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(0)Karen Romano Young
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Introduces whales, discussing their physical features, behavior, and complex communication abilities, along with a history of whaling and a description of the efforts being made by scientists around the world to save them from extinction. --Publisher
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
A warm-hearted, visually intriguing tale of reading and believing, and a world of possibility. A New York City library branch has been designated for possible closure yet the bookish, socially awkward Pearl, the daughter of the librarian, can't imagine a world without the library. When the head of their Edna St. Vincent Millay statue goes missing, closure is closer than ever. But Pearl is determined to save the library. And with a ragtag neighborhood...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Doreen has vowed to make her new middle school work for her, but it is still a challenge given her ADHD, her younger sister is growing popularity, and tensions between her parents. Good thing Doreen has her doodle journal!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Christine Gouda, called Tink, and her best friend Jackie are entering sixth grade, and suddenly everything seems awkward and just plain wrong--boys are behaving differently, clothes do not fit the way they should, long term friendships suddenly seem tenuous, and most of all she needs a new nickname because "Tink" just does not fit anymore.
5) Cobwebs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Nancy enjoys the colorful ethnic mix of her heritage in several different Brooklyn households, not suspecting how very strange that heritage is.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
"Readers will learn all about sharks and the human relationship with sharks, including how researchers study sharks at sea and how students can get involved in learning more about sharks and helping to protect these incredible creatures"--
10) Outside In
Author
Language
English
Description
Chérie Witkowski is twelve, and she doesn't want to turn thirteen this year. This is the year, 1968, that everything -- absolutely everything-seems to be changing. At home her parents are expecting a new baby, her mother is fixing up the house so they can sell it and move who-knows-where, and everyone is starting to tease her about the boy next door. Meanwhile her newspaper route brings the changes of the outside world crashing in on her: the Vietnam...
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Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Provides background information and instructions for fifty science projects involving plants, insects, microbes, human behavior, animals, water, physics, machinery, and other topics, and suggests further ideas to pursue.
15) No bones!
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, An Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Who needs bones to swim the seven seas? Not octopuses, clams, crabs, or jellies. Learn more about the lives of these and other ocean animals with no spines. Dive in!"--