Kathryn Lasky
1) Shadow wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
After earning the right to return to the wolf pack that abandoned him, the exiled Faolan joins the clan as a lowly "gnaw wolf," but his goal of rising in the pack order is threatened when a jealous rival frames him for an unspeakable crime.
Author
Series
Bears of the ice volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Do cubs Stellan and Jytte have what it takes to become the leaders of the resistance? Or will the polar bears be left on their own to battle the greatest enemy Ga'Hoole has ever known?"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"16-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She's a pilot who's always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya's been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble ... [et al.]."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Bears of the ice volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Cubs Stellan and Jytte survived their treacherous trek across the Nunquivik, but their quest to rescue their mother has only begun. Svenna is imprisoned at the sinister Ice Clock--the headquarters of the Gran Patek, whose dangerous influence is spreading throughout the bear kingdom. Only one bear has ever stood up to the Grand Patek--Svern, the cubs' father, a famous warrior who's been in exile for years. And so, along with their friend, Third, the...
5) Spirit wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
When earthquakes and erupting volcanoes strike the Beyond, Faolan and the other surviving wolves must head for the Distant Blue, where they hope to find a new home.
6) The portal
Author
Series
Tangled in time volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Finding refuge in the greenhouse after her mother's death, Rose investigates a strange light only to find herself transported back in time where she becomes the servant and confidante of Henry VIII's daughter Elizabeth.
Author
Series
Tangled in time volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Forced to abandon Princess Elizabeth when Mary ascends the English throne, Rose sews elaborate gowns for Mary's upcoming coronation before violently escalating attacks on Protestants compel her to escape into her own time.
Author
Series
Publisher
Woodhall Press
Pub. Date
©2022.
Language
English
Description
Kathryn Lasky has written an exciting new adult amateur sleuth mystery set in New Mexico in the 1930s. The sleuth is Georgia O'Keefe, who actually did suffer a nervous breakdown in 1933 when her husband Alfred Stieglitz had a somewhat public affair, was hospitalized for psychiatric treatment, and then traveled to the Ghost Ranch in New Mexico to paint. O'Keefe was approaching the peak of her fame and success, having just sold a painting for a record...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904.
10) Marie Antoinette
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
In 1769, thirteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her life at the Austrian court and her preparations for her future role as queen of France.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Mary, the young Scottish queen, is sent a diary from her mother in which she records her experiences living at the court of France's King Henry II as she awaits her marriage to Henry's son, Francis.
12) The searchers
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When swan Elsinore, the beavers' beloved mother figure, is kidnapped by dark forces, Dunwattle and Locksley set out to find her, but little do they know, they have a much larger expedition in store when they discover other persecuted animals being held against their will for nefarious purposes.
13) The haunting
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In the wilds of Scotland, a secret colony of beavers have been hiding in plain sight, safe from humans who crave their fur, until Dunwattle, a young beaver kit, exposes their hidden colony and faces a fate worse than death.
Deep in the wilds of Scotland, land of ancient warrior kings and myths, there is a deep secret. The secret is a colony of beavers, a species that is craved for their fur pelts, but vilified for what humans consider to be the destruction...
15) Two bad pilgrims
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Brothers Francis and Johnny Billington take issue with history's account of their troublemaking ways aboard the Mayflower and in the New World, as they tell their side of the story to Standish Brewster, professor of Pilgrimology at Plimouth University.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
A biography of John Muir, naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club, whose travels, speeches and writings led directly to the creation of the Yosemite National Park in 1890 and other national parks that followed.
17) More than magic
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Ryder always thought something special would happen when she turned eleven, and this year she misses her mom, who died several years ago, more than ever. Ryder's parents created a cartoon show featuring an eleven year old hero named Rory. Then on Ryder's eleventh birthday, Rory steps out of the screen--Rory needs help!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
Description
This box set contains the first three books by Kathryn Lasky, which are the basis of the animated movie, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole.
The Capture, Book One. Soren is born in the forest of Tyto, a tranquil kingdom where the Barn Owls dwell. But evil lurks in the owl world, and Soren is captured and imprisoned in a dark canyon where there is a mysterious school. It's called an orphanage, but Soren believes it's something far
...19) Lone wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Abandoned by his pack, a baby wolf with a mysterious mark on his deformed paw survives and embarks on a journey that will change the world of the wolves of the Beyond.
20) Frost wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
When a terrible danger threatens the wolves of the Beyond, outsider Faolan must take a leadership role and inspire the pack to stand together.