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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny Alden are brothers and sisters - and they're orphans. The only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. One night, during a storm, the children find an old red boxcar that keeps them warm and safe. They decide to make it their home.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
139 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Karen Brewer's imagination gets the best of her when she decides that her neighbor, Mrs. Porter--who has wild gray hair, wears black robes, and has a garden full of mysterious herbs--must be a witch.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
281 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household."--
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Physical Desc
175 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 31
Description
A Calvin and Hobbes the sensationally popular comic strip dynamic duo-are ready to pounce back into our lives. This collection from 1994 includes a great satire on conceptual art (Calvin tries to sell Hobbes a landscape in a Sunday trip.).
Author
Pub. Date
2011 printing, c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
582 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Loosely based on the author's life, chronicles Craig's journey from childhood to adulthood, exploring the people, experiences, and beliefs that he encountered along the way.
7) Passport
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
305 pages: chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"Young Sophia has lived in so many different countries, she can barely keep count. Stationed now with her family in Central America because of her parents' work, Sophia feels displaced as an American living abroad, when she has hardly spent any of her life in America. Everything changes when she reads a letter she was never meant to see and uncovers her parents' secret. They are not who they say they are. They are working for the CIA. As Sophia tries...
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"Pauline lives with her mother, father, little brother and sister, and there's a new baby on the way. Her friends tell her she's lucky to be the eldest--she's the one who gets new clothes and can stay up late--but Pauline isn't so sure. In her busy, crowded, noisy house, she never knows what she's supposed to do. One minute she's told to help her little sister, and the next to leave her alone! It seems like she's never in the right place at the right...
9) Miss Quinces
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
234 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which means no texting, no cable, and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceÄ…era for Sue, which is the last thing she wants. She can't imagine...
10) Squished
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
243 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Eleven-year-old Avery Lee loves living in Hickory Valley, Maryland. She loves her neighborhood, school, and the end-of-summer fair she always goes to with her two best friends. But she's tired of feeling squished by her six siblings! They're noisy and chaotic and the younger kids love her a little too much. All Avery wants is her own room -- her own space to be alone and make art. So she's furious when Theo, her grumpy older brother, gets his own...
11) Two tribes
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
245 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"Mia is still getting used to living with her mom and stepfather, and to the new role their Jewish identity plays in their home. Feeling out of place at home and at her Jewish day school, Mia finds herself thinking more and more about her Muscogee father, who lives with his new family in Oklahoma. Her mother doesn't want to talk about him, but Mia can't help but feel like she's missing a part of herself without him in her life. Soon, Mia makes a plan...
Author
Series
Incredible doom volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
266 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
"Allison is drowning under the weight of her manipulative stage magician father. When he brings home the family's first computer, she escapes into a thrilling new world where she meetings Samir, a like-minded new online friend who has just agreed to run away from home with her. After moving to a new town and leaving all of his friends behind, Richard receives a mysterious note in his locker with instructions on how to connect to 'Evol BBS,' a dial-in...
13) The do-over
Author
Series
Do-Over volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
217 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"Shy Mariana is looking for her chance to shine. She's having trouble making friends after a cross-country move to Ohio, plus, her dad refuses to let her help out at his hair salon, despite the fact that she's a social media expert! So when she meets science whiz Zoe and creative maven Everly, and the three decide to start their own hair styling studio, she finally finds the friends--and the calling--she's been searching for. The trio's studio, True...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
"A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes...
15) The paper boat
Author
Pub. Date
[2020].
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Thao Lam's family came to Canada as refugees during the Vietnam War. When Thao started thinking about how to tell this story, she couldn't stop thinking about ants: small, seemingly insignificant creatures who are able to travel amazingly long distances overwater, work hard, and thrive on almost every continent on the planet. The Paper Boat starts with a story inspired by Thao's mother's life: a young girl watches as a bowl of sugar water is put...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
309 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Pedro/Peter Martin feels like he doesn't belong, either in his home country of the U.S. or in his parents' country of Mexico. So when his whole family--all 11 of them--pile into their Winnebago to drive 2,000 miles and bring his Abuelito back home, he doesn't know what to expect. But his Abuelito--a Mexico Revolution crime fighter almost more of legend than reality--has a mission of his own. One that will keep him in Mexico until it's completed, and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 560L
Physical Desc
64 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"Geraldine Pu loves to write stories with her lucky pencil, Chienbee. But when Geraldine’s teacher assigns a story for class and says everyone will read theirs out loud, Geraldine is nervous. She decides to write about her grandmother, Amah, who tells her bravery runs in the family. Will Geraldine be brave too, and share her tale? Find out in this book that includes instructions on how to make a scrapbook."--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
308 pages, [9] pages of plates : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color), photographs ; 21 cm
Description
"A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble. But being a good kid doesn't stop him from being bullied and feeling like he's invisible, which is why Dan has low expectations when his parents...
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