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121) House of robots
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Series
House of robots volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 16
Description
First Published in 1916, this story is one of the masterpieces of modern fiction. James Joyce's semi-autobiographical first novel, this is the story of Stephen Dedalus, a sensitive and creative youth who rebels against his family, his education, and his country by committing himself to the artistic life. Joyce's brilliant rendering of the impressions and experiences of childhood broke new ground in the use of language and in the structure of the...
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Princess in Black volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A squishy goo monster is a challenge for the Princess in Black but luckily some science-loving princesses are on hand to help. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO." --
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Mercy Watson volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.
128) The little prince
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"A flier has [a] forced landing in the Sahara. He is met by the little Prince of Asteroid B612. The Prince tells the flier of his experiences on many planets with men, flowers, and animals--all very quaint and strange--and the conclusion of it all is: 'What is essential is invisible to the eye.'" Library Journal.
129) Fighting words
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Publisher Annotation: In this powerful novel that explodes the stigma around child sexual abuse and leavens an intense tale with compassion and humor, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley tells a story about two sisters, linked by love and trauma, who must find their own voices before they can find their way back to each other.
Ten-tear-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom's boyfriend...
130) Ralph S. Mouse
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When Ralph and his pesky cousins accidentally make a mess at the Mountain View Inn, Ralph decides that he'd better take his motorcycle and leave. He persuade his young pal Ryan to take him to school, where Ralph is an instant hit with Ryan's classmates. But Ralph doesn't like being told what to do. Worse than that, his precious motorcycle gets broken.
132) Just Enough Carrots
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Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While a bunny and his mother shop in a grocery store for lunch guests, the reader may count and compare the amounts of carrots, peanuts, and worms in the grocery carts of other shoppers.
133) To be a slave
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.
134) Safe from the sea
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Set against the powerful lakeshore landscape of northern Minnesota, Safe from the Sea is a heartfelt novel in which a son returns home to reconnect with his estranged and dying father thirty-five years after the tragic wreck of a Great Lakes ore boat that the father only partially survived and that has divided them emotionally ever since. When his father for the first time finally tells the story of the horrific disaster he has carried with him
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
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Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man. All animals are equals but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is the account of the bold struggle, initiated...
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Pub. Date
20160601
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"What do you do with a problem? Especially one that follows you around and doesn't seem to be going away? Do you worry about it? Ignore it? Do you run and hide from it? This is the story of a persistent problem and the child who isn't so sure what to make of it. The longer the problem is avoided, the bigger it seems to get. But when the child finally musters up the courage to face it, the problem turns out to be something quite different than it appeared....
137) The Velveteen Rabbit
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Description
By the time the Velveteen Rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called "Real."
138) Music
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes some of the many different types of instruments made throughout history, and discusses their construction and sound. Includes photographs.
139) Small Steps
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
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Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
140) Captain Underpants and the preposterous plight of the purple potty people: the eighth epic novel
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Captain Underpants volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
"The teachers are nice, the cafeteria serves delicious food, and the school principal, Mr. Krupp, thinks George and Harold are hilarious. Something is very, very wrong -- and it gets even wronger when the boys' pet pterodactyl, Crackers, and Sulu the Bionic Hamster are captured by George and Harold's evil-twin look-alikes. Now George and Harold must face their greatest foes yet: THEMSELVES! Can they handle this mess on their own, or will they need...