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Babysitting nightmares volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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When babysitter Rebecca discovers that a sinister ruler of darkness has replaced the baby with a changeling, she and her friends must save him by surviving a chilling journey through the Nightmare Realm.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Anyone can learn computer science, even at the elementary school level. This book delves into computer science careers using age-appropriate language and colorful illustrations. A meaningful storyline is paired with an accessible curricular topic to engage and excite readers. This book introduces readers to a relatable character and familiar situation, which demonstrates computer science careers in everyday life. Readers will follow a narrator as...
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Best babysitters ever volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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The best babysitters are psyched to land their highest paying job yet - until they get to the house and realise they're babysitting Zelda Hooper, the meanest girl in school. And even though Zelda should be the one who's embarrassed that three girls her age are babysitting her, she finds ways to thwart them at every turn. But Zelda isn't the girls' only challenge. A new crop of French au pairs are stealing all their business - Quelle catastrophe! -...
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Next Best Junior Chef volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
Description
Follows Tate, Rae, Caroline, and Oliver, ages nine to eleven, both on and off-camera as they compete in a televised cooking competition. Includes cooking tips.
6) Kid owner
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"When Ryan learns his estranged father left him the Dallas Cowboys in his will, it is all Ryan can do to keep his dad's other son from snatching the team away"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
This sweet contemporary story about poetry, family, and determining your own destiny is perfect for fans of books by Wendy Mass, Joan Bauer, Sharon Creech, and Rebecca Stead. Eleven-year-old Emily Elizabeth Davis has never met her father, so when a book of poetry with his name in it goes missing, Emily and her friends search all over their hometown of Berkeley, California, hoping to track it down. Meanwhile, even though her English-professor mother...
9) Bad Business
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Lindy has been working hard cleaning and doing odd jobs around the neighborhood to earn money for a trip to the Arctic. When Mrs. Naulty, an elderly client, mistakenly pays her a huge amount of money, Lindy keeps it to pay the early-bird rate for her trip. It's only when a schoolmate learns what she did and starts blackmailing her that Lindy starts to suffer for her actions.
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Vanderbeekers volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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The Vanderbeeker children, ages six to thirteen, race to help save their mother's baking business from closure after it fails an inspection.--
11) Terrifying Tales
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Ella has moved to the spooky town of Windy Hollow to live with her Great Aunt Raven. She is kept busy by a series of odd jobs arranged by her mysterious aunt. Alphabetizing the shelves at Simon's Book Store seems like a simple odd job. But then Ella meets a little girl who wants to tell Ella a story. But then she stumbles upon the surprise ending of the little girl's untold story! Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards....
12) Spooky Spots
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ella has moved to the spooky town of Windy Hollow to live with her Great Aunt Raven. She is kept busy by a series of odd jobs arranged by her mysterious aunt. When Madame Pintuck enlists her help scrubbing soiled laundry Ella is less than enthused. Then a stubborn stain on a delicate dress resists Ella's efforts at removal. But the woman who arrives to collect does not seem to notice the flawed fabric! Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated...
13) Creepy Customers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ella has moved to the spooky town of Windy Hollow to live with her Great Aunt Raven. She is kept busy by a series of odd jobs arranged by her mysterious aunt. When Ella helps Baker Jones at his bakery, his customers' piercing blue eyes and soulless stares are what spook Ella most. But then she follows the day's final client into the nearby cemetery! Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Spellbound is an imprint of Magic...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Budding entrepreneurs will love the unforgettable Cleopatra Edison Oliver in this multiracial, capitalist tale that's equal parts The Lemonade War and Encyclopedia Brown.
Cleopatra Edison Oliver has always been an entrepreneur, just like her inspiration, successful businesswoman Fortune A. Davies. So when Cleo's fifth-grade teacher assigns her class a "Passion Project," Cleo comes up with her best business idea yet: the finest "tooth-pulling" company...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
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English
Description
The unstoppable Cleo Edison Oliver returns in an adventure that's rich in all senses of the word.
Cleopatra Edison Oliver has a brand new business: Passion Clips. She and her best friend Caylee are going to take the world by storm with their personalized barrettes. All they need now is their big break. So when successful businesswoman Fortune A. Davies announces a new website where "kidpreneurs" can upload ads for their businesses, Cleo invites all...
16) Multiple Mayhem
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Gabby Duran volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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CASE FILE: The Third (and fourth and fifth and sixth . . .) Unsittable. SUMMARY. Gabby Duran, Associate 4118-25125A, Sitter to the Unsittables, has proven herself an integral member of A.L.I.E.N.--the Association Linking Intergalactics and Earthlings as Neighbors. She has amassed an impressive roster of alien clients, and is a trusted babysitter among humans and intergalactics alike. We here at A.L.I.E.N. are proud to call her one of our greatest...
17) Powerslide
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
Description
Casey Finnegan is a talented skateboarder. He lives to skate. At the end of his final year of high school, Casey is wondering what to do with his life. He hasn't applied to any colleges, and other than skateboarding, he doesn't believe he's very good at much of anything. When a young movie star contacts Casey and offers him the job of stunt double in an upcoming skateboarding movie, Casey is stoked. It's his dream job, and Casey jumps at the opportunity...
18) Sled Dog School
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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When eleven-year-old Matt must set up a business to save his failing math grade, he overcomes his self-doubt and also gains two friends along the way.
19) You're Invited
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Four best friends start a party-planning business in this fresh, funny tween novel from the authors of At Your Service and Breaking the Ice.
Twelve-year-old Sadie loves helping her mom with her wedding planning business, and with Sadie's mad organizational skills, she's a natural! That's why it's so devastating when her mother "fires" her after a Little Mermaid-themed wedding goes awry.
Enter Sadie's best friends: sporty Vi, ace student Lauren,...
20) Hold the Pickles
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Dan Hogg is thrilled when his uncle offers him some work at a food fair, because he wants money to hire a professional trainer to help him with his scrawny physique. His excitement vanishes when he learns that the job is dressing up in a hotdog costume and handing out samples. Every dark cloud has its silver lining, Dan discovers, when he, or rather Frank Lee Better, his mascot persona, gains the attention of a pretty girl named Brooke. The attention...
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