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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Diego "Clutch" Rivera was the hero of his school's basketball team last year, but this season things have not started well, and Diego is losing his confidence--but with some help from his dad, and a friend who gives him a sketchbook and suggests that he draw his feelings, he starts to rediscover the fun in basketball.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Gus Blackburn daydreams of being a hero wide receiver on his school's football team, but he is not naturally athletic or fast, so he spends most of his time on the bench--until his father points out that most dreams actually take hard work before they can come true.
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English
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An undocumented immigrant father has been bussing tables at the famous Windows on the World restaurant to support his family in Mexico. Then, tragedy strikes. His family hears no word for weeks. Refusing to give up hope, they send young Fernando on a quixotic mission across the border to find his father and bring him home. Along the way, Fernando experiences a warm embrace from fellow immigrants and a cold shoulder from The City That Never Sleeps....
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English
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"Naruto was a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He achieved his dream to become the greatest ninja in his village, and now his face sits atop the Hokage monument. But this is not his story... A new generation of ninja is ready to take the stage, led by Naruto's own son, Boruto! Naruto and his allies have the upper hand on Momoshiki until he transforms into a more powerful form. Naruto and Sasuke will have to team up to stand any...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Set against the quiet and unassuming city of Huntsville, Texas, Jack "Meadowlark" Johnson, and his teenage son, Cooper, embark on a journey of epic proportions. Told over the course a single day, this electrifying graphic novel recounts Cooper's struggle to survive the consequences of his father's mistakes and the dangers they have brought home to his estranged family. As Cooper and his father desperately navigate cascading threats of violence, they...
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Andrews McMeel Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel Universal
Pub. Date
c2017.
Language
English
Description
Middle school grizzly cub Tucker Grizzwell isn't looking forward to attending Jaws & Claws weekend with his father, where young grizzlies learn how to be predators. Meanwhile, he's got a week's worth of bad cafeteria food, pop quizzes and too much homework.
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"Imagine a world where luck, the most ephemeral of ideas, has a physical form. Precious stones, mined like gold, confer luck. But luck breaks both ways. While the blue gems may grant advantage to those who own them, their blessing is fickle. In the blink of an eye, good luck can turn to bad. We follow the life of a man who comes into possession of some powerful stones--but the success enjoyed by the man goes awry when he tries to pass the luck onto...
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Publisher
Gallery 13
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In this moving graphic memoir, Eisner Award-winning writer and artist Michael Kupperman traces the life of his reclusive father--the once-world-famous Joel Kupperman, Quiz Kid. That his father is slipping into dementia--seems to embrace it, really--means that the past he would never talk about might be erased forever. Joel Kupperman became one of the most famous children in America during World War II as one of the young geniuses on the series Quiz...
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Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Darth Vader failed to turn his son, Luke Skywalker, to the dark side. Vader sought revenge against those who hid Luke from him for all these years…and in doing so nearly betrayed his master. It did not go unnoticed by Palpatine…and now it is time for Vader’s next lesson. Now, left battered and broken by his punishment, the Dark Lord drags himself across the scorched surface of Mustafar with vengeance on his mind! But as Vader closes in on the...
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English
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Boruto's been entrusted with the very important mission of guarding the Daimyo's son, Tento. Babysitting a spoiled brat isn't the type of work Boruto had in mind when he became a ninja. But perhaps the two boys are more alike than they seem...?-- Publisher description
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Series
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Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
13) Hunter x hunter
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Series
Publisher
Shonen Jump Advanced/VIZ
Pub. Date
2005-
Language
English
Description
Hunters are dedicated to tracking down treasures, magical beasts, and other men, but to become a hunter, less than one in a hundred thousand are capable of passing the grueling qualification exams.
Author
Series
Middle school misadventures volume 2
Publisher
Little Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Newell's very special hat is taken away at school, he and his most talented friends concoct the perfect plan to get it back.
16) Severed
Author
Publisher
Diamond [distributor]
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
1916. A man haunts the roads. A man with razor-sharp teeth and a hunger for flesh. When twelve-year old Jack Garron runs away from home to find his father, a wayward minstrel who he hasn't seen since birth, he'll discover how quickly the American Dream can become a nightmare.
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Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Naruto was a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He achieved his dream to become the greatest ninja in his village, and now his face sits atop the Hokage monument. But this is not his story.. A new generation of ninja is ready to take the stage, led by Naruto's own son, Boruto!
19) Middlewest
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Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2019-
Language
English
Description
The lands between the coasts are vast, slow to change,and full of hidden magics. The town of Farmington has been destroyed sending an unwitting adventurer and his vulpine companion in search of answers to quell acoming storm that speaks his name. From author Skottie Young and artist Jorge Corona comes the tale of Abel, a young boy who mustnavigate an old land in order to reconcile his family's history.
20) The lion king
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Series
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Young Simba just can't wait to be the next king of Pride Rock, but when his father dies, his uncle convinces the prince that it was his fault and to run away.