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Author
Series
Diary of an awesome friendly kid volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In his first journal, middle schooler Rowley Jefferson, Greg Heffley's sidekick, records his experiences and misguided decision to write a biography of Greg, who, in his own mind, is destined to become rich and famous.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'" --Provided by publisher.
1890, Atlanta. Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night she moonlights as the pseudonymous...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The life of a book isn't easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know--it's the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell. Through witty direct address and charming illustrations, readers meet a book that has never been read, with a...
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
A celebration of the freedom and power of the imagination invites young children to explore their creativity and individuality through the story of a girl who discovers herself and changes her world with her writing and other creations.
8) Whatshisface
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Cooper Vega and his military family has moved so often that he is used to new schoolmates not knowing his name, but at the moment he has a bigger problem--his new phone is haunted by the ghost of Roderick Northrop, a boy from the sixteenth-century, who needs his help to finish a quest, which is somehow tied up in the Stratford Middle School production of Romeo and Juliet.
Author
Series
Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 7
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Author/illustrator Nick Bruel tries to explain to the reader how to write a story, but Bad Kitty is not at all happy about the plot, which has her going on a turnip diet to lose weight. Includes a recipe for roasted turnips.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A true story of William Joyce's first book Billy's booger written when he was in fourth grade. Billy's wild imagination gets him into trouble at school, but a creative writing contest could be the perfect opportunity for him to shine.
11) Inkheart
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
Author
Series
After-school superstars volume 02
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Third-grader Vera, a budding artist who loves every minute of her after-school comic-book camp, searches for a way to get her mother's permission to attend the camp's final field trip to Comic-Con.
14) Lunch money
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school.
15) Fangirl
Author
Series
Fangirl (Manga) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life--and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, immersed themselves in the series when they were kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving. Her sister has grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. Now that they're going to college, Wren has told her she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely...
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Henley hates to read, so his homework assignment to bring in his favorite book seems an impossible challenge--until his mother shows him a box of books he made himself when he was younger.
17) Brainstorm!
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A child, struggling with what to write about, is swept up in a whirlwind of words, pictures, and ideas, until she finds herself caught in a downpour of her own creativity. Includes writing prompts and glossary.
18) Nothing
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Charlotte and Frankie think their lives are much more boring than the teen novels they read, but when Charlotte decides to write about their experiences, they realize much more is happening than meets the eye"--
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A girl made of stone, forever twelve years old, has outlasted the father who carved her and gave her life, but now the magical marks that animate her are fading and she must leave her mountain home and find help in the valley below if she wants her story--and those of her family--to continue.--Provided by Publisher.
20) Final draft
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Laila Piedra is a biracial aspiring author whose creative writing teacher always told her she has a special talent, so when he suddenly dies and is replaced by Nadiya Nazarenko, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who is sadistically critical and perpetually unimpressed, Laila grows obsessed with gaining the woman's approval and is led to believe she must choose between perfection and sanity, but rejecting her all-powerful mentor may...