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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"The sequel to the critically acclaimed Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus follows Aven Green as she confronts yet another challenge: high school. Just as Aven starts to feel comfortable in Stagecoach Pass, with her friends and schoolmates accustomed to her lack of "armage," everything changes once again. She's about to begin high school...with 2,300 new kids to stare at her. And no matter how much Aven tries to play it cool, nothing prepares...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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"In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2034, a comet is due to hit the Earth within the hour. Denise, who's sixteen years old and autistic, must try to find her missing sister and also help her neglectful, undependable mother safely aboard a spaceship"--
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English
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"Many kids and teens have challenges when it comes to behavior. In this revised edition of his time-tested book, Thomas McIntyre provides up-to-date information, practical strategies, and sound advice to help kids learn to make smarter choices, make and keep friends, get along with teachers, take responsibility for their actions, work toward positive change, and enjoy the results of their better behavior. New to this edition are an "Are you ready...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Tally Olivia Adams is a twelve-year-old (just) autistic girl faced with the prospect of a week-long end-of-the-year class trip, which worries her, because there will be "teams" and "activities" and "competition" all of which terrifies her, especially when she finds out she is not bunking with her friend Aleksandra; the other girls on her team are often nasty, especially Skye--and Tally needs all the life-skills she has learned to cope with and expose...
6) Anxiety relief for kids: on-the-spot strategies to help your child overcome worry, panic & avoidance
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English
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Provides quick in-the-moment solutions that can be used when anxiety takes hold.
When your child has an anxiety disorder, it hurts to see them afraid or constantly worried. Walker provides quick solutions based in evidence-based CBT and exposure therapy. You'll learn to identify your child's avoidant and safety behaviors, as well as anxiety triggers that set your child off. You'll also discover tailored interventions you can use now to help your...
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I funny volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
Description
Comedian Jamie Grimm, accompanied by Uncle Frank, New Aunt Flora, and friends, circles the globe as host of regional competitions, then competes, himself, in the Planet's Funniest Kid Worldwide contest.
10) Hello, universe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia Somerset, who is deaf, is smart, brave, and secretly lonely, and she loves everything about nature. Kaori Tanaka is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet Bullens wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so he can concentrate...
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I funny volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
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English
Description
Wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm's recent victory in the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest leads to a television sitcom based on his life, but being the star of the show forces him to balance his newfound success with the responsibilities of being a good friend.
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English
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"In this important book, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook shows how outdoor play and unstructured freedom of movement are vital for children's cognitive development and growth, and offers tons of fun, engaging ways to help ensure that kids grow into healthy, balanced, and resilient adults. Today's kids have adopted sedentary lifestyles filled with television, video games, and computer screens. But more and more, studies...
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Aven Green volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Eight-year-old Aven Green is despondent when she does not master the piano in one day, but with new inspiration from guitarist Mr. Tom, who is armless like her, along with a special gift from her great-grandma, Aven learns she does not need to be perfect to perform.
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Aven Green volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month, cracking such cases as The Mystery of the Cranky Mom. But can this perceptive detective solve two cases at the same time? First her teacher's lunch bag disappears. Then Aven's great-grandma's dog goes missing. Fortunately, since Aven was born without arms, all the "arm" cells went to her super-powered brain instead. (That's her theory.)"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
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English
Description
Five months ago, Liv's big brother, Jonah, shot himself. It was an accident. He didn't know that the gun was loaded. But the damage was done. Now he won't ever be leaving their small mill town like he planned. Jonah can't speak, can't walk, can't take care of himself at all. Their house is full of machines and nurses working around the clock to keep Jonah alive. Liv's mom is struggling to cope with the aftermath, so Liv ends up being the one to soothe...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
"In this companion to the enormously popular A Family Is a Family Is a Family, a group of kids share the silly questions they always hear, as well as the questions they would rather be asked about themselves. Being the new kid is hard, a child in the school playground tells us. I can think of better things to ask than if I'm a boy or a girl. Another child comes along and says she gets asked why she always has her nose in a book. Someone else gets...
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Boy called BAT volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
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English
Description
Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), is the caretaker of the best baby skunk in the world---even Janie, his older sister, is warming up to Thor. When Janie gets a part in the school play, and can't watch Bat after school, it means some pretty big changes.
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I funny volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
As the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic finals near, Jamie faces a whirlwind of attention at school and in the media and the fame starts to go to his head, but in Hollywood with Uncle Frankie, some of his fellow comedians quickly show him what competition and pressure are all about.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. But he'll have to do better: he's going to compete in the Super Pigorino Bowl, the world's greatest pizza-eating contest, and he has to win it, because he borrowed his mom's credit card and accidentally charged $2,000 to it. So he really needs that prize money. And David's also got to keep an eye on his little brother, Mal (who, if the family believed in...
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