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(0)Mary Ann Rodman
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Claire can't wait to get out on the ice and skate, skate, skate! She's going to jump, leap, and twirl! Just you wait--pretty soon she'll be on TV and dazzling audiences everywhere. But when Claire and her mom arrive at the Ice Center for Claire's very first skating lesson, it's not everything Claire was dreaming it would be ... In this humorous tale of expectation meets reality, Claire discovers beautiful performances require lots of skill, and it's...
6) Yankee girl
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
When her FBI-agent father is transferred to Jackson, Missippi, in 1964, eleven-year-old Alice wants to be popular but also wants to reach out to the one black girl in her class in a newly-integrated school.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
In 1943, eleven-year-old Ellie is her brother Jimmy's "best girl," and when he leaves Pittsburgh just before Thanksgiving to fight in World War II, he promises he will return, asks her to leave the Christmas tree up until he does, and reminds her to "let the joy out."
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Description
Six-year-old Lily has a best friend all picked out for play group day, but unfortunately the differences between first-graders and second-graders are sometimes very large.
