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1) Watercress
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
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2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 2 & 3
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
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Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
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Description
Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.
2) Twisted
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
High school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background. But since he got busted for doing graffiti on the school, and spent the summer doing outdoor work to pay for it, he stands out like you wouldn'tbelieve. His new physique attracts the attention of queen bee Bethany Milbury, who just so happens to be his father's boss's daughter, the sister of his biggest enemy? and Tyler's secret crush. And that sets off a string...
Author
Series
Initial insult volume 1
Language
English
Description
Ostracized by the elite community of Amontillado, Ohio, after the disappearance of her parents, Tress organizes a Halloween costume party at an abandoned house, where she launches a macabre plan to force a popular former friend to confess what she knows.
4) Act 1
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds Jack and Louisa tell, in their separate voices, of his reluctant departure from New York City and Broadway stardom to live in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where new neighbor Louisa, a "musical theater nerd," urges him to audition for the local theater's production of "Into the Woods."
6) Very rich
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Rupert Brown comes from an ordinary family. They live in a small house in the poorest section of Steelville, Ohio, and have little money or food. So when Rupert inadvertently finds himself spending Christmas at Turgid Rivers' house--the richest boy in town--he is blown away to discover a whole other world, including all the food he can eat and wonderful prizes that he wins when the family plays games, prizes he hope to take home to his...
Author
Publisher
Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It's eleven days after Christmas and Lucía yearns to be in lush Puerto Rico celebrating Día de los Reyes with family and friends. But this year, instead of dancing and singing in the parrandas of her Puerto Rican neighborhood, she is surrounded by cold and silence in snow-blanketed Ohio. How will she ever be able to guide the Three Kings to her new home in the frosty Midwest? This picture book is a celebration of Puerto Rican culture, heartwarming...
8) Nuts
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Nell finds a tiny baby squirrel on the ground in her yard, she begs her parents to let her raise it as a pet, even after the research she does shows that this is not a good idea.
10) Itch
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Ohio sixth-grader Isaac "Itch" Fitch strives to fit in, but everything seems to be going wrong, even before a school lunch trade sends his best friend, Sydney, to the hospital
12) Act 2
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jack and Louisa are excited to be the leads in Shaker Heights Middle School's upcoming production of Guys and Dolls, but a mysterious new director threatens to upend their dreams.
13) Any sign of life
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Paige Miller is determined to take her basketball team to the state championship, maybe even beyond. But as March Madness heats up, Paige falls deathly ill. Days later, she wakes up attached to an IV and learns that the whole world has perished. Everyone she loves, and all of her dreams for the future-- they’re gone. But Paige is a warrior. She pushes through her fear and her grief and gets through each day scrounging for food, for shelter, for...
14) The unquiet
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Rinn, who has bipolar disorder, and her mother move back to her mother's hometown in Ohio and settle in a house where the previous owner hanged herself, Rinn discovers that both the town and her mother have some uncomfortable secrets in their past and that the ghost that supposedly haunts the school seems to be out for revenge.
15) Fiona the hippo
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Fiona the hippo faces the challenges of growing up with an "I've got this!" attitude.
Born prematurely, at only 29 pounds, Fiona was not expected to live. But her spunk and determination (along with lots of love and support from her caregivers at the zoo) helped her thrive and become a happy, healthy hippopotamus. With every challenge she faced, Fiona let out a snort, wiggled her ears, and said "I've got this." And she did! In this delightful story,...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Lenny Spink is the sister of a giant. Her little brother, Davey, suffers from a rare form of gigantism and is taunted by other kids and turned away from school because of his size. To escape their cruel reality, Lenny and Davey obsess over the entries in their monthly installment of Burrell's Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia set. Lenny vows to become a beetle expert, while Davey decides he will run away to Canada and build a log cabin. But as Davey's...
Author
Publisher
Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
"Cada invierno, Lucía espera con entusiasmo las coloridas festividades del día de Reyes, incluyendo las fiestas tradicionales, las golosinas deliciosas y los regalos que traen los tres Reyes Magos para que los niños disfruten. Ese año todo es diferente. En vez de bailar y cantar en las parandas de su vecindario puertorriqueño, Lucia va envuelta en un brigo mientras hace ángeles de nieve en un jardín gris de Ohio. ¿Quién guiará a los Reyes...
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