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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer.
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Jordie enjoys helping her neighbor, Professor Reese, care for her dog Baxter and assisting in her laboratory, but when the professor goes missing, Jordie and her brother must use their smarts and Baxter's powers to find her.
Author
Series
Family Fletcher novels volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Relates the adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they make their way through a school year, Kindergarten through sixth grade, and deal with a grumpy new neighbor.
8) The goat
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
As Kid soon discovers, a goat on the roof may be the least strange thing about her new home in New York, whose residents are both strange and fascinating.
9) Jake
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Jake's widowed mother breaks her leg just before Christmas while her sister and best friend are both away, a grandfather Jake barely remembers must come to Baltimore, Maryland, to help a neighbor take care of him.
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.
Author
Series
Zara's rules volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When neighborhood queen bee Zara is threatened by new girl Naomi, Zara decides to break a Guinness World Record to get everyone to notice her again, until she realizes that maybe sharing her crown wouldn’t be so bad.
Author
Series
Katie the catsitter volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead until she realizes the mysterious neighbor who hired her to catsit is one of the city's greatest supervillains.
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 5
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Excited for Papa's surprise fortieth birthday party, the Vanderbeeker children learn more about their mysterious grandparents while waiting for the celebration to start.
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Dismayed when his neighbors cut down a beloved old walnut tree that has always been a source of comfort, Alder forges an unexpected friendship with the new girl next door over a series of mysterious connections.
15) Swim team
Author
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help"--
Author
Series
Katie the catsitter volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Back-to-school time for Katie the Catsitter finds the Mousetress getting blamed for things she didn’t do, among other problems, challenging Katie and 217 out-of-the-ordinary cats to uncover the real supervillain to clear the Mousestress’s name.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Helping her popular next-door neighbor Gayil set up what she thinks are harmless school pranks, 12-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Shaindy must figure out how to stop them before she becomes the next target when the pranks escalate and turn malicious.
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