Debbie Rigaud
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Fifteen-year-old Haitian American Cicely is excited to celebrate the West Indian Day Parade with her aunt, and voodoo dabbler, Mimose, but when Mimose's dabbling goes awry and she becomes possessed by a spirit, Cicely, Renee, and Kwame, her crush, must find a way to set things right.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
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Description
At seventeen Simone Thibodeaux is fed up with her over-protective mother's insistance on micro-managing her life, like picking her prom date from a "nice" Haitian immigrant family, and anyway she is determined to attend with Gavin Stackhouse (even if he does not know that yet); so together with her fellow late-bloomer friends Simone comes up with a bucket list of rule-breaking (like cutting classes, and sneaking out of the house)--but soon things...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
New Jersey girl Zora Emerson is attending her pre-college prep at Halstead University, where the incredibly wealthy and stuck-up students go, and after only a week she is feeling academically confident but socially out of place; then an awkward mix-up of cell phones brings her into closer contact with Owen Whittelsey (prince of a small European country) and his security guards--but it is when Owen asks her to be his date at his brother's royal wedding...
4) Perfect shot
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Author
Series
Best wishes (Mlynowski) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Tired of being the middle sister, eleven-year-old Addie Asante uses a magical bracelet to switch places with her thirteen-year-old sister and discovers that being older is not necessarily easier--and worse, her baby sister is now living as Addie.
Author
Series
Hope (Alyssa Milano) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Things are ruff for Hope Roberts. After learning that the local animal shelter might close, Hope decides to do whatever it takes to stop that from happening. Eastern Shore Animal Shelter is where Hope found her two furry best friends. It has to stay open so the other animals can find their fur-ever homes, too! But when the shelter moves up their last day, Hope knows she has to work fast. Can she rally enough support from her community to keep the...
Author
Series
Hope (Alyssa Milano) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hope Roberts is a confident eleven-year-old girl who plans to be an astrophysicist, and who loves swimming, Galaxy Girl comic books, her best friend Sam, and her two rescue dogs (not necessarily in that order); but then she starts middle school, and suddenly she cannot seem to do anything right--even science club is a problem because she and another girl, Camilla, get stuck with the boring part of the science project that they suggested, but Hope...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the third book in Alyssa Milano's funny and relatable middle-grade series, Hope is running for sixth grade class president, with her friend and campaign manager, Grace, by her side. But in her effort to win over her classmates, Hope makes some promises she can't keep. Can Hope make things right with the students of JFK Middle -- and maybe still win the election, too?
Hope's relatability, kindness, empathy, and can-do attitude will inspire a...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hope Roberts saves the planet!
Hope Roberts is determined to save the world, literally. Hope has already gotten her school to add more recycling bins and coordinate a carpooling program. But, it's not enough. Hope wants to do more to protect the environment before it's too late. But, will Hope's plans to help the planet backfire?
Hope's relatability, kindness, empathy, and can-do attitude will inspire a generation of do-gooders. This series is a...