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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Following the end of World War II, Ukrainian sisters Krystia and Maria reunite in a displaced persons camp, where they are falsely accused of collaboration with the Nazis and face interrogation by the Soviets for crimes they never committed.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In May 1940, Anne Frank is a young girl not quite eleven with all the ordinary problems of a little sister, but Amsterdam is about to be invaded by Nazis and after that everything changes.
Author
Series
Wingfeather saga volume 2
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Wild escapes. A desperate journey. And the ghastly Fangs of Dang. First they found themselves On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness. Now they must make their way North! Or Be Eaten. Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby thought they were normal children with normal lives and a normal past. But now they know they're really the Lost Jewels of Anniera, heirs to a legendary kingdom across the sea, and suddenly everyone wants to kill them. In order to survive,...
6) Mary Poppins
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace
Pub. Date
[c1934]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Two English children's new nanny arrives on the East Wind, slides up the bannister, carries an empty carpet bag with all kinds of things in it, and introduces Jane and Michael to some delightful people and experiences.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich uncle, a change in her afterschool situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 6
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
1985, c1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade.
10) A duet for home
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
From the New York Times bestselling creator of the Vanderbeekers series comes a triumphant tale of friendship, healing, and the power of believing in ourselves told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homeless shelter. As their friendship grows over a shared love of classical music, June and Tyrell confront a new housing policy that puts homeless families in danger. It's June's first day at Huey...
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 5
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1990, c1979
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Ramona at 7 1/2 sometimes feels discriminated against by being the youngest in the family.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 9
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.
14) The reptile room
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 6
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esme Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.
17) The grim grotto
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 11
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 12
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The Baudelaire orphans disguise themselves as employees of the Hotel Denoument and find themselves pursued by the evil Count Olaf and by others.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf.