Susan Beth Pfeffer
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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When the moon's gravitational pull increases, causing massive natural disasters on earth, Miranda and her family struggle to survive in a world without cities or sunlight, and wonder if anyone else in still alive.
5) Blood wounds
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Willa seems to have a perfect life as a member of a loving blended family until the estranged father she barely remembers murders his wife and children, then heads toward Willa and her mother.
8) Make believe
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Carrie and Jill are best friends and their families have always been close, so when Jill's parents separate, it not only affects Carrie and Jill's friendship, but Carrie's feelings about her own family as well.
9) Just Morgan
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When a ninth-grade girl becomes an orphan, she agrees to spend the summer in Manhattan with her new guardian, an uncle--and famous writer--she has never seen.
10) Kid power
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Winner of the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award and the Sequoyah Children's Book Award: To save money for a bike, a young girl becomes a business tycoon Janie is desperate for a new bike, but her parents won't buy her one unless she can pay for half of it herself. She's too young to babysit and it's too late to get a paper route, so Janie decides to open her own business. She calls it Kid Power and promises her customers that there is no problem too big...
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After her father moves away, Laurie sends her love by mail The scariest thing Laurie has ever seen is a half-empty house, which she discovered the day her dad moved away. The divorce was a long time coming, but that didn't make it hurt any less. To stay in touch with her father, Laurie's mom forces her to write him a letter each week, keeping him updated on everything from quizzes and tests to parties and boys. At first, the letters are a chore, a...
12) Courage, Dana
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After saving a young boy's life, a girl finds that fame can be a real headache On the last warm day of autumn, Dana and her best friend eat ice cream, gossip, and complain about school. It's just like any other afternoon until Dana walks home and sees a toddler break away from his mother and sprint into the street. Without thinking, she chases after him, pushing him onto the sidewalk just before a giant blue car would have run them both down. She...
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To save her business, a young entrepreneur dreams bigger than ever before When she wanted a new bike, Janie started doing odd jobs around the neighborhood for a dollar an hour. She promised her clients that no job was too big or too small-and Kid Power was born. By the end of the summer, she had regular clients, employees, and a steady stream of income-all the makings of a tiny business empire. But after Labor Day, summer work vanished, and Kid Power...
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When Melodie's glamorous parents split up, all she needs is a friend-but can Elaine be there for her? Elaine Zuckerman's parents are definitely not glamorous-her dad does something boring with computer chips, and her mom is a dentist whose office is in their house. They're nothing like her friend Melodie's family. Melodie's mom, Constance King, is a beautiful Broadway star, and her dad, Trevor Ashford, has a thrilling British accent. Even Melodie's...
15) Devil's Den
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Tending to a veteran's grave leads a boy on a search for his father The battlefield at Gettysburg is a landscape of rolling hills, thickly wooded forests, and monuments to men who died here long ago. When Joey looks at this peaceful landscape, he sees it through the eyes of Joshua Gibbs, a soldier from his hometown who came to Gettysburg to save the Union. Joey comes here with his stepfather hoping to learn more about the soldier whose story has captured...
16) Marly the Kid
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Sometimes you just have to pack a suitcase and walk out the door Marly knows her older sister, Kit, is tall, beautiful, and outspoken-everything Marly isn't. But does everyone have to remind her of it all the time? Since her parents' divorce, her mom hasn't had a single nice thing to say-and even if she did, she's always working. So Marly packs her bags and catches the bus to stay with her dad. She knows he'll want her, and hopefully his new wife...
17) Sybil at Sixteen
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Always the youngest but never the baby, Sibyl sometimes wonders, What good is inner strength if only you know it's there? Sybil loves Aunt Grace's dark, old house, even if the upkeep is a burden the Sebastians can't entirely afford. It feels like home, and after years of surgeries and therapy, all Sybil wants for her sixteenth birthday is to be surrounded by her crazy family in a place of their own. But Evvie's been keeping a secret, one that puts...
18) Fantasy Summer
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Robin doesn't want to be perfect, but it would be nice to be more than perfectly average. Robin can't believe it: Out of the thousands of girls who applied for the Image magazine summer internships, she's one of only four winners who will be spending the summer in New York City. Robin knows she'll be working hard at the popular teen magazine, but she hopes there will be plenty of time for shopping, eating out, and living the fabulous life. Her excitement...
19) Getting Even
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People think Annie can handle anything, and she can-but only because the alternative is worse Annie's summer in New York City was every teenager's dream. Being chosen as a summer intern at Image magazine meant the chance to work on real articles during the day and enjoy the independence and excitement of city life outside office hours. But now, going back to her high school routine feels like punishment-especially when the promised editorial job...
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What if the one person you can't stand is the only one you can depend on? Nobody ever asked Betsy Reisman if she wanted to be a twin, but since she and Meg are stuck with each other, they've reached a truce. Mostly they keep busy-Betsy with her beloved piano and her plans to go to Juilliard and Meg with learning her fifth (or is it sixth?) language. It's about to get harder, though, since their parents, both writers, have decided to take the year...