Her Baba has drawn into himself, her sister Chichi is rebelling, and her young brother...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
The account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad-the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and...
Author
Series
Zamonia novels volume 1
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
Captain Bluebear is a bear with blue fur, a creature as unique as the fantastic adventures he undergoes. Unlike cats, which have only nine lives, bluebears have twenty-seven. This is fortunate, because our hero is forever avoiding disaster by a paw's breadth. In this remarkable book, Captain Bluebear tells the story of his first thirteen-and-a-half lives spent on the mysterious continent of Zamonia, where intelligence is an infectious disease and...
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 39
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Thomas L. Friedman's No. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy--both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument speaks to all of us who are concerned about the state of America in the global future. Friedman proposes that an ambitious...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"'Ten million followers and I still sit alone at lunch.' Lele is a bulls-eye target at her new school in Miami until, overnight, her digital fame catapults the girl with cheerleader looks, a seriously silly personality, and a self-deprecating funny bone into the popular crowd. Now she's facing a whole new set of challenges--the relentless drama, the ruthless cliques, the unexpected internet celebrity--all while trying to keep her grades up and make...
50) OtherLife
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Simon, Kat, Busara, and Elvis know too much about the Company's dark secrets and the real-life consequences its technology is capable of. To save humanity and shut it down forever though, Simon must first survive the most harrowing trial yet--OtherLife--the next phase of gaming, and a complete reality reboot"--
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
©2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
The author offers an intimate portrait of life on the home front during World War II, capturing her experiences as a military wife following her husband around the country from base to base and waiting back home for him to return.
Author
Series
Book of tea volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it's her own fault. She was the one who unknowingly brewed the poison tea that killed her-the poison tea that now threatens to also take her sister, Shu. When Ning hears of a competition to find the kingdom's greatest shennong-shi-masters of the ancient and magical art of tea-making-she travels to the imperial city to compete. The winner will receive a favor from the princess,...
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