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21) Moo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn't know what to expect. She's ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents "volunteer" Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna -- and that stubborn cow, Zora.
22) Swim team
Author
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When lonely Ravani Foster discovers his new friend Virginia and her six mysterious runaway companions are in danger, he must fight to keep them safe, or lose the only person who has ever understood him.
In the dead of night, a truck arrives in Slaughterville, a small town curiously named after its windowless slaughterhouse. Seven mysterious kids with suitcases step out of the vehicle and into an abandoned home on a dead-end street, looking over their...
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
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
Series
Katie the catsitter volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Katie now knows her neighbor Madeline is also the Mousetress, the city's most feared villain (or most misunderstood superhero), and she is ready to become the super sidekick she always wanted to be.
29) Hardscrabble
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Belle Martin and her family move to Mingo, Colorado, in 1910 when the U.S. government offers 320 acres of land free to homesteaders.
Author
Series
Katie the catsitter volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead until she realizes the mysterious neighbor who hired her to catsit is one of the city's greatest supervillains.
Author
Series
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old injured soccer player Luz has a hard enough time reframing her identity as a computer programmer, but when her Guatemalan half-sister moves in, she learns what it truly means to start over. Includes author's note.
33) Over and out
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sophie has spent her entire life behind the Berlin Wall, guarded by land mines, towers, and attack dogs. A science lover, Sophie dreams of becoming an inventor ... but that's unlikely in East Berlin, where the Stasi, the secret police, are always watching. Though she tries to avoid their notice, when her beloved neighbor is arrested, Sophie is called to her principal's office. There, a young Stasi officer asks Sophie if she'll spy on her neighbor...
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
One hilarious Harlem family is on a mission to find the perfect way to celebrate their Papa's fortieth birthday while discovering more about their mysterious grandparents in this heartfelt romp and latest installment to the New York Times best-selling series, perfect for fans of the Penderwicks. It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth birthday party. But then Papa must leave town to help his...
37) Missing pieces
Author
Series
Hello Neighbor volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Nicky Roth has always been a lonely kid. But that all changes when he and his family move to Raven Brooks and meet their eccentric neighbors, the Petersons. Nicky befriends the Petersons' son, Aaron, bonding over their talents for tinkering. Soon the boys are inseparable and using their skills to pull pranks on the townspeople. But something about Aaron bothers Nicky--people seem almost afraid of him and his family. Through snippets from Aaron and...
38) Who won the war?
Author
Series
Hatfords and Malloys volume 12
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
As the end of summer approaches, the Malloy girls decide they will really try to get along with the Hatford boys before moving back to Ohio, but after all the practical jokes and competitions of the previous year, the boys just do not trust the girls.
Author
Series
Hatfords and Malloys volume 3
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Sequel to: The girls get even.
The Hatford brothers cannot imagine spending Thanksgiving dinner with the Malloy sisters as the practical jokes and rivalries between the two families continue.
2006-570-07
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