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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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The 40th anniversary edition of the classic Newbery Medal-winning title by beloved author Katherine Paterson, with brand-new bonus materials including an author's note by Katherine herself and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Kate DiCamillo.
Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Estranged from the best friend whose brother killed her sister in a school shooting, a grieving Cora receives a message on her twelfth birthday from her friend, asking for her help with creating a time portal to prevent the tragedy.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Eleven-year-old Sam McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his life, in which he tells about what he would like to accomplish, how he feels, and things that have happened to him.
6) Missing May
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.
9) Shimmer
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English
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Having solved the matter of the Radiant Boy, Riley, Buttercup, and Bodhi are enjoying a well-deserved vacation. When Riley comes across a vicious black dog, against Bodhi's advice, she decides to cross him over. While following the dog, she runs into a young ghost named Rebecca. Despite Rebecca's sweet appearance, Riley soon learns she's not at all what she seems. As the daughter of a former plantation owner, she is furious about being murdered during...
10) Whisper
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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In Alyson Noël's Whisper, Riley Bloom might really have bitten off more than she's ready for. After practically begging the Council for a more challenging Soul Catch, she is assigned an actual Roman gladiator—Theocoles, the Pillar of Doom. How is Riley, a skinny twelve-year-old, supposed to get through to him? Then she meets the beautiful Messalina, who convinces her that her only chance is to become part of this world. To accomplish...
11) You are not here
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Annaleah's grief over the tragic death of seventeen-year-old Brian is compounded by the fact that her friends did not like him, while his friends and both of their families knew nothing of their intimate relationship.
12) Dreamland
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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In Dreamland, the third book in Alyson Noël's beloved young adult series, Riley Bloom's finding that the afterlife can be a lonely place when all you do is focus on work. So she goes to the place where dreams happen, hoping to find a way to contact her sister, Ever. She meets the director, who tells her about the two ways to send dreams. As a Dream Jumper, a person can jump into a dreamer's dream, share a message, and participate. As a Dreamweaver,...
14) In 27 days
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When Hadley Jamison meets a man who identifies himself as Death at Archer Morales' funeral, he gives her the opportunity to go back in time and prevent Archer's suicide, which she accepts.
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English
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When a close friend or family member dies, it can be sad for kids and difficult for them to express the big feelings they are experiencing. This book will help explain in a gentle way that death is a natural complement to life and that grief and a sense of loss are normal feelings to have following the death of a loved one.
Parents, teachers, and gift givers will find:
• language that is simple, direct, and easy for young children to understand
• a...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Taking readers back to the horrific years of the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic recorded in history, this eye-opening book looks at what caused this disease, how society reacted to it and the impact it left on the world"--
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Whether children are experiencing grief and loss for the first time or simply curious, it can be difficult to know how to talk to them about death. Using questions posed in a child's voice and answers that start simply and become more in-depth, this book allows adults to guide the conversation to a natural and reassuring conclusion. Additional questions at the back of the book allow for further discussion. Child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts...
20) And so it goes
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English
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Explores the way that some people leave the world and others come into it, and how those who come into it eventually leave it.
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