Audrey Vernick
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Documents the story of the Baseball Hall of Fame honorees, tracing how the Acerra family of New Jersey formed their own semi-pro baseball team in the 1930s and became the longest-running all-brother team in history.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
With her best friends pulling away from her, her newly-separated parents deciding she should spend the summer at her father's new home, and a babysitting job she does not want, Marley's life is already as precarious as an overfull water balloon when a cute boy enters the picture.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Casey lives with his father and grandfather at their family-run umpire school, and as he deals with middle school and his mother's unwelcome return, he stumbles on a sensational story that has him questioning his dream of becoming a journalist.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tells the remarkable story of Larry Doby, the first Black baseball player in the American League, an unsung hero who in 1947 signed with the Cleveland Indians and went on to set amazing records that rendered him a seven-time All Star and launched him into the Hall of Fame."--
11) I won a what?
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy tries to win a goldfish at the carnival and ends up with a far bigger prize.
12) Naomis Too
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A heartfelt, sweet, social justice-themed ode to blended and unconventional families-perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia, Lisa Graff, and Sara Pennypacker.
In this sequel to Two Naomis, now that Naomi Marie's mom and Naomi E.'s dad are married, the girls have learned to do a lot of things together, like All-Family Sunday dinners, sixth-grade homework, navigating the subway system by themselves, and visiting their favorite bakeries. Until sixth...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: When it comes to show-and-tell, Sam is in it to win it. But no matter how hard he tries, one of his classmates is always showing him up with a slightly better costume or a slightly cooler object to share. His teacher says it's not a competition, but just once Sam would like to be the best--which is why he's so excited when Take Your Octopus to School Day is announced. Sam is pretty sure he's the only kid with a real live pet...
15) Scarlet's tale
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"With the help of some new friends, a young girl learns to love sharing what makes her unique when she starts school for the first time"--
16) Bob, not Bob!
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When a young boy gets a cold, he just wants his mommy. But his stuffy nose makes it difficult for him to call out to his mom--not 'Bob, ' who happens to be the family dog"--
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Zander is a monster. And monsters don't have friends. But one day Zander meets Bird, and a strange thing happens. They start to spend some time together. Zander even tells Bird a secret no one else knows about. When another monster asks, "Is that your friend?" Zander says no...but is that true?"--