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June 1809. Soon after taking part in the dramatic capture of Martinique in the Caribbean, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is next despatched to the African coast to gather a flotilla and stop French attacks on British trade routes. But Bolitho must contend with more than Britain's old enemy - he must also face the hatred of his flag captian and betrayal by a man he once counted on as his friend. In the dangerous waters off South Africa, Bolitho hunts...
2) Miraculum
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English
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The year is 1922. The carnival is Pontilliars Spectacular Star Light Miraculum, staked out on the Texas-Louisiana border. One blazing summer night, a mysterious stranger steps onto the midway, lights a cigarette and forever changes the world around him. Tattooed snake charmer Ruby has traveled with her fathers carnival for most of her life and, jaded though she is, cant help but be drawn to the tall man in the immaculate black suit who conveniently...
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Archer legacy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
660L
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English
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Thirteen-year-old billionaire Gerald Archer and his friends Ruby and Sam Valentine go on vacation to India, hoping to forget about Mason Green and his diabolical quest, but secrets from Gerald's family history and Green's minions have the trio in troubleagain.
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"Egypt, 1926.Fiercely independent American Jane Wunderly has made up her mind: she won?t be swept off her feet on a trip abroad. Despite her Aunt Millie?s best efforts, the young widow would rather gaze at the Great Pyramids of Giza than into the eyes of a dashing stranger. Yet Jane?s plans to remain cool and indifferent become ancient history in the company of Mr. Redvers, a roguish banker she can?t quite figure out . . . While the Mena House has...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1070L
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English
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In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical notes, excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and source notes.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
950L
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English
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Battle of the Books 2022 SBCEO
Kids - Historical Fiction for Middle Graders
Kids - Suggestions for Fifth Graders
Kids - Historical Fiction for Middle Graders
Kids - Suggestions for Fifth Graders
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Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
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Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
520L
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216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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"As his school's centennial is coming up, Big Nate is stuck showing the dorky new kid around"--
10) Baby
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
670L
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English
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Taking care of a baby left with them at the end of the tourist season helps a family come to terms with the death of their own infant son.
12) Meltdown madness
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Looniverse volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
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90 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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English
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Ever since Ed found the magic coin called Silver Center, strange things keep happening around him, but maybe if he finds the right words he can use the magic to raise money for the soccer team.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
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298 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"During the pilot year of a Los Angeles school system integration program, two sixth grade boys, one black, one white, become best friends as they learn to cope with everything from first crushes and playground politics to the loss of loved ones and racial prejudice in the 1970s"--
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Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
830L
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ix, 277 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Melati Ahmad looks like your typical movie-going, Beatles-obsessed sixteen-year-old. Unlike most other sixteen-year-olds though, Mel also believes that she harbors a djinn inside her, one who threatens her with horrific images of her mother's death unless she adheres to an elaborate ritual of counting and tapping to keep him satisfied. But there are things that Melati can't protect her mother from. On the evening of May 13th, 1969, racial tensions...
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