Lark Pien
Author
Series
Long Tail Kitty volume 1
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Long Tail Kitty shows his house, street, neighborhood, and the town where he lives.
2) Invisible
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Can five overlooked kids make one big difference? There's George: the brain, Sara: the loner, Dayara: the tough kid, Nico: the rich kid, and Miguel: the athlete. And they're stuck together when they're forced to complete their school's community service hours. Although they're sure they have nothing in common with one another, some people see them as all the same... just five Spanish-speaking kids. Then they meet someone who truly needs their help,...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format"--Title page verso.
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 4
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's summer and Sunny is bored. Most of her friends are out of town. Her mom wants her to babysit way more than Sunny wants to babysit. There's nothing good on TV. The only cool place that's cool is the community pool. Sunny loves going there - and loves it even more when she's offered a job at the snack shack. Soon she's flinging fries and serving frozen ice cream treats - with the assistance of the very sweet boy who works with her. Life is best...
5) Dragon hoops
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making....
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Diana, the gangly, sometimes clumsy, only child on the island of Themyscira, struggles to live up to the high Amazonian standards and longs for someone her own age whom she can talk to.
7) Stargazing
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Moon is everything Christine isn't. She's confident, impulsive, artistic ... and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known. When Moon's family moves in next door to Christine's, Moon goes from unlikely friend to best friend--maybe even the perfect friend. The girls share their favorite music videos, paint their toenails when Christine's strict parents aren't around, and make...
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 3
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Sunny's just made it to middle school . . . and it's making her life very confusing. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends. Because when you're swordfighting and spider-slaying,...
9) Two tribes
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Mia is still getting used to living with her mom and stepfather, and to the new role their Jewish identity plays in their home. Feeling out of place at home and at her Jewish day school, Mia finds herself thinking more and more about her Muscogee father, who lives with his new family in Oklahoma. Her mother doesn't want to talk about him, but Mia can't help but feel like she's missing a part of herself without him in her life. Soon, Mia makes a plan...
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 5
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sunny is starting to understand the ins and outs of middle school... but she still feels more out than in. It's about classes or homework, really. No, it's the fact that most kids have a thing they do outside of class. Like football or track or cheerleading. Sunny isn't quarterback material, and her cheer attempts are... not the best. So what can she do? When Sunny's friend Arun says he wants to start a debate club, she's not really sure what he...
Author
Publisher
Random House Graphic
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.
12) Saints
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"China, 1898. An unwanted and unwelcome fourth daughter, Four-Girl isn't even given a proper name by her family when she's born. She finally finds friendship-- and a name, Vibiana -- in the most unlikely of places: Christianity. But China is a dangerous place for Christians. The Boxer Rebellion is in full swing, and bands of young men roam the countryside, murdering Westerners and Chinese Christians alike. Torn between her nation and her Christian...
13) Boxers
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In China in 1898 bands of foreign missionaries and soldiers roam the countryside, bullying and robbing Chinese peasants. Little Bao has had enough: harnessing the powers of ancient Chinese gods, he recruits an army of Boxers--commoners trained in kung fu who fight to free China from "foreign devils."
Series
Comics Squad volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An anthology of comics by well-known graphic novelists on the theme of detention.
Publisher
Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Join your pals, Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph and Zuko in this treasure trove of short stories from the world of Avatar: the last airbender. From Earth King Kuei to the Kyoshi Warriors, and Mai to the Boulder, your favorite friends are back for a wide-ranging exploration of life in their world. And, where they go, danger, fun and hijinks are sure to follow!" -- Page [4] of cover.