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Fashion Disaster that Changed My Life, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.0. Author: Lauren Myracle.
Alli longs to be popular, but fate just keeps conspiring to make her totally uncool. Who else would be humiliated by a piece of her mom’s underwear stuck to her butt by static cling? Despite the fact that Alli is certain the universe is plotting against her, she does eventually break into the inner circle of seventh-grade cool.
But nothing is as she expected, and there’s ugliness lurking behind even the prettiest face. Alli bares it all to her journal as she figures out where she fits in and, most important of all, what it means to be a real friend.
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Eleven
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.1. Author: Lauren Myracle.
New York Times best-selling author Lauren Myracle wrote this book series for tween girls and includes the ups-and-downs with humor and heart.
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Betsy-Tacy and Tib
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.2. Author: Maud Hart Lovelace.
Best Friends Forever! There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy's age. So when a new family moves into the house across the street, Betsy hopes they will have a little girl she can play with. Sure enough, they do--a little girl named Tacy. And from the moment they meet at Betsy's fifth birthday party, Betsy and Tacy becoms such good friends that everyone starts to think of them as one person--Betsy-Tacy.
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Saffy's Angel
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Levels: 4.5-5.4. Author: Hilary McKay. Key Award: Whitbread/Costa Award.
This series is about an English family of artists, the Cassons. The children are called Saffron, Rose, Cadmium and Indigo (named after colours chosen from a chart on the kitchen wall). The parents' names are Eve and Bill. The appeal of this series are the characters, with each book continuing the story of how this charming, qwirky, appealing family deal with real and whimsical situations. This highly entertaining series is told from the point of view of the character in each book title.
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Ella Enchanted
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.6. Author: Gail Carson Levine. Key Award: Newbery Honor.
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. At her birth, Ella of Frell was given a foolish fairy's gift - the "gift" of obedience. Ella must obey any order given to her, whether it's hopping on one foot for a day or chopping off her own head! But strong-willed Ella does not tamely accept her fate. She goes on a quest, encountering ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, fairy godmothers, and handsome princes, determined to break the curse - and live happily ever after!
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Kira-Kira
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.7. Mature Content. Author: Cynthia Kadohata. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering; shining Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare. Luminous in its persistence of love and hope, Kira-Kira is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debut in middle-grade fiction.
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Dragon Rider
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.9. Author: Cornelia Funke.
Firedrake, a young dragon, receives a frightening warning one night: Humans are planning to destroy the valley in which he lives! All the dragons must flee. Their only refuge is a place above the clouds called the Rim of Heaven --- which may not even exist. Firedrake boldly volunteers to go ahead first. As he embarks on his journey, he meets Ben, a runaway boy. Together, the boy & dragon make their way toward the Rim of Heaven, all the while running a step ahead of Nettlebrand, a monster who will stop at nothing to hunt down Firedrake. Their quest will truly become an adventure like no other.
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Dragon Spell
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Interest: Grade 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.0-5.3. Author: Donita K. Paul.
The story is set in the fictional world of Amara and focuses on a girl named Kale and a boy named Bardon and their adventures to rescue dragon eggs, free enslaved dragons, and rouse knights from chambers of sleep. They learn to hatch, bond, and release young dragons.
As their adventures take them throughout the world of Amara, Kale and Bardon grow and develop into leaders of their world.
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Dragon Light
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Interest: Grade 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.0. Author: Donita K. Paul.
As Kale and her father are busy hatching, bonding, and releasing the younger generation of dragons as helpers throughout the kingdom, the light wizard has little time to develop her skills. Her husband, Sir Bardon-despite physical limitations resulting from his bout with the stakes disease-has become a leader, serving on the governing board under Paladin.
When Kale and Bardon set aside their daily responsibilities to join meech dragons Regidor and Gilda on a quest to find a hidden meech colony, they encounter sinister forces. Their world is under attack by a secret enemy.
Can they overcome the ominous peril they can't even see?
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DragonFire
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Interest: Grade 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.1. Author: Donita K. Paul.
