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This gentle and funny middle grade book from Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes will appeal to fans of Frindle by Andrew Clements and Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary.
When Whitaker writes a letter to Frogman, a TV superhero, his family laughs, but they stop laughing and start wondering when he receives an answer...
4) Rebel
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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As Day and Eden struggle with who they've become since their time in the Republic, a new danger creeps into the distance between them, and Eden finds himself drawn into Ross City's dark side, where his legendary brother may not be able to save him.
Eden Wing has been living in his brother's shadow for years. Even though he's a top student at his academy in Ross City, Antarctica, and a brilliant inventor, most people know him only as Daniel Wing's...
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Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Still yearning to be seen as heroes, Wolf, Shark, Snake, and Piranha set out to rescue ten thousand chickens from a high-tech cage farm--but one unexpected problem is Mr. Snake himself, also known as "The Chicken Swallower."
6) Soccer hero
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Rob Lasher is just an ordinary soccer player, good at the game, but not great. Then one afternoon, he saves his coach's life in front of all his teammates. Suddenly, he's the team's hero. As some members of his team and the rest of the town continue to laud Rob's heroic act, Rob realizes he doesn't want the attention and any unearned accolades that come with it. Kids will learn that doing what is right should be the norm, not the exception.
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Future hero volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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"Jarell has never quite known where he belongs. He's ignored at home and teased at school for wanting to draw instead of playing sports with the other boys. The only place he's ever felt truly at ease is his local barbershop where the owner hangs Jarell's art up on the walls. When Jarell discovers a hidden portal in the barbershop, he's transported to a magical world that's unlike anything he's seen before. But it's not just the powerful gods and...
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Not all heroes wear capes. Heroes can be sisters, inventors, soccer players, and friends. A hero is anyone who makes the world a better place -- which means you could be the hero. Fourteen authors celebrate the next-door defenders who save the everyday.
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Tiger Tales
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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By day, Eliot quietly reads his books, feeds his goldfish and watches Mr. Smith wash his car. But grown-ups don't know that when the clock strikes midnight, Eliot is a superhero! The world's most important scientists have sent a message that a gigantic meteor is about to smash into the Earth! And Eliot Jones, midnight superhero is on his most important mission ever.
14) How to be a hero
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Gideon is a little boy who wants to be a hero and get his picture in the paper--but first he has to figure out just what a hero is.
15) Seasparrow
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Series
Graceling Realm volume 5
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
As Hava sails across the sea toward Monsea with the world's only copies of the formulas for the zilfium weapon, she makes an unexpected discovery about one of the ship's crew, but before she can unravel the mystery, storms drive their ship off course, wrecking them in the ice far north of the Royal Continent.
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Series
Future hero volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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"Jarell has accepted his destiny as the savior of Ulfrika. But a powerful god will stop at nothing to banish Jarell from the kingdom forever"--
18) Odds on Oliver
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English
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Oliver's attempts to be a hero result in such humorous disasters as going up a tree to rescue a cat and getting stuck himself.
19) Cursed
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Fairy Tale Reform School volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
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English
Description
"The evil Rumpelstiltskin is planning to cast a curse that will erase Enchantasia as the world knows it, and a fairy prophecy declares that Gilly Cobbler will play a key role. Never one to shy away from adventure, Gilly and her friends embark on an epic, swashbuckling journey to stop Stiltskin from getting the ingredients he needs before it's too late." -- Provided by publisher.
20) The Unlikelies
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Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"Sadie Sullivan's pre-senior year summer changes for the better when she and four other teens band together to right local wrongs, but the Unlikelies and their heady new friendships soon face obstacles that could tear them apart"--