Katherine Applegate
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
2) Willodeen
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
When the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride and income, dwindles and no one knows why, Willodeen, armed with a magical birthday gift, speaks up for the animals she loves and vows to uncover this mystery.
4) Wishtree
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"--
An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.
5) Crenshaw
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"A story about a homeless boy and his imaginary friend that proves in unexpected ways that friends matter, whether real or imaginary"--
6) Dogtown
Author
Series
Dogtown books volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"From beloved authors Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko and with illustrations from Wallace West, Dogtown is at once an uplifting story and a page-turning adventure, sure to find a forever home in readers' hearts. Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have outgrown them. Chance, a real dog, has been in Dogtown since her owners unwittingly left her with irresponsible dog-sitters who skipped...
7) Odder
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
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Golden Dome 2023-2024
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees 2023-24
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees 2023-24
Description
"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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Formats
Description
In this novel-in-verse that picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob, Ruby recounts her life before the circus when her caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa comes for a visit.
Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob . Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
400L
Description
Doggo, an older dog, is used to things a certain way. When Pupper shows up, Doggo's routine changes. Pupper is very playful and soon the humans realize Pupper needs some training. But when Pupper comes back from puppy school, Doggo senses that, although Pupper is well-behaved, he isn't happy. So Doggo shows Pupper how to rediscover his fun side.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.
Author
Series
Doggo and Pupper volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Doggo likes routine: napping, eating, and more napping. Life is good. Life is good for Pupper, too, even though he worries a lot, about things like giant squirrels. If he were braver, he might even be a hero. Maybe even a hero who can fly! But heroes aren't afraid of giant squirrels... When Doggo and Pupper meet a baby bird who also has worries, they are determined to help. Doggo and Pupper may not know how to fly, but they are very good helpers....
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Roscoe Riley, upset with the notion that his teacher could get in trouble, comes up with a plan to keep the bee antennae on the first graders' heads, and help the drummers stay in their seats for the open house play.
Author
Series
Endling volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Byx is the youngest member of her dairne pack. Believed to possess remarkable abilities, her mythical doglike species has been hunted to near extinction in the war-torn kingdom of Nedarra. After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species. The Endling. So Byx sets out to find safe haven, and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true. Along the way, she meets new allies--animals and humans alike--who...
15) The visitor
Author
Series
Animorphs. Main series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
Rachel is still reeling from the news that the Earth is secretly under attack by parasitic aliens. And that she and her friends are the planet's only defense.
16) The invasion
Author
Series
Animorphs (Graphic novels) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Jake and his friends are given the power to morph into animals by a dying alien who tells them the Earth is under attack by the invading Yeerks, and they are called upon to test their new abilities almost immediately when they learn that Vissar Three, deadliest of the Yeerks, is after them.
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
When first-grader Roscoe discovers that his stuffed pig is missing from his backpack, he accuses the class bully of "pig-napping" and gets even by taking the bully's teddy bear.
Author
Series
Doggo and Pupper volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"When Cat announces that the Humans have given her a surprise present, Doggo and Pupper are all ears. But when they find out that Cat has a new bed and misses her old one, they set out to help her search for cozy"--
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Determined to win a trophy of some kind, first-grader Roscoe swaps a hand-knitted sweater from his grandmother for the chance to enter his new neighbor's very clever dog in a trick contest.
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
When first-grader Roscoe Riley goes on a school field trip to an apple orchard carrying his sister's fortune-telling ball, the outlook is cloudy.