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1) The Giver
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Author
Series
Time quintet volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
Author
Series
Dark is rising sequence volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1976.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
In this fourth book of The Dark Is Rising sequence, Will Stanton, visiting in Wales, is swept into a desperate quest to find the golden harp and to awaken the ancient Sleepers.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
A poor orphan boy, Jemmy is plucked from the city sewers and given the worst job in the kingdom. Several times a day he is dragged from his room and given a sound thrashing, and all because of a silly rule that forbade anyone to spank, cuff, smack, or whip a prince when he's misbehaved. But someone has to be punished, that's where Jemmy comes in-and it is his misfortune to be the “Whipping Boy” for the naughtiest prince alive. So insufferable...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1948
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Sham and the stable boy Agba travel from Morocco to France to England where, at last, Sham's majesty is recognized and he becomes the "Godolphin Arabian," ancestor of the most superior Thoroughbred horses.
8) Ginger Pye
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring excitement into the lives of the Pye children.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
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
...Author
Series
One and only Ivan stories volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her. Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and...
15) Up a road slowly
Author
Publisher
Berkley Jam Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
After her mother's death, Julie goes to live with Aunt Cordelia, a school teacher, where she experiences many emotions and changes as she grows from seven to eighteen.
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1985]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the Blue Sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1954
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
"Six school children bring the storks (harbingers of good luck) back to their little Dutch village. (A story) written with dramatic power and a deep insight into the minds and hearts of children."--Booklist. Newbery Medal; ALA Notable Children's Book.
18) Freewater
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1958
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a little cat who came to the home of a poor Japanese artist and, by humility and devotion, brought him good fortune.
20) El aprendiz
Author
Publisher
Grupo Editorial Norma
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Español
Description
"Tree-ear is a 13-year-old orphan living on the streets of 12th-Century Korea. He is content with his life under a bridge with Crane-man until one day, while looking for food, he sees the work of Min, a master potter. He dreams of learning the craft from Min and eventually becomes his apprentice. Although ill-prepared for the hard labor involved, his determination will have rewards Tree-ear never imagined"--Amazon.com.
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