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1) Matilda
Author
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It will take superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves, and Matilda may be just the one to do it!
Author
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Future rock star, or friendless misfit? That's no choice at all. Apple Yengko moved from the Philippines to Louisiana when she was little, and now that she is in middle school, she grapples with being different, with friends and backstabbers, and with following her dreams. Apple has always felt a little different from her classmates. Her mother still cooks Filipino foods, speaks a mix of English and Cebuano, and chastises Apple for becoming "too American."...
3) Almond
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
The New Girl at school plays the violin so beautifully that Almond gets lost in the music, but she also feels sad because she does not know if she herself has any talent at all--until the school play, when with the encouragement of her mother, her teacher, and the New Girl, she finds she has a talent for acting.
4) Paper things
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When Ari's mother died four years ago, she had two final wishes: that Ari and her older brother, Gage, would stay together always, and that Ari would go to Carter, the middle school for gifted students. So when nineteen-year-old Gage decides he can no longer live with their bossy guardian, Janna, Ari knows she has to go with him. But it's been two months, and Gage still hasn't found them an apartment. He and Ari have been "couch surfing," staying...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lunella Lafayette is one of the most brilliant minds in the Marvel-Verse--and she's only a fourth grader! Moon Girl has brawn to back up her brains, too--in the form of her big red T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur! Together, they're making a huge impression on the world--including bringing some holiday cheer to New York! Then, it's a rite of passage for any young hero to share a team-up with Spider-Man...but can Lunella, Devil and Spidey withstand the menace...
Author
Publisher
WordFire Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
WordFire Press Hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
465 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This book tells the story of a precocious young girl who uses her intelligence and accelerating technology to solve humanity's grandest challenges. Now if only we can find more courageous visionaries like Danielle. Written as an alternative history, Danielle's journey as a driven young girl brings her face to face with many important figures from recent history and our modern world. Told through the eyes of Danielle's equally remarkable sister Claire,...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
8 books, 1 reading guide ; in canvas bag (45 x 36 cm)
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school--but no one knows it. Most people--her teachers and doctors included--don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak...
8) Good enough
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
A Korean American teenager tries to please her parents by getting into an Ivy League college, but a new guy in school and her love of the violin tempt her in new directions.