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Vanderbeekers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer.
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Series
Mysteries of Middlefield series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Curious thirteen-year-old Bekah Yoder wonders about the strange behavior of the man who moves into the house next door, but even she does not suspect the danger that he brings to their neighborhood.
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Series
Earth before us volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Ms. Lernin, a retired paleontologist, helps fifth-grader Ronnie study for a quiz on dinosaurs by taking her on a guided tour of the Mesozoic Era.
7) The goat
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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"When Kid accompanies her parents to New York City for a six-month stint of dog-sitting and home-schooling, she sees what looks like a tiny white cloud on top of their apartment building. Rumor says there's a goat living on the roof, but how can that be?"--
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Series
Fright watch volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Thirteen-year-olds Quinn Parker and Mike Warren uncover the awful truth about their strange neighbors and the gruesome secret of how they stay young.
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Andy Russell series volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Andy and Tamika are watching their neighbor's house while they are away, but when strange and troubling things start happening inside the house, the police do not believe the children.
11) The goldfish boy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Emotionally crippled by his obsessive-compulsive disorder, teenager Matthew Corbin rarely leaves his room on a cul-de-sac in London, and he passes the day observing and writing down his neighbors doings from his window--but when a toddler staying next door disappears, Matt is the key to solving a mystery and possibly saving a child's life...if he can manage to expose himself, and his secret guilt to the outside world.
12) Girls rule!
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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The Malloy girls and the Hatford boys compete and then join forces in a quest to earn money for the local hospital and the privilege of choosing how to participate in the annual Buckman, West Virginia, Strawberry Festival.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Alder has always lived in his cozy little house in Southern California. An old, reliable, comforting walnut tree has stood between his house and the one next door. When a new family--with a particularly annoying girl his age named Oak--moves into the neighboring house, they cut the tree down. As Oak and Alder start school together, they can't imagine ever becoming friends. But they soon discover a series of mysterious, possibly magical, connections...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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At first Curtis isn't worried when his mother doesn't come home after her all-night shift at the gas bar. For a time Curtis manages on his own, looking after himself and his five-year-old brother. But then the credit card maxes out and the landlord starts demanding the rent. Just in time the boys make friends with cranky old Mrs. Burt who lives across the street. With the neighbor the boys go on an adventure. But will they ever return to their mother?...
16) The collectors
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Series
Fright watch volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Quinn is suspicious of her new neighbors, the Ladies in White, and when her friend Lex starts to act strangely after spending so much time with them, Quinn enlists Mike to help her uncover who the Ladies in White are and what they want with their friend.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cornelia, eleven-years-old and lonely, learns about language and life from an elderly new neighbor who has many stories to share about the fabulous adventures she and her sisters had while traveling around the world.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Meet Hannah. Her name is a palindrome. Her birthday is on New Year's. She wishes she had a cat. She's medium height and a little awkward. Her life has NOT been fun lately. Her dad and stepmom are having a baby and, worst of all, her best friend next door just moved away. Now a new girl is here, taking over her best friend's bedroom, and her own identity. Meet Emme. Her name is a palindrome. Her birthday is on New Year's. She loves her enormous orange...
19) Franny Parker
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
Through a hot, dry Oklahoma summer, twelve-year-old Franny tends wild animals brought by her neighbors, hears gossip during a weekly quilting bee, befriends a new neighbor who has some big secrets, and learns to hope.
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Series
Vanderbeekers volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
As they look forward to the New York City Marathon in which their friend Mr. B. will run, the Vanderbeeker children learn that one of their good friends is homeless.
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