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Author
Series
Out of my mind volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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A brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy, considered by many to be mentally retarded, discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
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Series
Out of my mind volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Melody, the huge-hearted heroine of Out of My Mind, is a year older, and a year braver. And now with her Medi-talker, she feels nothing’s out of her reach, not even summer camp. There have to be camps for differently-abled kids like her, and she’s going to sleuth one out. A place where she can trek through a forest, fly on a zip line, and even ride on a horse! A place where maybe she really can finally make a real friend, make her own...
Author
Publisher
The Vernon Street Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Since childhood, Joan Cenedella has been focused above all else on observing her world, collecting her experiences, and writing about them. This book contains a collection of her personal essays, many autobiographical."--Page 4 of cover.
8) Fuera de mí
Author
Publisher
V&R
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Español
Description
Melody es la más inteligente de toda la escuela... pero nadie lo sabe. Su memoria y capacidad son increíbles. La mayoría de la gente -maestros y médicos incluidos- cree que es medio retardada, y asiste a un aula especial donde le repiten el abecedario una y otra vez. Si pudiera contarles a todos lo que piensa y lo que sabe... Pero eso es imposible, porque Melody no puede hablar ni caminar ni escribir... ni casi nada. Fuera de mí habla de una...
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English
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More than any other book of its time, this collection captures the mood of 1960s America, especially the center of its counterculture, California. These essays, keynoted by an extraordinary report on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, all reflect that, in one way or another, things are falling apart, "the center cannot hold."
10) Blended
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.
11) Counting by 7s
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.
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Series
Publisher
Plain Jane Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Brenna
There are some people in life who know exactly how to push your buttons. For me, it's Rye Peterson. We can't spend more than ten minutes together before we're at each other's throats, which makes working together that much harder. Rye is the bassist for Kill John, the biggest rock band in the world, and I am his publicist. It doesn't help that the man is gorgeous, funny, talented, and...never takes anything seriously.
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Description
Fifty of the foremost diverse children's authors and illustrators—including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander—share answers to the question, "In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?" in this beautiful, full-color keepsake collection, published in partnership with Just Us Books.
What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed...
What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed...
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English
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""Once I started this incomparable story, I couldn't put it down, and I cannot get it out of my mind—nor will I ever. The message of what can be accomplished by training through affection and joy will thrill all animal lovers."" —Betty White
A captivating true story of loyalty, friendship, and high adventure that spans several decades and three continents, Modoc is one of the most remarkable true stories
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Publisher
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
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"Reminiscent of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye." —The New York Times
"One of the best books I have ever read...will live in the hearts of readers for the rest of their lives." —Colby Sharp, founder of Nerdy Book Club
"An emotional, painful, yet still hopeful adolescent journey...one that needed telling." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"I really loved this." —Sharon...
"One of the best books I have ever read...will live in the hearts of readers for the rest of their lives." —Colby Sharp, founder of Nerdy Book Club
"An emotional, painful, yet still hopeful adolescent journey...one that needed telling." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"I really loved this." —Sharon...
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English
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Is spiritual experience real or a delusion? Are there realities that we can experience but not easily measure? Does your consciousness depend entirely on your brain, or does it extend beyond? In Fingerprints of God, award-winning journalist Barbara Bradley Hagerty delves into the discoveries science is making about how faith and spirituality affect us physically and emotionally as it attempts to understand whether the ineffable place beyond this world...
18) The way I say it
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Rory Mitchell has always had an issue saying his Rs correctly (which is a real problem given his name); now in sixth grade his former best friend, Brent, suddenly sides with bullies against Rory; but then Brent is hit by a car and suffers a serious brain injury, which requires Rory to reevaluate everything"--Provided by publisher.
19) Out of Bounds
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
From #1 New York Times bestseller Lauren Blakely, a steamy new romance about a quarterback on the rise, the off-limits team lawyer, and a spark too hot to resist.
The first rule of football—don't screw with a streak.
My career is finally looking up, and I'm leading a new pro team down the field every Sunday. No way will I mess with that. But when I meet the most stunning and captivating woman I've ever seen,...
The first rule of football—don't screw with a streak.
My career is finally looking up, and I'm leading a new pro team down the field every Sunday. No way will I mess with that. But when I meet the most stunning and captivating woman I've ever seen,...
