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Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
291 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When her mother leaves her family suddenly to take a new job, fourteen-year-old Phoebe tries to deal with her own confused feelings and, in the process, learns some things about love and the complicated ties that bind families together.
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
224 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Throughout her high school years, as her mother battles cancer, Lupita takes on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings, while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry. Includes glossary of Spanish terms.
Author
Series
Sam Abernathy books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Sam Abernathy, extremely overprotected and a reluctant celebrity since he was trapped in a well at age four, dreams of becoming a chef and starts by entering a local cook-off.
5) QB 1
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.
6) Starfish
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Formats
Description
Sadie Scofield is entered in the Texas River Odyssey, 260 miles of brutal canoeing, but a chance to finally make up for ruining her father's chance of winning the previous year; but her brother Tanner suddenly opts to paddle for a different team, and she is left with Cully, a young man who was her best friend years ago, but no longer--260 miles in the same boat to sort out her relationship with the boy she once tried to defend from his abusive father,...
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 51
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
With the threat of prairie fires looming, security expert Hank the Cowdog takes on extra duties as Head of Fire Safety, while trying to resist the mouth-watering hens in Sally May's chicken house.
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 58
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
When an odd turn of events brings a parrot to the ranch, Hank ignores the mimicking bird and struggles to keep up with Sally May and Loper's persistent requests to bark louder and dig up the flowers.
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 49
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
129 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, almost loses his job after two fiasco-filled rides in Slim's pickup truck.
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 54
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Unaware that his nemesis Pete the Barncat is playing yet another prank on him, Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, tries to save the world from "terradogtail" dinosaur birds armed with bacon-stealing laser tongs.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Formats
Description
When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasons why she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
13) Moxie: a novel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Formats
Description
In a small Texas town where high school football reigns supreme, Viv, sixteen, starts a feminist revolution using anonymously-written zines.
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 25
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Hank the cowdog and his sidekick Drover find themselves confronting a huge storm in the middle of the night.
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 59
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
"When a strange twist of events brings a yellow Labrador onto the scene of a roundup gone wrong, the entire rance quickly falls in love with this newest addition to the ranch's Security Division. Who can help loving a Lab? Hank quickly begins to feel the pressure of measuring up to this perfect dog, but it isn't long before everyone begins to notice that their sweet new pet, Happy, has a few personality quirks of his own. Will Happy stay on the ranch...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old injured soccer player Luz has a hard enough time reframing her identity as a computer programmer, but when her Guatemalan half-sister moves in, she learns what it truly means to start over. Includes author's note.
17) Hope Springs
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 19 cm
Description
Eleven-year-old crafter Jubilee Johnson's assumptions about her vagabond life, her estranged mother, and her idol, television's perfect crafter Arletta Paisley, start to change after Jubi and her grandmother move to a small Texas town.
18) Full flight
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Told in alternating perspectives, in a small town in Texas, mellophone player Weston Ryan and saxophonist Anna James are forced to work together on a duet for their school's marching band competition.
19) The big question
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 60
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
It's the day before Christmas, and Loper and Sally May have left Slim to manage the ranch while they go off to visit relatives for the holidays. But, a storm blows in and the electric fence separating a herd of steers from the highway shorts out.Now it's up to Slim, Viola and the ranch's Security Division to jump into action!
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 55
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
"There's a burglar on the loose, and he's robbing houses with the help of a super-sneaky, super-stinky, secret weapon. As Head of Security, Hank knows it's his job to protect the ranch and all the buildings on it. So when a suspicious character comes sniffing around Slim's bachelor shack, Hank heads right into action. But does Hank have what it takes to save the day--even after getting caught in the spray of some very unsavory artillery?"--From publisher...
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