Judy Blume
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
Margaret shares her secrets and her spirituality in this iconic Judy Blume novel, beloved by millions, that now has a fresh new look. Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink. She's just moved from New York City to Farbook, New Jersey, and is anxious to fit in with her new friends-Nancy, Gretchen, and Janie. When they form a secret club to talk about private subjects like boys, bras, and...
6) Forever
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
HL 590L
Language
English
Description
Two high school seniors believe their love to be so strong that it will last forever.
7) Superfudge
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother, Fudge.
10) Double Fudge
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Description
His younger brother's obsession with money and the discovery of long-lost cousins Flora and Fauna provide many embarrassing moments for twelve-year-old Peter.
11) Freckle juice
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.
12) Blubber
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it is like when she, too, becomes a target.
13) Iggie's house
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
When an African American family with three children moves into her white neighborhood, eleven-year-old Winnie learns the difference between being a good neighbor and being a good friend.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Sally investigates post-WWII Florida with theatrical flair in this classic middle grade novel from Judy Blume. Now with a fresh new look! Sally J. Freedman was ten when she made herself a movie star. She would have been happy to reach stardom in New Jersey, but in 1947 her older brother Douglas became ill, so the Freedman family traveled south to spend eight months in the sunshine of Florida. That's where Sally met her friends Andrea, Barbara, Shelby,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
First-grader Jake "The Pain" and his sister, third-grader Abigail "The Great One" have more adventures, including visiting their cousins in New York and celebrating their cat Fluzzy's birthday.
18) Deenie
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
A thirteen-year-old girl seemingly destined for a modeling career finds she has a deformation of the spine called scoliosis.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Further adventures of first-grader Jake "the Pain" and his sister, third-grader Abigail "the Great One," include a trip to the beach with Grandma, to a county fair with Aunt Diana, and to a mall with Dad.
20) Tiger eyes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
HL 590L
Language
English
Description
When Davey Wexler's father is killed in a holdup in Atlantic City, her mother moves Davey and her brother to Los Alamos to get away from the memories--but Davey is a girl frozen in fear and anger, until she meets an older boy called Wolf who can read her tiger eyes.