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Comeback kids volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Brainy Scott, a great kicker who otherwise struggles with football, and star quarterback Chris, who has dyslexia, team up to help each other succeed in both football and school.
2) Mystic river
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
This New York Times bestseller from Dennis Lehane is a gripping, unnerving psychological thriller about the effects of a savage killing on three former friends in a tightly knit, blue-collar Boston neighborhood.
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened—something
...3) Save Rafe!
Author
Series
Middle school (James Patterson) volume 6
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Middle schooler Rafe Khachadorian faces his greatest challenge yet as he struggles to complete a week-long wilderness survival course to prove to his school administrators that he can succeed"--
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon comes around, the Big Cheese is prepared to win, as always. But what happens when the quiet new kid, Wedge Wedgeman, comes out on top? Is a slice of humility all the Big Cheese needs to discover that some things are better than being the best?"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Friends help solve problems. They can pass on cool skills and fun information, and most importantly, they're fun! Being a good friend can be tough, but readers will learn all about it through relatable examples and vivid accompanying photographs.
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English
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1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old girl from the lower caste Yellamma cult of temple prostitutes has come of age to fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute. In an attempt to escape this legacy that binds her, Mukta is transported to a foster family in Bombay. There she discovers a friend in the high spirited eight-year-old Tara, the tomboyish daughter of the family, who helps her recover from the wounds of her past. Tara introduces Mukta to a...
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English
Description
When they posed for a photo at their high school graduation, they vowed they'd be friends forever, but teenage promises are so easily broken, and now, thirty years later, they're practically strangers. Cici, stuck in a rut, married to a cheating husband. Genie, caring for her ailing father but never getting any thanks. Kate, everyone knows people who look perfect on Instagram are not. And Laurie, the most successful of them all, now tragically gone....
8) My friends
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English
Description
What makes a good friend? Young readers will learn that friends are people you care about and want to spend time with. Emphasis is placed on respect and consideration.
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Series
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English
Description
"Friendships make us happier and healthier. Friends improve our self-esteem and help us live longer--it's true! Whether kids find socializing as natural as smiling or as hard as learning a foreign language, this book can help them improve their social skills so they can better enjoy the benefits of friendship. Practical advice covers everything from breaking the ice to developing friendships to overcoming problems. True-to-life vignettes, "what would...
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Language
English
Description
"Making and keeping friends is an important part of SEL (social-emotional learning) education. Students will learn to take a step back and reflect on how they're are feeling. Engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage students to think, create, guess, and ask questions around the content. Includes table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, and sidebars"--
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Language
English
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"What does it take to be a great friend? Find out with the help of a bucket list. Learn how meet new friends, maintain relationships with old ones, be a good listener, and more in this easy-to-follow guide guaranteed to help you tackle all the items on your friendship bucket list"--
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English
Description
For childhood friends Leo Kelly, Jane Devlin, and newly ordained "Packy" Keenan, the summers they spent at the lake together were times of pure magic. And no summer was more enchanting than the summer of 1948, until a tragic car wreck killed two of their friends.
The rich and prominent "Old House" families of Chicago banded together to protect their own, the driver, who was drunk, was the son of a local doctor. There was a cover-up and a vicious...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Alder has always lived in his cozy little house in Southern California. An old, reliable, comforting walnut tree has stood between his house and the one next door. When a new family--with a particularly annoying girl his age named Oak--moves into the neighboring house, they cut the tree down. As Oak and Alder start school together, they can't imagine ever becoming friends. But they soon discover a series of mysterious, possibly magical, connections...
16) The candy caper
Author
Series
Trouble at table 5 volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Molly gets things stuck in her head sometimes. When she sees a jar of candy on Principal Shelton's desk, she absolutely needs to know how many candies are in that jar! Luckily, her two best friends, Simon and Rosie, are ready to help her find the answer--even if it means detention for all of them!"--
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English
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"Many children are taught to follow the golden rule: treat others as you would have them treat you. But how do we put this principle into action in our everyday lives? In this engaging, helpful text, little citizens will learn about what it truly means to treat others well and why it's important. Guided and inspired by relatable examples, they'll understand how they can practice kindness, listen to others, and live with integrity. Empowered to make...
18) Dylan the doctor
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English
Description
A joyful stripy dog, Dylan is playing at being a doctor, looking after all his friends: Kala Kat, Ozzy Otter, and Bitsy Chick. But who will look after poor Doctor Dylan when his caregiving duties exhaust him?
19) Windfall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Alice loves Teddy, her best friend, but has never told him. When she buys him a lottery ticket that turns out to be a winner, their lives are changed forever and their friendship is put to the ultimate test"--
20) The pirate tree
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The gnarled tree on the hill sometimes turns into a pirate ship. A rope serves as an anchor, a sheet as a sail, and Sam is its fearless captain. But one day another sailor approaches, and he's not from Sam's street. Can they find something more precious than diamonds and gold? Can they find--friendship?"--Dust jacket flap.