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Author
Publication Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Admissions counselor Eugenia Genie Michaels has dated professor-turned-author Hugh Spencer for four years, patiently waiting him out. When Hugh's bestselling novel lands him on TV, Genie's loved ones tuning in are surprised to see him make an on-air proposal to the love of his life. All assume it's Genie, but off camera, Hugh confesses to an affair, escapes to England for the summer and leaves Genie to do the explaining. Best friend Patty proposes...
Author
Series
Princess Academy volume 1
Publication Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
3) Sam: a novel
Author
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"There is a girl, and her name is Sam. She adores her father, though he isn't around much. Her mother, Courtney, struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind her daughter that her life should be different. Sam doesn't fit in at school, where the other girls have the right shade of blue jeans and don't question the rules. Sam doesn't care about jeans or rules. She just loves to climb--trees, fences, walls, the side of a building. When she's...
4) Over the net
Author
Publication Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Allie loves everything about volleyball--except hitting. She doesn't think she's good at it, and every time she messes up, her belief in her own abilities dwindles. Finally, she asks for help. Her idol, Nikki, agrees to coach her once a week. If Allie can learn to spike as well as she blocks, she could become one of the team's strongest players.
Author
Series
Publication Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Mackenzie Cabot has spent most of her twenty years pleasing the other people around her so she is going to Garnet College in the expensive beachside town of Avalon Bay in South Carolina when she would really rather focus on her growing internet business; Cooper Hartley is a local boy who usually tends bar and disdains the rich, spoiled college kids he sees every day--but MacKenzie and Cooper fall for each other, until money and family come between...
8) Peterrific
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Peter loves to build with his blocks. He decides to build a tower that will reach the moon, and he wants to do it all by himself.
10) Be who you are
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Picture book encouraging kids to be proud of what makes them unique, where they come from, and how they express themselves and see the world.
Author
Publication Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Nell is told by her BIG sisters and her mother that she is too small to help out, but everyone, including Nell, feels differently after her forest friends give her the confidence to build a large snowman.
12) Dragolin
Author
Publisher
Price Stern Sloan
Publication Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Short, plump, and unable to breathe fire like the other dragons, Dragolin is in despair until he learns the importance of believing in oneself.
13) Mel fell
Author
Publication Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
"...follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith."-- Publisher's description.
Author
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Young Maya always hears of everyone in her fishing village being scared of "The Beast," the giant wave that crashes into the shoreline every day, and after seeing boys surfing it she is determined to surf it herself, showing everyone the beauty it has to offer.
15) Storm surfer
Author
Publication Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jill never expected her week at surf camp to be interrupted by a hurricane, but one is heading for the North Carolina coast. Abby and Sara think surfing in a hurricane will be amazing. Then the waves get out of control. Time is running out, and the storm is coming.
Author
Publication Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In alternating voices, Fiona "Fi" Doyle experiences her teen years in two ways, with and without a disfiguring accident that occurred at age six, dealing with its effects on her brother and parents, her friendships, her dating life, her involvement in sports and hobbies, her future plans, and especially her self-image.
Author
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"A story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances, this is the new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You and The Giver of Stars. Who are you when you are forced to walk in someone else's shoes? Nisha Cantor and Sam Kemp are two very different women. Nisha, 45, lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband inexplicably cuts her off entirely. She doesn't even...
18) Princess Mia
Author
Series
Publication Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
While Mia tries to get over breaking up with her boyfriend, she discovers a diary kept by a former princess of Genovia from the 1600s, the contents of which could change the fate of her country forever.
19) The dot
Author
Series
Publication Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.


