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Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don't need the Olympians mad at me again. But if it helps you to know your Greek gods, and survive an encounter with them if they ever show up in your face, then I guess writing all this down will be my good deed for the week. So begins Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, in which the son of Poseidon adds his own magic--and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a spirited boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century, as he tries a new method for curing warts, witnesses a murder, runs away to an island and pretends to be a pirate, watches his own funeral, and falls for the new girl in the neighborhood.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a boy and his mother search the belongings of a deceased sailor who owed them money they find a treasure map. An interested family friend outfits a ship to sail to the location on the map but discovers too late that half his crew is comprised of pirates.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Who can outsmart a pack of pirates and the murderous Long John Silver? Who is fearless enough to single-handedly board a ship and steal it back? Who else but the most daring lad of all -- young Jim Hawkins! Get ready for excitement and terror -- from the moment Jim finds a treasure map to the final hunt for buried gold.
7) Pollyanna
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When orphaned eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This beloved Newbery Medal-winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter book series about the Witting family.
Set in the late nineteenth century and told from young Anna's point of view, Sarah, Plain and Tall tells the story of how Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton comes from Maine to the prairie to answer Papa's advertisement for a wife and mother. Before Sarah arrives, Anna and her younger brother Caleb wait and wonder. Will...
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
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
xii, 355 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
1953
Edition
Newly illustrated, uniform ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
290 p. illus. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Ingalls family moves again as Pa follows the railroad to the Dakota Territory. Sequel to On the banks of Plum Creek.
14) Farmer boy
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
1953
Edition
Newly illustrated, uniform ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
371 p. illus. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Almanzo, growing up in nineteenth-century New York, attends school whenever farm chores allow.
Author
Series
Little House volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.