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41) Tinkers
Author
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
191 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
43) I am a tiger
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
[U.S. edition]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When is a mouse not a mouse? When he's a tiger of course! This funny story is all about being who you want to be!
This is a story about a mouse with BIG ideas. Mouse believes he is a tiger, and he convinces Fox, Raccoon, Snake, and Bird he's one, too! After all, Mouse can climb a tree like a tiger and hunt for his lunch, too. And not all tigers are big and have stripes. But when a real tiger shows up, can Mouse keep up his act?
With hilarious text...
44) Divergent
Author
Series
Divergent volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
45) Picture perfect
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
27 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sofia feels that because she looks so much like her older sisters, nobody notices her--so when school picture day comes around she comes up with a way to stand out.
Author
Series
Pride wars volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In a future world ruled by super-evolved felines, thirteen-year-old Prince Leo must prove his worth by hunting a beast called a slaycon while his rebellious cousin causes unrest within the kingdom of Singara.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in New York and China over three decades, Paper Names explores what it means to be American from three different perspectives. There's Tony, a Chinese-born engineer turned Manhattan doorman, who immigrated to the United States to give his family a better life. His daughter, Tammy, who we meet at age nine and follow through adulthood, and who grapples with the expectations of a first generation American and her own personal desires. Finally, there's...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Tim Tebow shares glimpses of his journey while staying grounded in the face of disappointment, criticism, and intense media scrutiny. Released after one season with the New York Jets, he talks about what he's learned along the way, building confidence in his identity in God, not the world.
50) Into the Real
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this gripping, genre-defying YA novel from New York Times bestselling author Z Brewer, three teens--one who presents as genderqueer, one who presents as female, and one who presents as male--are caught up in three very different stories of survival. But those stories intersect as the teens start to realize that they might in fact be a single, singular "they," alternating among worlds--and that accepting themself might be the key to defeating the...
51) Mixed me!
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, Mike is a mixed-race boy, completely comfortable with his identity and his parents--and his wild, curly hair.
52) The box turtle
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Terrance the turtle was born without a shell, so he uses a cardboard box instead. Terrance loves his box. It keeps him dry on soggy days, safe from snooping strangers, and is big enough to cozy up with a friend. But when another turtle points out that Terrance's shell is, well, weird, he begins to wonder whether there might be a better shell out there..."--
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What would you take? Imagine you were leaving for a new country and could bring along only what would fit in a small suitcase. Which things would you choose to say to the world, "Hi there, this is me!""--
55) If I were you
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old best friends Katie and Melody have had a terrible summer, ending with a fight over a boy, but when Katie's wish to begin the summer over as Melody comes true, each girl learns important lessons about the other and herself.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Born deep in the ocean, Kelp is not like the other narwhals and one day, when he spies a creature on land that looks like him, he learns why.
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris's family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and...
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
50th anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 185 pages, 18 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A novel of a proud stranger in his native land. He was a young American Indian named Abel, and he lived in two worlds. One was that of his father, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty of the land, the ecstasy of the drug called peyote. The other was the world of the twentieth century, goading him into a compulsive cycle of sexual exploits, dissipation, and disgust. Home from a foreign war, he was a man being torn apart, a man...
59) Moon rising
Author
Series
Wings of fire volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Moonwatcher, a young NightWing with secret powers, begins school at the academy started by the dragonets of destiny after the end of the war, she soon realizes that someone is attacking the students. Moon must choose whether to help or continue to hide her gifts"--
60) Winterling
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Spirited young Fer travels through the Way to a magical world in which beings part human and part animal serve an evil ruler known as the Lady, and where she hopes to learn about her long-lost parents and her own identity.