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2) The river
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to Hatchet, Paulsen takes the wilderness adventure beyond self-preservation & makes teen Brian responsible for saving someone else. Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival. "We want you to do it again." These words, spoken to...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
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A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
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English
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"Elnora walked by instinct, for her eyes were blinded with tears. She left the road where it turned south, at the corner of the Limberlost, climbed a snake fence and entered a path worn by her own feet. Dodging under willow and scrub oak branches she came at last to the faint outline of an old trail made in the days when the precious timber of the swamp was guarded by armed men. This path she followed until she reached a thick clump of bushes. From...
6) Tex
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
The love between two teenage brothers helps to alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow up.
8) I like me!
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Language
English
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By admiring her finer points and showing that she can take care of herself and have fun even when there's no one else around, a charming pig proves the best friend you can have is yourself.
9) Charmed life
Author
Series
Wildseed witch volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Now back at Riverbend Middle, social media loving tween Hasani tries to prove her former friend, and fellow witch, LaToya, is responsible for the recent chaos at school.
10) Brian's return
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
After having survived alone in the wilderness, Brian finds that he can no longer live in the city but must return to the place where he really belongs.
11) The saver
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Struggling just to get by day-to-day, 17-year-old Fern's main source of happiness is the constant reassurance of her hard-working mother, but when her mother suddenly dies Fern must find a way to survive in the real world on her own.
13) Panorama city
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Language
English
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A self-described "slow absorber" named Oppen Porter records everything he thinks his unborn son will find useful in becoming a man of the world.
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Series
Eleanor Kane books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
When nine-year-old Eleanor's beloved babysitter Bibi moves away to care for her ailing father, Eleanor must spend the summer adjusting to a new babysitter while mourning the loss of her old one.
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Lexile measure
AD 610L
Language
English
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"A universal story about speaking, listening and being heard. Margot loves space. Astronauts, the stars, and especially the moon landing. So she can't understand why all of her attempts to communicate her passion fall on disinterested ears. Her mom is patient but distracted; her classmates would rather play kickball; and her teacher just wants her to focus and pay attention in class. Even so, Margot wishes she never had to talk about anything but...
16) Save Rafe!
Author
Series
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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AD 520L
Language
English
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"C is for cooperate. G is for grow. P is for play! This friendly and reassuring alphabet book helps young children (and those who care for them) consider, explore, and discuss a wide range of skills related to school readiness. Kids preparing for kindergarten or preK will learn social skills from A to Z, building or reinforcing their knowledge of the alphabet at the same time. Charming art brings the skills to life with encouraging scenes of fun and...
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