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Dodger and me volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Miserable because his only friend moved away and he has once again lost a baseball game for his team, fifth-grader Willy Ryan's life suddenly becomes a lot more interesting when he finds Dodger, a furry blue chimpanzee that only he can see, and he has to decide what he really wishes for in life.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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After an injury ends former star pitcher Peter Friedman's athletic dreams, he concentrates on photography which leads him to a girlfriend, new fame as a high school sports photographer, and a deeper relationship with the beloved grandfather who, when he realizes he is becoming senile, gives Pete all of his professional camera gear.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Maverick Falconer is just starting middle school and he wishes he were a hero like his father because maybe then he could deal with his mother's drinking and series of abusive boyfriends, not to mention the kids who bully him in middle school (pretty much the same ones who bullied him in elementary school)--but as the year passes he begins to realize that other kids have problems too, and maybe if they can all survive sixth-grade things will get better....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Claire's life is a joke . . . but she's not laughing. While her friends seem to be leaping forward, she's dancing in the same place. The mean girls at school are living up to their mean name, and there's a boy, Ryder, who's just as bad, if not worse. And at home, nobody's really listening to her -- if anything, they seem to be more in on the joke than she is.
Then into all of this (not-very-funny-to-Claire) comedy comes something intense and tragic...
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