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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Publisher Annotation: A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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While there are some Americans who are inclined to evaluate the moral, ethical, and medical legitimacy of abortion on a case-by-case basis, many others are strictly, unwaveringly pro-choice (favoring abortion rights) or pro-life (antiabortion). Over the last few decades, whether abortions should be legal at all-under any circumstances-has created a deep political rift across the United States. This book, which charts the shifts in interpretation of...
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According to the Centers for Disease Control, suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of ten and twenty-four. People who try to take their lives usually do not want to die, but they see no alternatives to stop their endless mental and emotional suffering. This resource educates teens about risk factors, suicidal thoughts, and how to cope with them. Through medication, counseling, and other tools, most people who...
8) Immigration
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This topical series considers current world issues via informative and factual information, combined with modern imaging that will engage young readers.
Brundle provides factual information about immigration, in simple text that will help children to understand this topical issue from a range of perspectives.
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The CDC estimates that nearly one in five women and one in seventy-one men have been raped in their lifetime. Almost half of them experienced their first rape before age eighteen. But what exactly constitutes rape and why does it happen? Using sensitive narrative and inspiring case studies, this book guides teens--whether they are survivors, friends of survivors, or confused or concerned citizens--through the process of what to do if they are raped,...
11) Guts
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A collection of seventy-two poems written especially for girls ages twelve and up by the much-honored and beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye. First love, friendship, school, family, community, having a crush, loving your mother and hating your mother, sense of self, body image, hopes and dreams . . . these seventy-two poems by Naomi Shihab Nye-written expressly for this collection-will speak to girls of all ages. An honest, insightful, inspirational, and...
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Scholastic, Inc
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[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Biographical collection of ten female figures who changed the world by standing up for what's right and offering an inspirational call to action, reminding everyone that they can be forces for change when they stand up!--
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Help Your Child Overcome Sensory Overload, One Activity at a Time! Children with sensory processing disorder (SPD) or sensory processing challenges associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, or other developmental conditions experience the world very differently than other kids. They may react strongly to sounds, textures, and stimulation, finding even seemingly minor sensations intolerable. Other children with SPD hardly...
16) Surprised
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Sometimes kids have questions about why they feel surprised. This title covers reasons why and how people can feel surprised. This book is educational, simple, and will help strengthen reading skills!"--
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America Redux explores the themes that create our shared sense of American identity and interrogates the myths we've been telling ourselves for centuries. With iconic American catchphrases as chapter titles, these twenty-one visual stories illuminate the astonishing, unexpected, sometimes darker sides of history that reverberate in our society to this very day--from the role of celebrity in immigration policy to the influence of one small group of...
18) I wish you more
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English
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In simple text and pictures, the author and illustrator create a compendium of small daily moments.
20) Sisters
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years. But when a baby brother enters the picture, and later, when something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters after...
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