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1) Top prospect
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Travis, a pre-teen quarterback with big potential, gets the opportunity of a lifetime when the coach of Gainesville University football program offers him a scholarship before Travis even gets to high school.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened.
3) Response
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Language
English
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Description
Noah and his friends go to a predominantly all-white neighborhood with a plan: steal a car, sell it to a chop shop, and make some fast cash. But that never happens. Instead, Noah, a teen father, becomes the victim of a vicious beating that leaves him with a fractured skull. The question is, was the attacker protecting his turf, or did he target Noah just because he's black?
4) Rikers High
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Language
English
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Description
An unflinching story about justice, courage, and the life of one young man behind bars.
It started out as an innocent day for Martin, but it quickly turned into his worst nightmare—arrested for something he didn't even mean to do. And five months later, he is still locked up in jail on infamous Rikers Island. Just when things couldn't get worse, Martin gets caught in a fight between two prisoners, and his face is slashed. He's scarred...
It started out as an innocent day for Martin, but it quickly turned into his worst nightmare—arrested for something he didn't even mean to do. And five months later, he is still locked up in jail on infamous Rikers Island. Just when things couldn't get worse, Martin gets caught in a fight between two prisoners, and his face is slashed. He's scarred...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
A fascinating exploration of the science, history, literature, and culture behind comic book superheroes' powers and origins.
How does Superman's strength allow him to squeeze a chunk of coal into a diamond? What's the connection between Wonder Woman's golden Lasso of Truth and a lie detector? Why does the Black Panther speak so many different languages? What does Natasha Romanova (aka Black Widow) teach us about the Cold War?
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