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1) The river
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In an era of safe spaces, trigger warnings, and an unprecedented election, the country's youth are in crisis. Senator Ben Sasse warns the nation about the existential threat to America's future.
Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents and coddled by well-meaning but misbegotten government programs, America's youth are ill-equipped to survive in our highly-competitive global
4) Salvage
Author
Series
Salvage volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Forbidden to read or write and unable to withstand the forces of gravity, deep-space merchant ship captain's daughter Ava suffers a cruel betrayal and flees for her life to a floating continent of garbage and scrap in the Pacific Ocean, where she begins to learn the true meaning of family, home and trust.
5) Save Rafe!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Middle schooler Rafe Khachadorian faces his greatest challenge yet as he struggles to complete a week-long wilderness survival course to prove to his school administrators that he can succeed"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Featuring advice and wisdom from experienced and well-respected travel experts and influencers, this must-have travel guide for women gives them the tools they need to be prepared, aware and ready to get the most out of every trip.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.
10) All by myself
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Pub
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
12) Watch the sky
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Growing up dominated by his stepfather's superstitions about an imminent end of time, Jory escapes to school every day with his friends and explores the outside world at the same time he is required to help build an underground disaster shelter.
13) Land
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A bereaved woman seeks out a new life, off the grid in Wyoming.
Author
Series
Eleanor Kane books volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When nine-year-old Eleanor's beloved babysitter Bibi moves away to care for her ailing father, Eleanor must spend the summer adjusting to a new babysitter while mourning the loss of her old one.
15) Missing magic
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In a world where everyone has magical abilities, eleven-year-old Ned has none, but when the world turns upside down his lack of powers turns out to be his best asset.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Hannah's first real babysitting job turns into a nightmare when a major earthquake knocks out power and phones, cuts off the island, and leaves her stranded with two children.
Author
Publisher
Gallup Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Using the metaphor of a bucket, Felix's grandfather explains how being kind is the most fulfilling way to go about one's life and encourages him not to be dissuaded by those who choose a different path in this inspiring tale about how one person's actions can impact those of others.
20) Brilliant Bea
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
With help from Ms. Bloom and some new friends, Beatrice discovers that learning differently is not something to be afraid of, and that dyslexia does not define who she is.
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