Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
HL 490L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When city kid Mark has to move to the country to live with his grandmother, he has to take a school bus for the first time and quickly decides that all the passengers are insane and he wants to avoid them.
3) Iggy's world
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Iggy, who feels like an outsider in his famous family, starts his own podcast about his greatest interest, insects, but when his broadcasts become popular after he embarrasses his sister, his sister, who has a YouTube channel, decides to fight back.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Jen is shocked to discover that the dad she grew up with is not her biological father. Jen loves to sing. But the rest of her family can't carry a tune. When a stranger named Mike gives her roses at her concert and reveals that he is her birth father, Jen's world flips upside down. Mike is a musician, just like Jen, and now she understands why she looks nothing like Steve, the only dad she's ever known. When Steve learns the truth...
5) From scratch
Author
Series
Publisher
Raven Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
HL 540L
Language
English
Description
"In this short novel, a single mother goes back to school in order to run her own bakery."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
HL 510L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle readers, while on a camping trip, a young teen starts to suspect that he and his family are being followed by a Bigfoot."--
His dad loves hunting for Bigfoot, but searching for a mythical creature in the dark isn't Jay's idea of fun. Especially because he always gets stuck looking out for his little sister while his dad plays with the cool gear, like night-vision goggles. But while out on a camping...