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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community"--
2) Starfish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.--
3) Orpheus girl
Author
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old, mythology-obsessed Raya and her true love, Sarah, are sent from their conservative Texas town to a re-education camp, Raya assumes the role of Orpheus to save them.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old injured soccer player Luz has a hard enough time reframing her identity as a computer programmer, but when her Guatemalan half-sister moves in, she learns what it truly means to start over. Includes author's note.
Author
Series
Calpurnia Tate volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--
Author
Series
Brewster triplets volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Brewster triplets, Dawn, Darby, and Delaney, are looking forward to a smooth transition to seventh grade, but from the beginning things go wrong: they are split into separate classes, they end up on the cheer squad (which only Delaney likes), Darby is failing, and Dawn keeps getting into trouble--and somehow they must solve all these problems, help plan their older sister's wedding, and stay together despite the changes that come with growing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kylie Jean Carter is making her special pecan pie for Thanksgiving when Aunt Susie suggests she enter the cooking contest for kids on the Good Morning Texas television show--Kylie makes it to the final which she really wants to win so she can donate the winnings to a local food pantry.
10) Fishing queen
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
December comes to Texas and there is a catfish fishing contest at Arrowhead Lake with a special prize awaiting the winning adult/child team; Kylie's brother and father are entered as one team, and Kylie Jean convinces her grandfather to enter with her as another team--and Kylie dreams of catching Granddaddy Whiskers, a legendary blue catfish that has eluded fishermen for years.
11) In the same boat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sadie Scofield is entered in the Texas River Odyssey, 260 miles of brutal canoeing, but a chance to finally make up for ruining her father's chance of winning the previous year; but her brother Tanner suddenly opts to paddle for a different team, and sheis left with Cully, a young man who was her best friend years ago, but no longer--260 miles in the same boat to sort out her relationship with the boy she once tried to defend from his abusive father,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasons why she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
13) The big game
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
14) Counting sheep
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In rural Texas in 1901, thirteen-year-old Callie nurses a butterfly with a broken wing and delivers a baby lamb, despite her mother's disapproval of Callie's "unladylike behavior."
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When resentment surges during the Great Depression in a Texas border town, Estrella, fifteen, organizes a protest against the treatment of tejanos and soon finds herself witih her mother and baby brother in Mexico.
16) Gymnastics queen
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Summer Olympics inspires Kylie Jean Carter to take gymnastics lessons, but even better than that is making a new friend, Abby, who is deaf, and starting to learn sign language.
17) Vacation queen
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mr. Carter is getting a newspaper award in New York City, so Kylie Jean and her family set out across country on a driving vacation.
18) A gust of ghosts
Author
Series
Unseen world of Poppy Malone volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Poppy is not sure she believes in any of the paranormal talents her family members claim to have, but when a crew of ghosts follows her home from the graveyard she may be the only one who can help them move on.
19) Reaching high
Author
Series
Go-for-gold gymnasts volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Just before freshman year, Jessica, the quiet girl on the Texas Twisters, surprises her teammates by going out for the cheerleading squad.
Just before freshman year, Jessica, the quiet girl on the Texas Twisters, surprises her teammates by going out for the cheerleading squad. The coauthor is Alicia Thompson. Book #3.
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Britt's family moves to Houston so she can train at an elite gym she looks forward to being part of a team, but after alienating the other girls and failing to impress her coaches, Britt begins to figure out what teamwork really means.
Twelve-year-old Noelle Onesti has everything it takes to be an elite gymnast, as was her mother, except the money required to travel and compete since her family's store is not doing well and their...