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(0)Dashka Slater
2) The 57 bus
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The riveting New York Times bestseller and Stonewall Book Award winner that will make you rethink all you know about race, class, gender, crime, and punishment. Artfully, compassionately, and expertly told, Dashka Slater's The 57 Bus is a must-read nonfiction book for teens that chronicles the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland, California. Two ends of the same line. Two sides of the same...
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Language
English
Description
An inquisitive fox named Marco and a bored flock of pigeons join the crew of deer Captain Sylvia, setting sail in her antlered ship in search of a wonderful island and finding friendship on the way.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Language
English
Description
A feisty princess with a garden said to be the most dangerous in the world makes a new friend when a shy prince gives her some rather unusual seeds.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
"A young adult nonfiction book on how Albany High School handles a racist social media incident that incurs lasting and devastating consequences"--
8) Escargot
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Language
English
Description
Escargot is a beautiful French snail who only wants to be your favorite animal and get to the delicious salad at the end of the book, even if he has to try a carrot, which he hates.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"After a long winter spent indoors, adorable French snail Escargot ventures out into the world, searching for signs of spring, and meets a fluffy white bunny along the way, in this delightful tale of unlikely friendship"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One day a small sea serpent falls from the faucet into the tub as a child is about to take a bath, and as the days go by and the serpent grows, they both realize that he needs to go back to the sea where he belongs.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Kayla loves riding her pink pony, a three-wheeled bike, up and down the street, day after day. But then Daddy announces that it's time for a big-kid bike, one with just two wheels. At the store, Kayla selects her mount, but when she tries to ride it, she is thrown--again and again. Can she tame this intimidating set of wheels? Or is the new blue bike just too wild? Tender and relatable, Wild Blue captures the emotions of moving up in the world through...
