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Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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"With warmth and humor, Kim Baker conjures a magical tale of finding the most elusive creature of all: one's true self."--Kirby Larson, author of the New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor winner Hattie Big Sky and the Audacity Jones seriesA quirky, empowering story about a boy recovering from a bear attack with the help of his friends and maybe, some magic. For fans of Lemons by Melissa Savage, Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer...
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English
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Victor Rios grew up in the ghetto of Oakland, California, in the 1980s and 90s. A former gang member and juvenile delinquent, Rios managed to escape the bleak outcome of many of his friends, earned a PhD at Berkeley, and returned to his hometown to study how inner-city young Latino and African American boys develop their sense of self in the midst of crime and intense policing. Punished examines the difficult lives of these young men, who now face...
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English
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"What makes Pedro a first-class friend? One, he will bravely search out the classroom stink. Two, he loves driving monster trucks. Three, not even a broken arm keeps him from playing. Anmd four, he's even a friend to his little brother! Read his latest adventrues in the early chapter book from author Fran Manushkin and join the fun!"--from back cover.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Pedro is excited for his class's trip to the aquarium, but when he gets separated from the others near the shark tank, he gets frightened and starts running to and fro--until he takes a hint from the shark to stop going in circles." --
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Miss Winkle separates the class into teams and instructs them to build towers out of paper cups, and the group who builds the tallest tower wins--but they have very little success until Pedro has an idea about how it can be done.
8) Pirate Pedro
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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On Pirate Day at school, all the children dress up as pirates, and Pedro and his friends, Katie and JoJo, continue the theme in their clubhouse after school--but they all want to be the pirate captain.
10) Pedro's monster
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Despite his father's reassurances, Pedro is frightened by the monsters in his dreams--until he finds a way to use his love of monster trucks to defeat his dream monsters.
11) Pedro el pirata
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
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Description
On Pirate Day at school, all the children dress up as pirates, and Pedro and his friends, Katie and JoJo, continue the theme in their clubhouse after school--but they all want to be the pirate captain.
12) Pedro el ninja
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
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Pedro enters the same karate class that his friends Katie and JoJo attend, and learns some of the ninja moves that he admires in the movies.
13) Solo
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Dax Ramirez is living with his dad in a homeless shelter, and Dax is spending his days hustling less skilled skateboarders at the local skatepark--until an accident leads him to the first friends he has had in years, and an offer that will let him put his artistic skills to good use.