Three years of strife have passed since Kale and Bardon freed Paladins knights. Now, fiery dragons scorch their beautiful countryside as an evil husband-and-wife wizard duo battle one another for supremacy. The people of Amara just want to be left alone, hoping the conflict with disappear. But Paladin is dying, and Bardon and Kale,now married, must accept fateful assignments if their land is to survive.
Will their efforts turn the tide against their adversaries? They face a deadly threat, and a challenging choice
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Peter and the Starcatchers
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.2. Authors: Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson.
This New York Times best selling series is by the Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist Dave Barry, who teamed up with fellow humorist Ridley Pearson to tell the tales of Peter Pan before he met Wendy.
This wonderful book leads readers on an unforgettable journey -- fraught with danger yet filled with mystical and magical moments. A splendid mix of humor and thrills for a young audience.
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Not the End of the World
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.3. Mature Content. Author: Geraldine McCaughrean. Key Award: Whitbread Award (Now called the Costa Award).
"The end of the world is a busy time if you mean to outlive it." So says Timna, sole daughter of Noah, as she and her family prepare to face the flood that will cleanse the Earth.
But during the forty days and nights before the waters recede, the inhabitants of the Ark experience more than just a simple boat ride. As events take a terrifying turn, and as lines between right and wrong increasingly blur, Timna must find it in her heart to question her father when no one else will.
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Dragon Keeper
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.4. Author: Carole Wilkinson.
A slave girl saves the life of an aging dragon and escapes her brutal master. Pursued by a ruthless dragon hunter, the girl Ping and the dragon make an epic journey across China carrying a mysterious stone that must be protected. Ping hides from her enemies in the shadow of the Tai Shan mountains where she struggles to care for Kai, the baby dragon she has become responsible for. Who can Ping trust? Will Ping and Kai find sanctuary and safety? Will Ping embrace her true destiny?
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Undercover
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Interest: Grades: 4-8. Reading Level: 5.5. Author: Beth Kephart. Key Award: National Book Award nominee.
A lyrical story of Elisa’s finding her voice through the love notes she pens for her friends’ romantic endeavors, the emotional turmoil she feels while her parent’s relationship hangs in the balance.
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Igraine the Brave
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.6. Author: Cornelia Funke.
Igraine dreams of becoming a famous knight just like her great grandfather, but the truth is, life at the family castle is rather boring. Until the nephew of the baroness-next-door shows up. He's got a dastardly plan to capture the castle and claim as his own the wonderful singing spell books that belong to Igraine's magician parents. To make matters worse, at the very moment of the siege, her mom and dad botch a spell, turning themselves into pigs! Aided by a Gentle Giant and a Sorrowful Knight, it's up to Igraine to be brave and save the day—and the books!
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Canning Season, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.6. Author: Polly Horvath. Key Award: National Book Award.
One night out of the blue, Ratchet Clark’s ill-natured mother tells her that Ratchet will be leaving their Pensacola apartment momentarily to take the train up north. There she will spend the summer with her aged relatives Penpen and Tilly, inseparable twins who couldn’t look more different from each other. Staying at their secluded house, Ratchet is treated to a passel of strange family history and local lore, along with heaps of generosity and care that she has never experienced before. Also, Penpen has recently espoused a new philosophy – whatever shows up on your doorstep you have to let in. Through thick wilderness, down forgotten, bear-ridden roads, come a variety of characters, drawn to Penpen and Tilly’s open door. It is with vast reservations that the cautious Tilly allows these unwelcome guests in. But it turns out that unwelcome guests may bring the greatest gifts.
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View from Saturday, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading level: 5.9. Author: E.L. Konigsburg. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.
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Miss Hickory
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level; 5.9. Author: Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Relates the adventures of a country doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut for a head.
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Mister Monday
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.9-6.5. Author: Garth Nix.
12-year-old asthmatic Arthur was supposed to die, until a mysterious visitor brought him a strange key that opens a house that only he can see. Arthur doesn't know what's inside the house...but he know that his life and the lives of countless others depend on his finding out!
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Caddie Woodlawn
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Interest: Grades: 4-8. Reading Level: 6.0. Author: Carol Ryrie Brink. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to beat her brother's dares every chance she gets. Her spirit and sense of fun have made this book a classic that readers have taken to their hearts for more than seventy years.
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