Sarah Weeks
Author
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.
2) So B. It
Author
Series
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is. Living with her mentally disabled mother who only knows just over twenty words, young Heidi has learned to live in her special world until a new word is suddenly used and repeated by her mother; causing Heidi to think it might be a key to a secret past about which she knows so little....
5) Glamourpuss
Author
Lexile measure
AD 780L
Language
English
Description
Glamourpuss loves being the center of attention. So when an unwelcome guest (a dog, no less!) steals the spotlight with some tasteless bow-wowing and undignified tail-wagging, Glamourpuss worries that she's going to fall out of fashion. Is there room for only one superstar in this mansion? When Glamourpuss makes her most majestic move to find out, the result is pure purrfection.
9) Honey
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When she suspects that her father has a girlfriend, Melody and her best friend are determined to figure out who it is and why it is a secret.
10) Soof
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
194 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
All her life Aurora has heard stories about how wonderful and lucky Heidi is, and soon this paragon (now grown up and expecting a baby) will be visiting; but before she arrives part of their house is damaged in a fire, and worse, Aurora's beloved dog disappears--and while her parents have always believed in "soof" (Heidi's mom's word for love), Aurora, who has never really fit in with children her own age, will just have to find her own soof.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
910L
Physical Desc
181 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Verbena Polter gets through a difficult summer of turbulent emotions and the revelation of a disturbing family secret with an odd new friend who believes she is the ghost of a girl who drowned many years before.
12) Drip, drop
Author
Series
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pip Squeak the mouse is kept awake all night by the drips from his leaky roof.
13) Without you
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
While a mother penguin leaves her mate and newly laid egg to go and feed in the deep blue sea, the father penguin protects the egg by holding it on his feet until it hatches. Father and chick huddle together, braving the Antarctic winter as they wait for the mother's return. Contains a free CD with a song written and sung by Sarah Weeks. Without You is a soothing narrative ballad that illuminates one of nature's rare and heartwarming role reversals...
15) Mac and Cheese
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
430L
Language
English
Description
Two cats that are as different as night and day are nevertheless best friends.
16) Splish splash
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
250L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Different animals ask to join a fish in a tub until the tub is full.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
345 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Oggie Cooder : Quirky fourth-grader Oggie Cooder goes from being shunned to everyone's best friend when his uncanny ability to chew slices of cheese into the shapes of states wins him a slot on a popular television talent show, but he soon learns the perils of being a celebrity--and having a neighbor girl as his manager.
Oggie Cooder, party animal : Neither a long list of rules, nor the inability to find the perfect gift--Cheddar Jam--nor being locked...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Best friends Sketty and Meatball do everything together. They play together. They bark together. If Sketty sniffs a flower, Meatball sniffs a flower too. If Meatball wags his tail, Sketty's tail is wagging too. Young readers will be delighted by two pals called Sketty and Meatball, who happen to look quite a bit like their names." -- Provided by publisher.
19) Pie
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's friend Charlie investigate who is going to extremes to find Aunt Polly's secret pie crust recipe. Includes fourteen pie recipes.
20) If I were a lion
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 440L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A young girl imagines how wild she could be if she were an animal.