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Author
Series
Maya and the rising dark volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"A twelve-year-old girl discovers her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and The Dark, and when he goes missing she'll need to unlock her own powers and fight a horde of spooky creatures set on starting a war"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Gaither sisters volume 2
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The Gaither sisters return to Brooklyn, where they adapt to new feelings of independence while managing changes large and small, from Pa's new girlfriend to a very different Uncle Darnell's return from Vietnam.
Author
Series
Maya and the rising dark volume 3
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Maya and her friends aren't going down without a fight. She's honing her guardian powers, with the help of two new allies...But when an attack hits close to home, Maya doesn't have any more time to prepare. She must face the Lord of Shadows or risk losing everything. With her friends...Maya leads the charge in an epic showdown that takes her across worlds and to the edge of the universe"--
Author
Series
Julian books volume 1
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Relates episodes in seven-year-old Julian's life which include getting into trouble with his younger brother Huey, planting a garden, what he did to try to grow taller, losing a tooth, and finding a new friend.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After bringing her father back into the human world, twelve-year-old Maya, a guardian-in-training, is forced to return to The Dark and restore what she left behind, the one thing keeping the veil from falling--her father's soul.
6) Fast pitch
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
"Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending--and family-name-ruining--crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past--and fast--before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever"--
Author
Series
Nic Blake and the Remarkables volume 1
Publisher
Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool--like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday. Others, not so much--like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor. All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of shocking revelations and terrifying events...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In desperate need of clear skies as she starts a new school, Madalyn has days filled with clouds that lead to serious storms until she learns the power of community and family after disaster strikes.
10) Sounder
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1969
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.
11) Bayou magic
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Visiting her grandmother in the Louisiana bayou, ten-year-old Maddy begins to realize that she may be the only sibling to carry on the gift of her family's magical legacy.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In desperate need of a friend--and a science project--Maya finds a robot named Ralph in Mr. Mac’s convenience store, and once she gets him up and running, a new world of connection opens up.
Author
Series
Tristan Strong volume 2
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Seventh-grader Tristan must return to Alke and enlist the help of African gods and black folktale heroes when Nana is abducted from the Strong family farm in Alabama." -- from publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Ryan is caught between two friends who both want to be her best friend, her brother ruins her latest baking project, and a classmate keeps teasing her at school, yet Ryan still looks for a way to see the bright side of things and not let anything steal her joy.
Author
Series
Ryan Hart novels volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan's father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones.
16) Simon B. Rhymin'
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Chicago fifth-grader Simon, an aspiring rapper who lacks self-confidence, uses his rhymes to help bring his community together.
Author
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly depict his life up to age seventeen in both prose and verse, including his childhood friends, struggles in school, the racism he faced, and his discovery of boxing. Readers will learn about Cassius' family and neighbors in Louisville, Kentucky, and how, after a thief stole his bike, Cassius began training...
Author
Publisher
Disney / Jump at the Sun
Pub. Date
©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When gambling debts and greed enter into the Butler household, Pierce Butler decides to host the biggest slave auction in American history and breaks a promise by selling Emma, his most-valued slave and caretaker of his children--a decision that brings about unthinkable consequences.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Hoping to measure up to his father's expectations at the card table, ten-year-old Anthony Joplin keeps his strategy a secret until he discovers his father has been hiding one that could tear their family apart.
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