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1) Sisters
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Summary: Raina cannot wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things are not quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she is also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship does not improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something does not seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after...
2) Sisters
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
In graphic novel format, Raina Telgemeier shares the story of her relationship with her younger sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Has any other love story become so enmeshed in our culture as the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet? In fair Verona the families of Montague and Capulet are locked in a long-standing, bitter blood feud when young Romeo Montague slips into a masquerade party at the Capulet's. During the dance he glimpses Juliet, the daughter of the house, and is struck by love at first sight. She returns his passion and they promise each other everlasting love notwithstanding...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 2
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"A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble. But being a good kid doesn't stop him from being bullied and feeling like he's invisible, which is why Dan has low expectations when his parents...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"They say that a ghost witch lives in the woods, up on Brewster's Hill. They say her companion, Bloody Bones, has a pig skull for a face and stands taller than a man, his skeleton gleaming white in the moonlight. They say that the witch takes young girls, and no one ever sees them again. Daniel doesn't believe the stories about the witch or her beast. He figures the kids on the bus are just trying to scare him, since he's new. But when his sister,...
6) Miss Quinces
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which means no texting, no cable, and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceañera for Sue, which is the last thing she wants. She can't imagine...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
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"Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir"--
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Series
Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 8
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Emily loses control of her Amulet, she is imprisoned in the Void, where she must escape the influence of the Voice, while her brother, Navin, travels to a space station where the Resistance is preparing to battle the approaching Shadow forces.
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Series
Boxcar Children graphic novels volume 16
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of the Boxcar Children mystery in which the Alden children solve the mystery of a stolen vase and a speeding black car while taking a houseboat trip with their grandfather.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
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Description
A graphic novel adaptation of the classic tale in which Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonist. Drawing from memory is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist and the man he came to love as...
13) Parachute kids
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 2
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Description
After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.
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Series
Seekers manga (Erin Hunter) volume 1
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Toklo, his little brother Tobi, and their family are forced to leave the only home they have ever known as a terrifying grizzly tries to take over the forest.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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Description
"It's 1950s New York, and Marisabina Russo is being raised Catholic and attending a Catholic school that she loves--but when she finds out that she's Jewish by blood, and that her family members are Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, her childhood is thrown into turmoil. To make matters more complicated, her father is out of the picture, her mother is ambitious and demanding, and her older half-brothers have troubles, too. Following the author's young...
16) Twins
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Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
"Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in the GDR (East Germany). One and a half years later, he left the country with his parents, and the family resettled in West Berlin. As political dissidents, his parents experienced harassment by the Stasi and a lack of understanding from members of their own family. This striking graphic novel memoir chronicles the family's difficult journey to get to the other side of the Berlin Wall"--Provided by publisher.