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1) Swim or sink
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Although only in eighth grade Baxter Reilly is an important member of the Edgeview High School in Tempe, Arizona, and lately the pool has been his place of refuge from the stress of his parents' separation--but now, between the pending divorce, his father's miserable apartment, his mother's new boyfriend, and the resentment and bullying from his older teammates, it is getting harder to focus on his role as the anchor of the 4 x 400 freestyle relay...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Nita Dara is one of ten eighth graders who has already won a scholarship to attend the Alaska Young Explorers program and learn explorer skills in an Alaskan wilderness camp; but the program is also a competition and the winner will get 5000 dollars--money that Nita's family could really use--but on the final challenge she is paired with the super-competitive Sohail Aman, and the challenge turns deadly when they find themselves lost in the fog while...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Jasmine Lopez loves exploring the coral reefs around Fiji where her marine biologist parents are stationed, and though young, she is already a certified scuba diver, a fact that her ten-year-old brother Arjun seems to resent; in fact he seems to believe he already knows everything about diving, and certainly does not want help from his older sister--until his overconfidence and defiance leads them both into a confrontation with a reef...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Alex has just moved and joined a new soccer team, where she is expected to play a different position; when her error leads to the team's first loss she has to learn to put aside her pride and put the team first.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Ramona is very serious about beach volleyball, and she is frustrated with her summer league team--but when she learns that a plastics company is going to build a factory in their park, she realizes that it will take the whole team to try and save their court.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
The Keys family is vacationing at Shenandoah National Park intending to do some serious hiking, but twelve-year-old Marlon would much rather be on his phone talking with his friends at home in Chicago, and is further annoyed because the girl his own age, Nadia, turns out to be an experienced hiker; but when on the first day his complaining and resistance separates him from his parents his "boring" vacation becomes an exercise in survival as he and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Tabitha has been volunteering with her best friend Rachael at the Rocky Ridge Riding Center for three months, but she keeps getting in trouble because of her lack of focus--can working with the troubled horse, Diamond, help her to save both of them for the Riding Center?
11) Snowboard hero
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Thirteen-year-old Kaleb has always looked up to his older stepbrother, Luke, in snowboarding and everything else, so when Luke is wounded in Afghanistan Kaleb is devastated--and to honor his brother he is set on competing on the difficult slopestyle course.
12) Surfing shake-up
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Rosie loves surfing at her Aunt Hazel's surfing school in Byron Bay, Australia, but this summer she is tasked with teaching her cousin Flora to surf although the two have never liked each other--and Rosie is finding it difficult to overcome her dislike.
13) Cheer choice
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Colleen is devastated when her best friend changes schools--but when she learns that Meredith is teaching her new cheerleading squad the routine they created together for an upcoming competition their friendship is tested.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Jo is disappointed when she is not placed on the Red Angels in the summer softball league--but when she is offered the chance to switch teams, Jo has to decide if she will leave her friends and play for the "winning" team--or win with the Sonics.
15) Soccer show-off
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Gina tries to be the star of the soccer team at her new school, but her teammates do not like her showoff moves.
16) Curling crunch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Upset over her parents' divorce and her subsequent move to Minnesota, Maisie joins a curling team and begins to have a change of heart.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Sofia Martinez is the best gymnast at Riverside Gymnastics Center, but when a fall from the balance beam (usually her best event) results in a concussion, she finds herself afraid of the beam, and equally afraid to tell anyone about her fear of falling--Sofia needs help before her trauma drives her away from gymnastics forever.
18) Home court
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Lew loves playing on his community center's basketball team. He is shocked when he learns that the community center might be shutting down, jeopardizing the future of the team. With no school teams available to them, Lew and his friends worry they won't get to compete in basketball at all. Can Lew and his teammates find a way to keep the center open and give their team the opportunity to win big on their home court?
19) Cowgirl grit
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Sydney Todachine is looking forward to a summer on the beaches of San Diego before starting sixth-grade, but instead she finds herself on her Grandfather's ranch on the Navajo Nation reservation with no wi-fi, and while a couple of the kids are pretty nice, her cousin Hadley is as nasty as ever--but Sydney bonds with a spirited horse called Midnight, and together they start training at night for the upcoming rodeo.
20) Rodeo challenge
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wade is staying at his uncle's ranch for the summer, but despite being athletic he has proved hopeless when it comes to riding a horse, much less the other skills demanded in a rodeo--but when Maria, sister of his new friend Javier, breaks her arm, she asks him to keep her horse in training, and Wade is forced to overcome his apprehension and really learn how to ride.