Various Readers
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Are zombies real? As far as we know, dead people do not come back to life and start walking around, looking for trouble. But there are things that can take over the bodies and brains of innocent creatures, turning them into senseless slaves. Meet nature's zombie makers--including a fly-enslaving fungus, a suicide worm, and a cockroach-taming wasp--and their victims.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
What's more dangerous than scaling Mount Everest? For mountaineer Pete Athans, the answer lies in the ancient kingdom of Mustang, a remote part of the Asian nation of Nepal. Long-abandoned caves built high into steep cliffs contain amazing treasures and pose incredible dangers. Reaching these "sky caves" safely takes guts, smarts, and luck. And then there's the question of what to do with a two-thousand-year-old human skull. . . From 2007 to 2012,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited. "The 30-Minute Shakespeare" is a new series of abridgements that tell the "story" of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespeare's language intact. Specific stage directions...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Summer is over and that can only mean one thing for eight-year-old Mallory McDonald (like the restaurant, but no relation)-she has to go back to school. But not just any school, a new school with all new kids in it. To make matters worse, her mom is going, too! She's the new music teacher, and Mallory can't think of anything that could...
5) Henry VIII
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Henry VIII - William Shakespeare - King Henry VIII has one of the fullest theatrical histories of any play in the Shakespeare canon, yet has been consistently misrepresented, both in performance and in criticism. This edition offers a new perspective on this ironic, multi-layered, collaborative play, revealing it as a complex meditation on the progress of Reformation which sees English life since Henry VIII's day as a series of bewildering changes...
6) Nebraska
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This book uses maps, full color photographs, and easy-to-read text to introduce the state of Nebraska"--
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A girl on the JV basketball team was injured, and Mel has been asked to take her place. Mel is thrilled. But the girls on the freshman team aren't happy for her. In fact, they're being downright mean. How can Mel play to win when she doesn't have teammates on her side?
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Gabby's figure skating coach retires, she has to learn to skate with a new coach. But when her new coach pushes her to do a double Axel, Gabby is afraid her old injury will flare up. Gabby has to decide if winning is worth risking injury.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Julia just changed schools. Luckily, her best friend, Ava, goes to her new school. Ava's been on the cheerleading squad for two years, and she promised to help Julia make the team. But if Julia is a better cheerleader than Ava, will they still be able to be best friends?
10) The tempest
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, William Shakespeare, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Shakespeare-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original play. These classic plays...
11) Stolen bases
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Someone is stealing the equipment from Eva and Becca's softball team"--Uncredited summary from book.
12) Over the net
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Allie loves everything about volleyball except hitting. She doesn't think she's good at it, and every time she messes up, her belief in her own abilities dwindles. Finally, she asks for help. Her idol, Nikki, agrees to coach her once a week. If Allie can learn to spike as well as she blocks, she could become one of the team's strongest players.
13) Running rivals
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
At the beginning of the track season, Amy hurt her knee during a race. Now her doctor has given her the okay to get back on the track, but Amy's still shaky. Her knee may be healed, but her confidence is still broken. The biggest race of the year is coming up, and it's on the exact same track where she was hurt before. With help from an unexpected source, will she be able to race again?
14) Soccer spirit
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the girls' soccer team is cancelled, three girls have to join their arch rivals.
15) Tennis trouble
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Alexis is thrilled when she makes the varsity tennis team, but when two of the older girls set out to ruin her season, Alexis must remain calm and confident before she allows the bullies to destroy her chance at victory.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of William Shakespeare's most farcical comedies, "The Comedy of Errors" is notable for its use of mistaken identity to achieve a slapstick comedic effect. Ripe with the bard's characteristic word play, the comedy concerns the lives of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated shortly after their birth. The play begins by the elderly Syracusian trader Egeon relating the back-story of his family. When Egeon was young, he married...
17) Hoop doctor
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kelcey wants to quit the basketball team. A mysterious person named Dr. C is running a basketball clinic at her school. Dr. C claims to be able to fix basketball problems, but Kelcey is sure it'll take more than a doctor to make her love the game again.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fiona would like to play ice hockey at her new school, but realizes the only one available is field hockey, so she tries out and realizes that the two sports do not have the same rules.
19) Horseback hopes
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Molly finally convinces her parents to let her take horseback riding lessons, she gets ridiculed by two girls at school for her inexperience.
20) Ballet bullies
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Marissa, who loves to dance, starts to feel a bit clumsy and overly tall when she dances, so she does not bother to try out for the Rose Fairy ballet until somebody else encourages her.