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Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
In 1974 at her new San Francisco school, nine-year-old Julie does not want to tell her class about her parents' divorce, or to tell her sister about messing up her school assignment, but when she breaks her finger playing basketball and her whole family rallies around her, she realizes the importance of telling the truth.
12) McKenna
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Seattle fourth-grader McKenna Brooks, who lives for gymnastics, struggles with school work until Josie, a tutor confined to a wheelchair, helps her with reading comprehension and much more.
13) Aloha, Kanani
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Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When the tropical paradise of Kauai, Hawaii, fails to impress her cousin from New York City, ten-year-old Kanani wonders why nothing seems to make her happy.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The first Christmas since Julie's parents' divorce is difficult for the whole family, but Julie finds comfort sharing the Chinese New Year traditions of her best friend, Ivy Ling, and thinking about new beginnings.
16) Julie's journey
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
It's 1976 and the entire country is celebrating America's 200th birthday. Julie joins her cousins on a pioneer-style wagon train in honor of the Bicentennial. The journey is filled with adventures, challenges, and self-discovery as Julie faces her fears to make an important contribution to her country's birthday. The "Looking Back" section provides additional information about Bicentennial celebrations in the United States.--From publisher's description....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Julie is in school detention for passing a note to Joy, a deaf student who has trouble understanding what their teacher is saying. Indignant, Julie decides to run for student body president so she can make changes to the detention system. But the other students are put off by Joy, her choice for vice president, and Julie worries that she'll have little chance of winning if she partners with someone who seems so different. With persistence and creative...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Meet Kit -- Kit longs for a big story to write in her daily newspaper for her Dad-that is, until she's faced with news that's really bad. When Mother's friends lose their house and come to stay with her family, it's nothing but trouble for Kit. Then Kit's dad loses his business, and things go from bad to worse. Will life ever be the same again?Kit Learns a Lesson -- Kit hopes her father will find a new job soon so that things can return to the way...
19) Grace
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Nine-year-old Grace likes having a plan but she must find a way to be flexible and open to new ideas when she goes to Paris with her mother and has trouble getting along with her cousin, while at home her friends start the business she proposed without her.