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Author
Series
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
"Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again! This time Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from across America to compete in the first-ever Library Olympics. Will it be fun? Well, like the commercials say . . . HELLO! It's a Lemoncello! But something suspicious is going on -- books are missing from Mr. Lemoncello's library. Between figuring out mind-boggling challenges, the kids will have to band...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this final book in the series, the seventh graders of McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired Origami finger puppets go on a field trip to Washington, D.C., on what proves to be a very long trip full of shifting alliances, betrayals, carsickness, and sugar rushes.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
McQuarrie Middle School's students miss Origami Yoda when Dwight leaves for Tippett Academy, but he sends Sara a paper Fortune Wookiee that seems to give advice just as good as Yoda's--even if, in the hands of girls, it seems preoccupied with romance.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
One month before the state standards test are to take place, the Origami Rebel Alliance has found powerful allies in unexpected places in their fight against the FunTime test preparation program, but Principal Rabbski has not yet declared her allegiance.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When sixth-grader Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic are blacked out he is outraged, so he, his friends, and his eccentric family set out to do something about the censorship imposed by one teacher and the school board.
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 5
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Six lucky kids go on a scavenger hunt inside Mr. Lemoncello's Gameworks factory, where they compete for a chance to win a Titanium Ticket" -- Provided by publisher.
12) Love, Stargirl
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"To win Mr. Lemoncello's new television game show, Kyle and his team have to break out of their comfort zone and walk a mile in other characters' shoes and figure out how to unlock a series of locks and break out of the game before their competition!" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-olds Cooper Goodman and Justice and Liberty Gordon investigate the eccentric residents of Windy Bottom, Georgia, after the remains of Coop's long-missing grandmother are uncovered and his Gramps is the prime suspect.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everybody starts somewhere, and once upon a time Luigi Lemoncello was a twelve-year-old boy in a large family who dreamed of being a showman. He gets his first chance working for a famous barker at a summer carnival, where a mysterious puzzle leads him and his friends on a treasure hunt.
16) Farmer Cap
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
After years of trying to convince their eccentric neighbor to do things the way they do, the farmers of Pfeffernut County finally see that Farmer Cap might have some good ideas, after all.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
"Some problems are too big for Origami Yoda alone... This semester, Dwight, Tommy, Sara, and the gang must face their deadliest enemy yet: the FunTime Education System. Meant to raise the standardized test scores, the mind-numbing videos of Professor FunTime and his singing calculator are driving everybody crazy! And worse yet, to make time for FunTime, all electives--drama, art, band--have been canceled! Naturally, the kids turn to Origami Yoda for...
Author
Series
Origami Yoda book volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
"Not such a long time ago, in a middle school not so far, far away... something amazing happened. A weird kid named Dwight made an origami finger puppet of Yoda that gave great advice. Most of the sixth graders were convinced he was using the Force. But now, a year later, its' a dark time at McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight has been suspended and may be expelled, which means no more origami Yoda. Even worse, Darth Paper, a puppet created by Dwight's...
19) Framed
Author
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dylan and his sisters have some ideas about how to make Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel into a more profitable business, but it is not until some strange men arrive in their small town of Manod, Wales with valuable paintings, and their father disappears, that they consider turning to crime.
20) Snowflake, AZ
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
302 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ash finds her stepbrother, Bly, in Snowflake, Arizona, where an odd assortment of neighbors--and soon, Ash--are sick from modern life, paralleling the planet's decline.
Snowflake, Arizona, six thousand feet up in the wide red desert. Ash is looking for her brother, Bly. She Mona; her goat, Socrates; her dog, Cooper; and finds Bly. They live in ramshackle homes, the walls lined with tinfoil. Mona and her neighbors are all sick. They've been poisoned...