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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Teenager Viola Li and her sister Roz are selling bean buns at a science fiction gathering in Seattle when she suddenly collapses--she wakes up in the hospital to find that somehow she has developed an extreme case of photosensitivity (so bad that even ordinary lights can cause blisters), and somehow, in her senior year of high school, she has to craft a new life that will still include journalism school, activism, and the new guy who caught her as...
7) Focused
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are starting to notice and make fun of her; when her worried parents take her to be tested she finds out that she has ADHD (only without the hyperactivity)--and with help from the psychiatrist who seems to really understand her she is...
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Ten-year-old Marcus plans to become a professional basketball player, but when he, his twin sister, and their classmates meet a real star on a school field trip, they learn the importance of dreaming more than one career dream.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Formats
Description
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question kids get asked over and over. But very few connections are made for kids between the present and the future. This book shows kids a pathway from their current interests and talents to a future career or interest. And in so doing, it also encourages adventure, exploration, and discovery, three core principles of National Geographic's mission. It's a celebration of possibility--so simple and so...
Author
Series
Ms. Rapscott's girls volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
"At Great Rapscott School for Girls of Busy Parents, Ms. Rapscott teaches her students How to Get Lost on Purpose, resulting in a series of fantastical adventures that makes each learn a little something about courage, strength, bravery, and teamwork" --
Author
Series
Ms. Rapscott's girls volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
"In their second term at Great Rapscott School for Girls of Busy Parents, Ms. Rapscott teaches her students that the path to The Top starts at the Bottom of the Barrel and other silly lessons"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Poor Little Pencil watches everyone else having fun until his new Forever Friends finally put him to work at the miraculous task of writing! Discover a delightful story introducing the pencil grip to young children. Free parent/teacher activity guide included.
Little Pencil Finds Forever Friends is a marvelous little rhyming book that will make children (and their parents and teachers) aware of the correct pencil grip, as well as activities which...
Author
Series
Patch Land adventures volume 2
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
"Anything is possible in Patch Land. Little Preston and his dog Beau are challenged by the eye patches they have to wear because of an eye disease, but that does not stop them from doing what they love. At night, Preston puts his eye patch under his pillow. When he starts to dream, he and his dog Beau get to go to Patch Land. They live in a world of fun and adventure and imagination. The illustrations are spectacular and help the story come to life....