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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 4
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The crippled son of a powerful nobleman in fourteenth-century England sets out to prove his courage and his right to be recognized by the King.
In England during the Middle Ages, a courageous young boy who suddenly loses the use of his legs is forced to learn how to deal with his new disability.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
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When Mary Lennox is sent from India to the moors of England to live with her uncle after losing her parents, not only does she discover a secret garden, but she also discovers the true meaning of family, friendship, and perseverance. This magical, timeless classic, originally published in 1911, is by the author of A Little Princess and Little Lord Faunteleroy.
6) The monument
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Thirteen-year-old Rocky, self-conscious about the braces on her leg, has her life changed by the remarkable artist who comes to her small Kansas town to design a war memorial.
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Pub. Date
1980
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The Story of My Life, is Helen Keller's autobiography detailing her early life, especially her experiences with Anne Sullivan. The book is dedicated to inventor Alexander Graham Bell. The dedication reads, "To ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Who has taught the deaf to speak and enabled the listening ear to hear speech from the Atlantic to the Rockies, I dedicate this Story of My Life."
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Series
Giver quartet volume 2
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
13) Helen Keller
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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A brief biography of Helen Keller who was both blind and deaf, yet inspired many with her spirit and achievements.
14) Bad Girl Creek
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When a beloved aunt dies, leaving her with a flower farm, Phoebe Thomas takes in three roommates to help run the farm. As the women bond in friendship, their lives change. Phoebe, confined to a wheelchair, finds herself for the first time; the others overcome a job loss, a romantic break-up, and an eviction.
17) A sailor returns
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Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Evan, an eleven-year-old boy in 1914 whose strict father has little time for him, is delighted when his long-lost grandfather returns, relates his many sea adventures, and hobbles around like Evan who has a club foot.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
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Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
19) Going bovine
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 17
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Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen year-old who, after being diagnosed with Creutzfeld Jakob's (aka mad cow) disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.
20) Helen Keller
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Traces the life and accomplishments of the woman who struggled to overcome her deaf and blind handicaps, with the aid of her famous teacher, Annie Sullivan.
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