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41) Okay for now
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
42) Hoot
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Roy Eberhardt has moved with his family so often he literally has lost count of the number of times he has had to changed schools. Roy ought to be used to being the new kid at school by now, but making the switch from Montana to Florida proves to be a major challenge. While Roy quickly becomes the target of school bully, he is befriended by Beatrice Leep, a spunky girl with enough nerve to stand up to Dana, and her brother Mullet Fingers. Beatrice...
43) H is for Hawk
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer, Helen had never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk, but in her grief, she saw that the goshawk's fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel, and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King...
Author
Series
Owl diaries volume 6
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A famous author is coming to visit and Eva and her classmates are assigned to write a story--but Eva Wingdale is totally distracted because her pet bat, Baxter, has gone missing, and she suspects that the sneaky squirrels have something to do with her missing pet.
47) Free
Author
Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When a boy and his granddad take care of a little bird, the boy wants to keep it - but Granddad knows it must return to its natural habitat in the wild, where it can spread its wings and be free. And so begins an exhilarating journey into the mountains to return the bird to where it belongs.
"When a boy and his granddad take care of a little bird, the boy wants to keep it-- but Granddad knows it must return to its natural habitat in the wild, where...
48) The Leaf Thief
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
49) Warm Hearts Day
Author
Series
Owl diaries volume 5
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Warm Hearts Day is approaching and Eva has been making lots of fun gifts and treats for her friends, but as the big party at the Old Oak Tree nears, she realizes that she has neglected to make any gifts for her family.
50) Love is
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A girl finds a baby duckling, and discovers that love is taking care of something that needs you, and also knowing when to let it go.
Author
Series
Owl diaries volume 1
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Having a Bloomtastic Festival at school to celebrate spring is a great idea--but Eva Wingdale, a young owl, discovers that it is also a lot of work, and there is nothing wrong with asking her friends for help.
52) Flyaway
Author
Publisher
Chicken House
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
While her father is in the hospital, thirteen-year-old Isla befriends Harry, the first boy to understand her love of the outdoors, and as Harry's health fails, Isla tries to help both him and the lone swan they see, struggling to fly, on the lake outside Harry's window.
53) The maze
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild.
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Macy's little sister has wings that are too small, so Eva's class decides to raise money to buy her a flying chair, and half the class opens a bakery, and the other half opens a candy store--but soon competition between the two stores becomes more important than their goal, and Eva needs to convince the other owls that they will collect more money if everyone works as a team.
55) Little Hoot
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Hoot wants to go to bed early, like all of his friends do, and he is hopping mad when Mama and Papa Owl insist that he stay up late and play.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In 1928, when timid ten-year-old Nate learns that his parents have been lost at sea, he joins his father's cousin on a flight to Arabia where they must oversee the death and rebirth of the phoenix, thus beginning his training as a "beastologist."
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2021].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"There once was an owl who lived in a tree. Until one day her home was uprooted and she was taken far away from what she knew. Follow Rockefeller ("Rocky") the owl as she journeys to the bustling center of New York City and she's discovered among the branches of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. With human kindness and a dash of holiday spirit, can this brave little owl find a new home?"--