Karen English
1) Dog days
Author
Series
Carver chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Gavin wants to make a good impression at Carver Elementary, where no one knows he excels at soccer and skateboarding, but an annoying big sister, a bully, and his great aunt's Pomeranian are not helping.
Author
Series
Nikki and Deja volume 6
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Nikki and Deja have a substitute teacher the few kids in the class try to disrupt things. And the girls don't know what to do or how to handle this situation.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1965, Sophie's family becomes the first African Americans to move into their upper middle-class neighborhood in Los Angeles. When riots erupt in nearby Watts, she learns that life and her own place in it are a lot more complicated than they had seemed"--
4) Pizza party
Author
Series
Carver chronicles volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Third-grader Richard and his friends are just four days away from setting a record for excellent behavior and earning a classroom pizza party when disaster strikes—their beloved teacher is out sick, and the strictest, meanest substitute has taken her place! Will their dreams of pizza be dashed when the sub suspects that some of them have been cheating?
Author
Series
Nikki and Deja volume 5
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Ms. Shelby's third-grade girls are so excited about her upcoming wedding that they start a wedding planning competition, which drives a wedge between best friends Nikki and Deja, the two whose names were drawn to attend the event.
Author
Series
Nikki and Deja volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Nikki and her best friend, Deja, start a newsletter about what is happening on their street and in their school, they focus more on writing exciting stories than on finding the truth.
7) Red shoes
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Malika loves her new red shoes and wears them everywhere, but eventually she outgrows them, and her grandmother takes them to a second-hand shop--where they will become a special present for Amina (who fasted half the month of Ramadan) in Africa, who willenjoy her special red shoes every bit as much as Malika did.
Author
Series
Nikki and Deja volume 2
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
As her eighth birthday approaches, Deja's biggest concern is whether her father will attend her party, until her aunt is called away on business and a classmate schedules a "just because party" on the same afternoon.
Author
Series
Nikki and Deja volume 1
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When an arrogant new girl comes to school, third-graders and best friends Nikki and Deja decide to form a club that would exclude her but find the results not what they expected.
Author
Series
Carver chronicles volume 4
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Third grader Calvin is dealing with his next door neighbors moving away--and the school bully moving in. Meanwhile, competition at the school science fair is heating up, and Calvin must decide what to do when his data doesn't prove his theory"--
11) Skateboard party
Author
Series
Carver chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Richard can't wait to show off his skills at a friend's skateboard birthday party, but a note home from his teacher threatens to ruin his plans"--
Author
Series
Carver chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Bernardo comes to live with Carlos temporarily, taking over his top bunk, his spot on the school soccer team, and even his Papi's attention, Carlos knows he is not happy, but worse, Bernardo starts messing with Carlos's pet geckos, so Carlos tries to see past his cousin's annoying ways and keep the peace for his family's sake.
13) Francie
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When the sixteen-year-old boy whom she tutors in reading is accused of attempting to murder a white man, Francie gets herself in serious trouble for her efforts at friendship.
14) The new kid
Author
Series
Carver chronicles volume 5
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Third-grader Gavin and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new boy in their class, Khufu. He doesn't look or act like other kids. When Gavin's bike goes missing, they think Khufu stole it, but did he?"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Bernardo asistirá al mismo grado de Carlos en la Primaria Carver. Al principio, Carlos no está muy seguro sobre cómo se siente al respecto, pero cuando Bernardo provisoriamente se muda a la casa de Carlos y ocupa su litera, su lugar en el equipo de fútbol de la escuela e incluso la atención de su papi, Carlos se da cuenta de que no está contento. Peor aún, ¡Bernardo comienza a molestar a los gecos, las mascotas de Carlos!--provided by publisher....
Author
Series
Nikki and Deja volume 4
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Carver Elementary holds school-wide elections for the first time, third-grader Deja puts all her efforts into running for school president, ignoring her best friend Nikki's problems.
17) Nadia's hands
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A Pakistani-American girl takes part in her aunt's traditional Pakistani wedding.