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Author
Series
The Spiderwick chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
One of the most beloved writers of our time presents seven short stories exploring the vital ties between fathers and sons. Luke sees the ghost of his father but can't figure out what Dad wants him to do. Paul takes a camping trip with the grandfather he's just met and discovers what lies behind the man's erratic behavior. Ryan has some surprising questions when he interviews his prospective stepfather for the job. In a compellingly honest collection...
Author
Series
Spiderwick chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Mallory and Jared attempt to rescue Simon from goblins, they use a magical stone which enables them to see things that are normally invisible.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Despite her parents' divorce, her father's coming out as gay, and his plans to marry his boyfriend, ten-year-old Bea is reassured by her parents' unconditional love, excited about getting a stepsister, and haunted by something she did last summer at her father's lake house.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
197 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
For Ruby Pepperdine, the center of everything is on the rooftop of Pepperdine Motors, stargazing from the circle of her grandmother Gigi's hug. That's how everything is supposed to be--until it goes spinning out of control. Now Ruby's best friend, Lucy, is mad at her. Her new friendship with Nero is pretty bumpy too. Worst of all, Ruby regrets what happened with Gigi. How Ruby didn't listen. And now it's too late to make things right. But Ruby has...
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"The lucky penny in Judy Moody's pocket sure does seem to be working. She can't stop winning-at bowling, spelling, the unbeatable Prize Claw, everything! For sure and absolute positive, she'll ride that wave of good fortune all the way to Washington, D.C."--
9) Little women
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
An unabridged edition of nineteenth-century American author Louisa May Alcott's novel about four New England sisters who come of age during the Civil War, which also includes discussion questions and activity ideas for reading groups.
10) Finding Orion
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rion Kwirk comes from a rather odd family. His mother named him and his sisters after her favorite constellations, and his father makes funky-flavored jellybeans for a living. One sister acts as if she's always on stage, and the other is a walking dictionary. But no one in the family is more odd than Rion's grandfather, Papa Kwirk. He's the kind of guy who shows up on his motorcycle only on holidays handing out crossbows and stuffed squirrels as...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In World War II-era England, Michael learns about his black British Army soldier grandfather, a World War I officer who risked his life to save wounded men but who did not receive special commendations because of his race.
12) Inkling
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When an inkblot, who can write, listen, learn, and draw, jumps out of Mr. Rylance's sketchbook, Ethan believes he may be the answer to their problems and names him Inkling.
13) Homesick
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
180 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Benny's parents are getting divorced, his mom left and his father has become a hoarder, to make matters worse his hometown has been entered into a contest, and now the pressure is on to get the house cleaned up.
Author
Series
Sophie Hartley books volume 4
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
140 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sophie, 10, doesn't want to turn into a moody teenager like her older brother and sister, and she certainly doesn't want to see The Movie (about gross adolescent body changes) at school. On the other hand, she doesn't want to be considered immature by her classmates"--
Author
Series
Little house volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.
18) Caddy's world
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
265 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Caddy's world turns upside down when her father, Bill, temporarily becomes a stay at home "mom" and her best friends since kindergarten, Ali, Beth, and Ruby, begin to move in different directions.
Author
Series
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur.