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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fierce coming-of-age novel about identity and the liberating power of drag follows the experiences of a mixed-race teen in London who struggles to connect with his heritage before coming out and establishing his place in Drag Society.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, the latest novel from bestselling author Samira Ahmed traces the lives of two young women fighting to write their own stories and escape the pressure of familial burdens and cultural expectations in worlds too long defined by men.
4) Grand slam
Author
Series
Baseball genius volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jalen DeLuca can analyze and predict almost exactly what a pitcher is going to pitch, but without the statistics he has on the pro players, Jalen finds success to be extremely challenging, especially with all the extra drama of his mom coming back into his life.
7) The land
Author
Series
Publisher
Phyllis Fogelman Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Paul-Edward, son of a white plantation owner and a slave mother of African-Indian heritage, follows his dream of owning his own land through hard work and determination.
Author
Series
Dog whisperer volume 2
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When a hurricane threatens Emily's small Maine town, she uses the psychic connection she shares with her dog, Zack, to help save the town from destruction.
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Encouraged by her teacher to approach her art assignment from new points of view, Sophia produces a piece she is proud of, but can she persuade her hard-to-impress family to take a chance on a different perspective?
10) Aloha, Kanani
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When the tropical paradise of Kauai, Hawaii, fails to impress her cousin from New York City, ten-year-old Kanani wonders why nothing seems to make her happy.
11) The truth is
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Closed off and grieving her best friend, fifteen-year-old overachiever Verdad faces prejudices at school and from her traditional mother, her father's distance since his remarriage, and her attraction to a transgender classmate.
12) What lane?
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Biracial sixth-grader Stephen questions the limitations society puts on him after he notices the way strangers treat him when he hangs out with his white friends and learns about the Black Lives Matter movement.
Author
Series
Dog whisperer volume 1
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Emily's nightmares of drowning lead her to an injured dog near her family's coastal Maine home, and as she nurses him back to health, she becomes aware that they have a strange psychic connection.
Author
Series
School for S.P.I.E.S volume 3
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
To stop LOTUS from taking over the government with its mind-control device, reluctant spy Max Segredo must reunite with his father and orphan friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Gator on the loose! : Chaos ensues when Keisha's father brings an escaped alligator home to Carter's Urban Rescue, but it gets out of the bathroom while Grandma is guarding it.
Special delivery! : Ten-year-old Keisha and her family's animal rescue center face more challenges involving a baby crow in a mailbox and a skunk found in the nearby community garden.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"A sixteen-year-old biracial girl in rural Oregon in the 1920s searches for the truth about her father's death while avoiding trouble from the Ku Klux Klan in this YA historical novel inspired by Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Charlie Thorne volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
The CIA forces twelve-year-old Charlotte "Charlie" Thorne, a rebellious genius, to use her code-breaking skills on an epic global chase to locate Einstein's last equation before dangerous agents discover it and unlock the solution to harnessing energy.
19) Beauty woke
Author
Publisher
Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Beauty--who is of Taino Indian, African, and Boricua heritage--was taught to be strong and proud, but hatred toward people who look like her bruises her heart until her community opens her eyes to the truth.
Author
Series
School for S.P.I.E.S volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
While uncovering mysteries from his past, reluctant orphan-turned-spy Max Segredo discovers intrigue at the Merry Sunshine Orphanage and must confront an international group bent on world domination.
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