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41) Just Lizzie
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
310 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Lizzie knows what she's not. She's not at home in her new house on the other side of town, after an incident with a neighbor forced her family to move. She's not ready to say goodbye to the wild apple tree in her old backyard, or to her older brother, who just left home for his first semester of college. She's definitely not happy to be taking women's self-defense with her sworn-enemy PE teacher. And unlike her best friend--and seemingly...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
133 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Anna experiences a series of episodes, some that are funny, others sad, involving friends and family during a year in Baltimore just before World War I.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
Author
Series
The Charlotte years volume 1
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the story of five-year-old Charlotte Tucker, who would grow up to become the grandmother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, as she feels the effects of the War of 1812 while living with her family near Boston.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Pearl Li tries to gain her family's acceptance and save her favorite boba tea shop by selling her crocheted amigurumi dolls.
48) Echo Mountain
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
When twelve-year-old Ellie and her family lose livelihood and move to a mountain cabin in 1934, she quickly learns to be an outdoors woman and, when needed, a healer.
49) Leeva at last
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"What are people for? That's the burning question on the mind of Leeva Spayce Thornblossom. Fame! says Leeva's mom, the mayor of Nutsmore. Money! says her dad, the town treasurer. With the help of an orphaned badger, a risk-averse boy in a hazmat suit, and the town's librarians, Leeva sets off to discover her own answer--setting off a chain of events that will change Nutsmore forever"--
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.
53) Wild girl
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
147 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.
54) Horse
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This is a photo essay introducing members of the horse family, their evolution, behavior, importance, history, breeding, and training.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
278 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the mid-1800s. with both her father and her uncle in jail on an assault charge, Maggie, her brother, and her ailing mother rush their barge along the Erie Canal to deliver their heavy cargo or lose everything.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
298 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young Caroline Quiner, who would grow up to become Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, and her family survive their first year without Father in the frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin.
58) Tanya's reunion
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
When she and her grandmother go to help with preparations for a big family reunion, Tanya learns about the history of the farm in Virginia where Grandma grew up.
59) Patina
Author
Series
Track volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Life isn't always easy lately for twelve-year-old Allie Carroway in the Louisiana Bayou. Combine her allergies, asthma, and a possible move away from extended family and the family's reality TV show, Carried Away with the Carroways, and Allie has a recipe for potential disaster. On top of everything else is the exciting addition of a new cousin to the group--but Hunter is a twelve-year-old boy! Allie and her cousins, Kendall, Ruby, and Lola, have...
