Betsy Byars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
All summer Sara Godfrey has fretted over herself, her impossible body, her terrible new haircut. One moment she's elated, the next, she's in tears. And she can't figure out why. Maybe her wildly changing moods are tied to the sudden and unaccountable appearance of the swans, which hold the rapt attention of Charlie, Sara's mentally handicapped brother, who she loves far more than herself these days. In fact, it will be the sudden disappearance of...
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Blossom family volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Convinced that Mud is responsible for the disappearance of the school hamster that was his responsibility for the weekend, Junior Blossom is determined that the dog should be tried for his "crime."
3) Tornado
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life by another tornado when he was a boy.
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Series
Blossom family volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Disasters befall the Blossom family as Pap falls into a dumpster and cannot get out, Junior tries desperately to make a success of his secret invention, and Vern dreads letting a new friend meet his unusual family.
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Blossom family volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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In the aftermath of a big flood in Alderson County, the Blossom family continues coping in their rare family style.
Author
Series
Blossom family volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
Newbery Award-winning author Betsy Byars's heartwarming and timeless books about the irrepressible Blossom family are back. In this introduction to the one-of-a-kind clan, Pap, the Blossoms' grandfather, has landed himself in jail for disturbing the peace. Even though Junior is laid up in the hospital with two broken legs after jumping off the barn roof to test his new homemade wings, he and his sister and brother, Maggie and Vern, have come up with...
9) McMummy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Looking after an eccentric scientist's greenhouse doesn't seem any stranger than the other odd jobs taken by Mozie and his partner Battie--until Mozie discovers a large, mummy-shaped pod on one of the plants.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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As twelve-year-old Bingo Brown strives for the triumphs of today and steels himself against the tribulations of tomorrow, he discovers that he will have to undergo a few more trials and triumphs before growing up.
11) The pinballs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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From Newbery-winning author Betsy Byars comes a story full of "poignancy, perception, and humor" (The Chicago Tribune), about three foster kids who learn what it takes to make a family.
You can't always decide where life will take you-especially when you're a kid.
Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
When Sammy must spend weeks alone with his grandfather, he learns that the old man isn't quite as boring as he thought... When his parents leave for Detroit, Sammy is left alone with his out-of-touch grandfather in a dull, creaky house. All Sammy wants to do is run away to rejoin his folks. But Grandpa's world holds a few surprises, including a majestic crane found in the woods with a broken wing. Sammy finds himself seeing his grandfather's world...
13) Ant plays Bear
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Ant and his brother play a game, discuss growing up, hear a scary noise, and learn to be friends.
14) My brother, Ant
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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In four separate stories, Ant's older brother gets rid of the monster under Ant's bed, forgives Ant for drawing on his homework, tries to read a story, and helps Ant writes a letter to Santa.
15) Little Horse
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Little Horse falls into the stream and is swept away into a dangerous adventure and a new life.
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English
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Benjie and his friend Ezzie have escape plans for every emergency, including lion attacks and quicksand, but no clue what to do about the class bully. So what if Benjie "Mouse" Fawley likes practical jokes? He's a good kid who never meant to harm anyone. The same cannot be said for Marv Hammerman, a boy in Benjie's middle school who is as big as a high-schooler but has the temper of a two-year-old. When Benjie (in a fit of insanity) writes a joke...
19) My dog, my hero
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A panel of three judges has to decide which dog out of eight finalists deserves to win the title of My Hero.
20) The cartoonist
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English
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Alfie only feels comfortable when he's drawing comics in the attic - but soon his safe haven will be off limits. Alfie is perfectly content to spend his time drawing alone in the attic. Nobody bothers him, and he has his door sealed tight against interruption. Up under the roof, he illustrates amazing cartoon strips about heroes and space adventures, from "Super Caterpillar" to "Super Bird" - even though his own life is anything but exciting. One...