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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. So when she finds a ticking briefcase in his closet containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she's certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton--if only she can wrap her head...
Author
Series
Maya and the Rising Dark volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A twelve-year-old girl discovers her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and The Dark, and when he goes missing she'll need to unlock her own powers and fight a horde of spooky creatures set on starting a war"--
5) Freewater
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fleeing Southerland Plantation with his little sister, twelve-year-old Homer finds a secret community called Freewater, created by formerly enslaved people, but when he learns of a threat that could destroy this place, he crafts a plan to help his new home.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney HYPERION
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
482 pages : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies John Henry and Brer Rabbit, must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
65 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Now that he has new glasses, fourteen-year-old Jaylin is anxious to put his speed and accurate shot to use on offense, but his lacrosse team has always relied on his stellar defense, and without it too many goals are ending up in their net--so the team needs to come up with a strategy to balance both halves of his game.
Author
Series
Tristan Strong volume 3
Publisher
DisneyHyperion
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
405 pages : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Strong family is having a reunion in New Orleans, and twelve-year-old Tristan is supposed to be keeping an eye on his younger cousin Terrance when several things happen at once: he sees his archenemy, King Cotton, and a mysterious girl grabs his magiccellphone--her name is Seraphine, and she seems to know everything about Tristan and the god Anansi (currently inhabiting the cellphone), and she has a mission for Tristan, one that is going lead...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself"--
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
331 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible" --
14) Simon B. Rhymin'
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Chicago fifth-grader Simon, an aspiring rapper who lacks self-confidence, uses his rhymes to help bring his community together.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
71 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates episodes in seven-year-old Julian's life which include getting into trouble with his younger brother Huey, planting a garden, what he did to try to grow taller, losing a tooth, and finding a new friend.
16) One crazy summer
Author
Series
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
218 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
222 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A biracial girl finally gets the chance to meet the African American side of her family"--
18) Rebound
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
414 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
19) Gone Wolf
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
348 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the future, a Black girl known only as Inmate Eleven is kept confined--to be used as a biological match for the president's son, should he fall ill. She is known as a Blue, for the color of her sadness. She lives in a small room with her dog, who is going wolf--he's pacing and imagining he's free. Inmate Eleven wants to go wolf, too. She wants to know what is beyond her room.
In the present, Imogen lives outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. The...
20) Worm Wrangler
Author
Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The early bird catches the worm! At least that's what Libby's dad says. So when Libby's family goes camping, Libby decides to get up extra early to catch some worms for their fishing trip. The only problem now is that Libby is too tired to go fishing. But that's good news for the worms that get a new garden home on the farm. -Amazon.com