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201) Running overload
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
65 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Somali American Nimo Mohamed is the youngest runner on the varsity cross-country team, but she is determined to keep up with the older girls, so she has set herself a grueling training schedule; too grueling because her body is exhausted, her grades at school are slipping, and her father, who is still very much in her life despite the divorce, is starting the pressure her to quit the team.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books, imprints of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Unhappy about being sent to the same summer camp after their fathers start dating, Bett and Avery, eleven, eventually begin scheming to get the couple back together after a break-up. Told entirely through emails.
203) A Flicker of Hope
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lucia loves to watch the monarcas' annual migration with her papa. But this year, their flight north holds extra weight: Papa is heading north, too, to work on faraway farms to feed his family. Though she hates to see him go, he leaves her a song and a promise that when the weather turns cold and the monarcas return, so will he. After many months apart, Lucia watches the skies for a flicker of hope, the monarchs' homecoming that signals Papa's return....
204) Rescue
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Nearly two years ago, Meg Kenyon's father left their home in France to fight for the Allies in World War II. Recently Meg heard he had been taken prisoner by the Nazis. All Meg has left of him now are the codes he placed in a jar for her to decipher, an affectionate game the two of them once shared. But even those are running low.
Suddenly, an impossible chance to save her father falls into Meg's lap when she finds an injured British spy hiding in...