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Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"Step-siblings Q (Quest) and Angela are thrust into the work of the U.S. Secret Service and the Israeli Mossad when Angela realizes she's being followed, and Q learns the secret about Angela's real mother--a former Secret Service agent who was supposedly killed by a terrorist group. But who are the good guys and who are the bad guys"--Cover, P. [4].
4) Fever, 1793
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. Includes discussion questions and related activities.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Cole's behavior causes his mother to drive him from Detroit to Philadelphia to live with a father he has never known, but who soon has Cole involved with a group of African-American "cowboys" who rescue horses and use them to steer youths away from drugs and gangs.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
New from Eric Smith comes a delightful YA rom-com about two teens caught in the middle of their families' orchestrated rivalry between their Philly cheesesteak food trucks. All's fair in love and (food truck) war. Everyone knows Jordan Plazas and Cindy Ortiz hate each other. According to many viral videos of their public shouting matches, the Plazas and Ortiz families have a well-known food truck rivalry. Jordan and Cindy have spent all of high school...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Nonbinary fourth grader Riley and their friends are all in for Dress Like Your Favorite Character Day, but when everyone at school asks Riley for costume advice, they discover that the key to being a costume visionary is active listening and a big imagination.
8) The Creek
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Around the time of her thirteenth birthday, Penny's suburban Philadelphia neighborhood is terrorized by a psychopath and everyone is sure that the young man just out of a juvenile home is responsible.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Set in Philadelphia during the Great Depression, this middle-grade historical novel tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy and his best friend as they attempt to stop a wall from being built at Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics, that would block the view of the baseball field from their rooftops."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"What happens when musical instruments can't make the sounds we expect them to make? Is music still possible? The schools of Philadelphia were filling up with broken violins, drums, pianos, and more, making it difficult for students to learn to play. This sparked an idea for a symphony, played entirely with the broken instruments, that would raise funds to repair the instruments themselves. Musicians young and old volunteered, and their captivating...
12) Extreme Danger
Author
Series
Hardy boys undercover brothers volume 1
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Frank and Joe travel to Philadelphia where they intend to prevent an attack on an extreme sports contest called the Big Air Games.
Author
Series
Mrs. Millie volume 2
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Students enjoy their teacher's silly misuse of words during a class field trip to Philadelphia.
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