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Author
Series
Science Squad volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bru has two major goals to accomplish this summer: to help her Science Squad raise money for bat detection equipment, and to convince her mom to marry her longtime girlfriend"--
4) I'm Ok
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Ok, a Korean American boy, tries a get rich quick scheme of starting a hair braiding business and winning the school talent competition to hide the fact that he is struggling with the loss of his father and the financial hardships he and his mother must now bear.--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Chandra and her sister Deena see a demonstration of a "magic light," a solar-powered lantern, at a market near their home in Nepal and are determined to buy one, knowing it will help their little brother's cough to stop using kerosene lamps. Includes facts about Nepal.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble playing gang in Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while "New Dealers" from Washington, D.C., arrive to turn run down Key West into a tourist resort.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mayhem ensues in their sleepy California beach town when three best friends, motivated by unlimited snacks, no parents, and earning money for an epic seventh-grade party, find an old copy of "The Babysitters Club" and decide to start their own babysitting business.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pauline and her brother John-John set up a stand to sell lemonade, limeade, and lemon-limeade one cold, wintry day, then try to attract customers as Pauline adds up their earnings.
Author
Series
The Penderwicks volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store for each Penderwick, from neighbor Nick Geiger's expected return from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go astray.
Author
Series
Middle school (James Patterson) volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Life in middle school is finally starting to seem bearable-until Rafe spots his grandmother standing on the free-meal line at the local soup kitchen. In order to help bring in more money, Rafe concocts a brilliant plan-a dog-walking business that soon turns into a huge money-making neighborhood empire"--
12) Dirt cheap
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Birdie wants a very expensive soccer ball but has no money, so she starts selling dirt and learns some important lessons along the way.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kylie Jean needs to find a way to make some spending money, and she decides that baking cupcakes for people--and dogs--and selling them at garage sales is the perfect solution.
14) Grace for Gus
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Knowing that her classroom pet Gus is lonely, Grace sets off to share her many talents with people in order to earn enough money to get Gus a friend.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Caterina, a little brown bird who loves to make lists, plans to earn money by selling lemonade, but when others have the same idea, Caterina must find a way to make her stand eye-catching.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jamie and her friends Angeline and Isabella are studying "personal finance" in school, so they decide to put their heads together and come up with a way to earn serious money by creating some kind of food--the only trouble is none of them know anything about cooking.