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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
A remarkable memoir by Miss Iowa USA Abbey Curran about living with cerebral palsy, competing in Miss USA, and her inspiring work with young women who have disabilities. Abbey was born with cerebral palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA. Growing up on...
Author
Series
Sky fall series volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Ten years after surviving the tornado that killed his parents, Vane Weston, now seventeen, has no memory of that fateful day but dreams of a beautiful girl who, he now learns, is not only real, she is his guardian sylph, who harnesses the power of the wind.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Young, searching, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost running shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed eight thousand dollars that first year, 1963. Today, Nike's annual sales top $30 billion. In this Age of Startups, Knight's Nike is the gold standard, and its swoosh is more...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"In this gorgeously illustrated, full-color graphic memoir, Stan Lee--comic book legend and cocreator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel superheroes--shares his iconic legacy and the story of how modern comics came to be. Stan Lee is a man who needs no introduction. The most legendary name in the history of comic books, he has been the leading creative force behind Marvel Comics, and has brought...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In the days leading up to the partition of India in 1947, thirteen-year-old Bilal devises an elaborate scheme to keep his dying father from hearing the news about the country's division.
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Lip gloss addict Emerson Taylor and her best friend, Trina, have declared this year the Year of the Boy and vowed to find boyfriends. But for Emerson, there{u2019}s just one problem: she can read the mind of anyone whose lips touch hers. It{u2019}s totally creepy{u2014}and at first it seems like a curse. But Emerson soon realizes there are perks to her strange talent{u2014}like the ability to steal secrets, memories, and most importantly, test answers....
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"One hot summer morning, only weeks after his father's death, Davie steps out his front door into the familiar streets of the Tyneside town that has always been his home. But this seemingly ordinary day takes on an air of mystery and tragedy as the residents learn that a boy has been killed. Despite the threat of a murderer on the loose, Davie turns away from the gossip and sets off toward the sunlit hill above town, where the real and imaginary worlds...