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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The first year they are eligible to vote, Marva and Duke meet at their polling place and, over the course of one crazy day, fall in love.--
Marva Sheridan has always been driven to make a difference in the world, and what better way than to vote in her first election? Duke Crenshaw is so done with this election; he just wants to get voting over with so he can prepare for his band's first paying gig tonight. Only problem? Duke can't vote. When Marva...
4) Insurgent
Author
Series
Divergent volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
Description
"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves -- and herself -- while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love" -- Provided by the publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
Best friends Katie and Suzanne are both nominated for mayor of the fourth grade, and Suzanne wants to win so much that she starts spreading mean rumors, while Katie gets an inside look at the Cherrydale mayoral race.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 4
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Sofia is put in charge of overseeing a fair election for a class pet, but first the Questioneers must learn about elections and good journalism--and remember that being a community matters most. Includes facts about the Delano Grape Strike, presidential elections, journalism, and the importance of voting.
10) Homeland
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Marcus, once called M1k3y, receives a thumbdrive containing evidence of corporate and governmental treachery, his job, fame, family, and well-being, as well as his reform-minded employer's election campaign, are all endangered.
Author
Series
Chet Gecko mystery volume 11
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
Chet Gecko and his partner, Natalie Attired, try to find out who is sending threatening notes to Viola Fuss, candidate for student council president at Emerson Hickey Elementary School.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While the popular Tiffany and athletic Charles make increasingly outrageous promises in their campaigns for President of Canine Country Day School, Otto quietly enters the race, vowing only to try to do what students really want.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
While trying to focus on a winning soccer season, thirteen-year-old Tess becomes involved in local politics when she learns that all sports programs at her school will be stopped unless a tax levy is passed.
16) Jude
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Still reeling from his drug-dealing father's murder, moving in with the wealthy mother he never knew, and transferring to a private school, fifteen-year-old Jude is tricked into pleading guilty to a crime he did not commit.
17) Vote for Larry
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Not yet eighteen years old, Josh, a.k.a. Larry, comes out of hiding and returns to public life, this time to run for President as an advocate for issues of concern to youth and to encourage voter turnout.
19) Hot air
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
When the founder of the town of Nod's Limbs returns after a two hundred year absence, trouble-making twins Edgar and Ellen attempt to discover who is trying to steal the secret that kept him alive all that time, while they also scheme to sabotage the town's mayoral election.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
At the end of fifth grade, Fara decides to wear mismatched socks as a statement of individuality, but once middle school starts and she wants to be known for her ideas rather than her clothing, she feels burdened by an image that she no longer wants.
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