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1) Okay for now
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Doug Swieteck faces many challenges, including an abusive father, a brother traumatized by Vietnam, suspicious teachers and police officers, and isolation, but when he meets a girl known as Lil Spicer, he develops a close relationship with her and finds a safe place at the local library.
2) Farmer boy
Author
Series
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The year Almanzo Wilder turned nine (1866) was an important one for the young farm boy in northern New York state.
3) Gingersnap
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action during World War II, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn. Includes soup recipes.
Author
Series
Pacy Lin books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.
5) Sam's gift
Author
Publisher
Deseret Book Co
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
97 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Six-grader Sam really misses Salt Lake City when he and his family move to New York, but a variety of experiences both in school and at home eventually help him adjust to his new surroundings.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frannie goes to dinner at a brand new French restaurant and tries her hand at being a food critic, even as she starts a campaign to warn other diners that there are insects on the menu.
7) Wild girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1812, ten-year-old Caroline becomes frustrated that her friend Rhonda and cousin Lydia are suddenly acting too grown up to enjoy winter fun with her, and her hurt feelings lead to dangerous decisions. Includes historical notes about growing up in the early nineteenth century.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
284 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Mallory, New York, as five sisters, aged eleven to seventeen, deal with assorted problems, conflicts, fears, and yearnings, a mysterious middle-aged man watches them, fascinated, deciding which one he likes the best.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
334 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eight months after a freak accident took her best friend's life, Sara Jones is having trouble at home, at school, and with her boyfriend, but she gains an understanding of interconnectedness while working for Roy, an eccentric Christmas tree-farm owner dealing with his own tragedy.
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
193 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
To be more like her best friend, eleven-year-old Justine decides to give up Judaism to become Catholic, but after her beloved, religious grandmother dies, she realizes that she needs to seek her own way of being Jewish.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
84 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1812, Caroline receives a letter asking her to come and help on Uncle Aaron's new farm and she is happy to do so but when a thief starts sneaking around the farm, she learns that some things are not as simple as they seem.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A modern-day girl finds herself on the shore of Lake Ontario during the War of 1812, and as she and and Caroline Abbott experience life in this turbulent time, the reader is invited to choose how the twosome might help the Americans beat the British.
Author
Series
American girl BeForever. Caroline, 1812 volume 1
Caroline classic volume 1
American girl BeForever. Caroline 1812 volume 1
Caroline classic volume 1
American girl BeForever. Caroline 1812 volume 1
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caroline Abbott and her mother make a dangerous journey across Lake Ontario to the British fort where Papa is being held prisoner, and when Mama is unable to see him, it is up to Caroline to pass Papa a secret message right under the nose of a British guard.
Author
Series
American girl BeForever. Caroline, 1812 volume 2
Caroline classic volume 2
American girl BeForever. Caroline 1812 volume 2
Caroline classic volume 2
American girl BeForever. Caroline 1812 volume 2
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caroline knows that in order to fight the British, her village desperately needs its shipyards and supply boats and she will do whatever it takes to keep them out of enemy hands, then later, while helping on her uncle's farm, Caroline discovers that the war brings dangers there, too.
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