Claudia Mills
Author
Series
Franklin School friends volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Annika hopes to change her best friends' hatred of math by winning a Sudoku contest, but she does not realize how important their lack of mathematical ability is until they make a mistake at the school carnival.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is capable of doing great things without their help while his class is studying the solar system.
4) Losers, Inc
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Ethan and his best friend, Julius are losers...and proud of it! They read only the shortest books for book reports and always have the worst project for the annual science fair, not to mention that they arepretty hopeless at sports. So they form Losers, Inc., an exclusive club of two.
Author
Series
Franklin School friends volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Hurt that her father routinely attends her half-brother's games and misses hers even though she is the star athlete of the third grade, Izzy receives her friends' support when she decides to tell her father how she feels
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When their mother's behavior changes and she starts to neglect her children, seventh-grader Cooper and his little sister take refuge in Inchland, an imaginary country inspired by deeds to one square inch of land that their grandfather gave them.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Seventh-grader Alex Ryan enjoys attracting attention, though he never seems to impress his father, but when his antics cause problems with his would-be girlfriend on a school outing, he has second thoughts about his actions.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
At the beginning of eighth grade, all Marcia can think about is what nail polish to use, how to lose weight, and whether Alex will ask her to the dance, but after giving makeovers in a nursing home for a school project, she begins to appreciate the value of inner beauty.
Author
Series
Franklin School friends volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Simon Ellis and the rest of the third grade Franklin School Friends participate in a spelling bee where Simon's competitive spirit takes over until he realizes that sometimes the best way to win is to take a chance and let other people shine.
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
While dealing with her parents' separation and her best friend's distance, Amanda is able to work out some of her anxiety through her fifth-grade project--writing a diary from the point of view of a ten-year-old girl whose brothers fight on opposite sides in the Civil War.
13) Dinah forever
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1995
Description
As she tries to cope with her thoughts about death by writing poems and talking with her elderly friend, Mrs. Briscoe, Dinah Seabrook wonders about the importance of the seventh-grade elections, the school play, and even her relationship with Nick Tribble.
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Nine-year-old Chelsea's experiences, which include a fight with her best friend, making mistakes in the handbell concert, and saying goodbye to the only church minister she has ever known, help her to accept that things change and that people, including herself, are not perfect.
18) 7x9=Trouble!
Author
Pub. Date
19--]
Description
The two things that Wilson Williams likes best about 3rd grade are drawing and taking care of the class pet, Squiggles the hamster. What he likes the least are timed multiplication tests. Why think about all those numbers when he could be drawing pictures of Squiggles? With gentle humor, Claudia Mills works through a common childhood problem to a surprising resolution.
Author
Series
Franklin School friends volume 5
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Cody Harmon loves animals--he even has nine pets--so when the school holds a pet show fundraiser, it should be his time to shine"--
Author
Series
After-school superstars volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Third-grader Lucy Lopez attends coding camp at her after-school program and becomes a coding star.--