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61) So much drama
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Victoria would like to play Juliet in her class's production of Romeo and Juliet, (especially since her crush, Drew, is cast as Romeo) but her friend Julia gets the part, and she resigns herself to the part of Friar Laurence--but bossy Annelise's jealousy threatens to sabotage the whole performance.
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Maribel daydreams at school, but when she defies evacuation orders to return home just as Mount St. Helens erupts in 1980, she must focus in order to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
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English
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"In order to stop the destructive forces of gentrification, three best friends use social media to create a fake gang and get justice for their South L.A. community"--
Rhea and her friends Zeke and Malachi are South L.A. born and raised. The old neighborhood is fading away, and more white people are flocking to this little urban paradise for its cheap rent, transforming the place they call home. When an eviction notice from a greedy landlord threatens...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Gabriela Rivera is a sixth-grader with a serious peanut allergy, lots of artistic talent, one friend at her school, and a total lack of self-confidence--but when she meets Daisy, the owner and baker at Daisy's Desserts, who makes allergy free treats, she finally starts to gain some confidence in her own considerable abilities.
65) Dance fever
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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The Middleton Middle School fund-raising committee is looking for a theme for this year's event, and bossy Annelise insists on a formal dance, which her father will support with publicity and prizes, but the trouble is none of the boys want to come--so it is up to Victoria to get Annelise to agree to a compromise.
66) The fun fort
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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The imaginations of twins Carlos and Carmen soar as they play with the box their new refrigerator came in, even after it seems too flat to be any more fun.
67) Miss Meteor
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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"There hasn't been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pageant who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky Quintanilla in all its history. But that's not the only reason Lita wants to enter the contest, or her ex-best friend Chicky wants to help her. The road to becoming Miss Meteor isn't about being perfect; it's about sharing who you are with the world--and loving the parts of yourself no one else understands. So to pull off the unlikeliest underdog story...
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English
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"Reina and her friend, Lila, practice gymnastics on Saturdays. It's Reina's favorite part of the week. But when Lila gets a puppy, Reina has to practice gymnastics by herself. Also, Lila's dog is HUGE and Reina is afraid to admit to her friend that she is scared. What can Reina do?"--
69) Face the music
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Victoria Torres is the fifth chair out of nine flutes in her middle school band, so when the director asks for a someone to play the new piccolo, Victoria sees it as her chance to stand out--but her best friend Bea has also volunteered, and their friendship may not survive the competition when they audition for the part.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Ana Flores has never really taken to sports, but when she observes the women's softball team practice at the college where her mother is going to teach, she is intrigued and decides to try out for a local team; unfortunately it is harder than it looks--but with some help from one of the college girls, Caitlin, and Mali, a pitcher who is mad she only made second team, Ana gets to work on her catching, and Mali works on her attitude,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Victoria Torres is not the best math student, so when her older sister, Sofia, captain of their middle school math team, co-opts her to fill in for a team member who quit Vicka is not sure how to feel--she would certainly like to help the team win the conference trophy, but first she must get Sophia to see that it is her aggressive bossiness that is alienating the other team members.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Pedro's family and his friends are spending the day at the amusement park, enjoying the rides and the snacks, so when they get separated from Pedro's brother, Paco, and their mother, a ride on the Ferris wheel seems like it offers an excellent way to spot Paco in the crowded park.
73) Hector's hiccups
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Sofia's Abuela is taking her and Sophia's cousin Hector to the movies, but when Hector develops hiccups, their movie plans are put on hold until the children get their hiccup problem under control.
Author
Series
Disney chills volume 5
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Hector's family is counting on him to win the Zeus Cup in a race, but when a Greek god offers a deal to help him win, all Hades breaks loose.
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English
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"One month short of her wedding day--and her thirtieth birthday--Nadia Palacio finds herself standing up to her infuriating, cheating fiancé for the first time in...well, ever. But that same courage doesn't translate to breaking the news to her Argentinian family. She's hyperventilating before facing them when she glimpses a magazine piece about a Latina woman celebrating herself--with a second quinceañera, aka Sweet 15! And that gives Nadia a brilliant...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
Belen Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe have a boyfriend or at least just lose her virginity. But nothing is normal in East Oakland. Her father left her family. She's at risk of not graduating. And Leti, her super-Catholic, nerdy-ass best friend, is pregnant--by the boyfriend she hasn't told her parents about because he's Black and her parents are racist.
78) Curveball
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Now that it is summer Victoria Torres and her friends have all signed up to play co-ed softball in their town's league, but soon things start to go wrong--her father is the coach of her team (the Chihuahuas), her friend Jenny is on a rival team, and worse of all her nemesis, bossy Annelise, is her teammate and competitor for the position of pitcher.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old twins Hayden and Jaden, and their older friends Keisha and Carlos, call themselves Snoops, Inc., and consider it their business to catch criminals and investigate crimes--so when someone sabotages several of the projects in the sixth-grade science fair competition they set out to expose the culprit.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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This charming, heartfelt second novel by GABY, LOST AND FOUND author Angela Cervantes asks an all-important question: is winning top prize worth losing a friend?
Allie Velasco wants to be a trailblazer.A trendsetter.A winner.No better feeling exists in the world than stepping to the top of a winner's podium and hoisting a trophy high in the air. At least, that's what Allie thinks . . . she's never actually won anything before. Everyone in her family...
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