Frances O'Roark Dowell
2) The class
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixth grade is a MOST confusing time. Best friends aren't friends anymore. Worst enemies suddenly want to be partners in crime. And classmates you thought you knew have all sorts of surprising stuff going on. The kids in Mrs. Herrera's class are dealing with all these things and more--specifically, three more: 1. There's a new girl who just seems to be spying on them all and scribbling things in a notebook. Maybe she IS a spy? 2. Someone is stealing...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
167 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire is forced to team up with the new boy in class on a science fair project, but the boy's quirky personality causes Phineas to wonder if they have any chance of winning.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
115 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When seven-year-old Sam Graham, eager for some spending money, volunteers to look after a neighbor's chickens, the experience inspires him to get his own chicken--a special bird named Helga.
Author
Series
Sam the man volume 3
Publisher
Athenaeum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When the family minivan needs replacing, Sam has the perfect plan to turn the new car into a monster minivan, complete with a dragon painted on it. But first, Sam has to convince his family why a monster minivan is the best choice--not to mention learn how to paint a dragon!"--
6) Chicken boy
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
201 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Lexile measure
950L
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds Kate and Marylin, friends since preschool, draw further apart as Marylin becomes involved in student government and cheerleading, while Kate wants to play guitar and write songs, and both develop unlikely friendships with other girls and boys.
10) Falling in
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
245 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Middle-schooler Isabelle Bean follows a mouse's squeak into a closet and falls into a parallel universe where the children believe she is the witch they have feared for years, finally come to devour them.
12) Hazard
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
146 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in a series of reports to his therapist, Hazard is resentful about being forced into counseling after being suspended from his school football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, angry that his father has served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, angry that his father has lost a leg when an IED blew up--but as his therapy progresses he begins to process what has happened to him and his family, including his father's psychological trauma...
Author
Series
Secret language of girls trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
231 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Best friends Marylin and Kate compete for limited school resources when Kate helps her boyfriend seek funding for the Audio Lab, while Marylin covers her interest in the student body president by claiming she only wants his support for new cheerleading uniforms.
Author
Series
Sam the man volume 5
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
NC 750L
Physical Desc
170 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Second-grader Sam Graham wants a cell phone to do research and share information but when his parents say no, he devises a new plan that starts a fad at school.
Here are the facts: Sam Graham is an information man. But to get information, you need to do research. You never know when youll need an urgent piece of infolike, say, the number for a chicken emergency hotlineso a resource for instant research is a must! This is why Sam needs a cell phone....
Author
Series
Sam the man volume 4
Publisher
Athenaeum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Second-grader Sam starts a detective club at school and, because there are no mysteries to solve, gets permission to seek the owners of three items from the lost and found closet.
Sam Graham loves solving mysteries. After successfully solving the mystery of Annabelles lost sock, Sam decides to make mystery-solving his main hobby (after tending the chickens, of course). He recruits his best friend Gavin and a couple of their classmates for a detective...
17) Dovey Coe
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
181 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a stronged-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother.