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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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When her grandmother takes fourteen-year-old Agnes, her younger brother, and best friend Honey and escapes Mount Blessing, a Connecticut religious commune, Agnes clings to the faith she loves while Honey looks toward a future free of control, cruelty, and preferential treatment.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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The girls of the Dating Games club have learned a lot this year - about boys, dating, friendship, and themselves. Now the school year is wrapping up, and the biggest date of all looms on the horizon: prom. With this new challenge comes a lot of extra pressure and expectations. Everyone wants the perfect dress, the perfect date, the perfect dance. But what happens when things don't go according to plan? Teen readers have found friends in these vibrant...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
How the Toilet Changed History examines the invention of the toilet and explores how improving sanitation has changed cities and human health. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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The Zika Virus covers the Zika outbreak that began in 2015, discusses the history of the virus and its discovery, examines how the virus spreads and how it affects the infected, and looks at how the medical community is fighting it. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Rape Culture and Sexual Violence covers the history of societies' views on rape, significant incidents from recent years, and the ways in which women are fighting against rape culture today. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This timely book describes the details of three real case studies of investigative journalism about health care. Stories include journalists exposing wrongdoing by drug companies, neglect of dying patients in by hospice home-care providers, and lead-poisoning from drinking water in Flint, Michigan. Readers will gain an understanding of the research process, the ethical standards journalists must follow, and the perseverance required to confirm a story...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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American gymnast Johnson is a four-time Olympic gold and silver medalist; a national--and world--champion athlete and a winner on the popular "Dancing with the Stars." This is the amazing true journey of how this young Olympian has found balance in her life.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren't expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that followed, detailing their little boy's trip to heaven and back. Colton told his parents he left his body during the surgery. He talked of visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Paige Rawl was an ordinary girl.
Cheerleader, soccer player, honor roll student. One of the good kids at her middle school.
Then, on an unremarkable day, Paige disclosed the one thing that made her "different": her HIV-positive status.
It didn't matter that she was born with the disease or that her illness posed no danger to her classmates.
Within hours, the bullying began.
They called her PAIDS. Left cruel notes on her locker. Talked in whispers...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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This book explores depression and how people diagnosed with the disorder manage it. It examines how depression affects daily life, work, and school, and it explains the latest treatments available. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Glossary of key words Index Infographics...
12) Handling Cancer
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
This book explores cancer and how people diagnosed with the disease manage it. It examines how cancer affects daily life, work, and school, and it explains the latest treatments available. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Handling Health Challenges examines disorders and diseases and the ways in which they impact daily life for the people who...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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This book explores diabetes and how, people diagnosed with the disease manage it. It examines how diabetes affects daily life, work, and school, and it explains the latest treatments available. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index.
15) Handling Autism
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
This book explores autism and how people diagnosed with the disorder manage it. It examines how autism affects daily life, work, and education, and it explains the latest interventions and therapies available. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Glossary of key words Index Infographics...
16) Handling Obesity
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
This book explores obesity and how people with the disease manage it. It examines how obesity affects daily life, work, and school, and it explains how obesity can be prevented and treated. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Glossary of key words Index Infographics Informative...
17) Handling Asthma
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
This book explores asthma and how, people diagnosed with the disease manage it. It examines how asthma affects daily life, work, and school, and it explains the latest treatments available. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index.
18) Handling ADHD
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
This book explores ADHD and how people, diagnosed with the disorder manage it. It examines how ADHD affects daily life, work, and school, and it explains the latest treatments available. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index.
19) What about Will
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Trace's relationship with his older brother Will becomes increasingly complicated after Will suffers a traumatic brain injury and becomes addicted to pain pills"--
Trace Reynolds has always looked up to his brother, mostly because Will, who is five years older, has never looked down on him. When Will was knocked out cold during a football game, resulting in a brain injury, everything changed. Sixteen months later their family is still living under...
20) Food Freak
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
It really seems like Dani's dad has gone around the bend. Ever since Dani's mother died of cancer, all her dad does is stand around on street corners with his crazy signs, proclaiming that processed foods mean the end of the world. The Food Freak, as he is known, has already scared away all of Dani's friends at her old school. But it's a new year, and Dani is at a new school in a different part of town. Maybe things will be better now. Dani just needs...
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