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1) Emmett's pig
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[1959]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Emmett wants a pig very badly, but he lives in a city apartment.
2) Quentin Corn
Author
Publisher
Godine
Pub. Date
1985.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Realizing his fate is to be spareribs, a pig disguises himself as a boy, runs away, finds employment, and becomes friends with a little girl.
3) Emma
Author
Language
English
Description
Emma's opening sentence, which describes the titular heroine's many advantages, is loaded with foreboding. Discomfort and vexation lie on the horizon, triggered by her penchant for matchmaking. Emma's latest scheme involves finding a suitable husband for ingenue Harriet Smith, and to that end she persuades the latter to reject good-natured farmer Robert Martin, despite a mutual attraction. Harriet must set her sights higher, she exhorts, fixing on...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Weary of the war, a Union lieutenant recalls his life with his twin brother on their family's Virginia plantation and the events that led them to fight on different sides in the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c1963
Language
English
Description
A large type edition of the story of a fat, eleven-year-old bully whose efforts to reform his behavior meet with continual failure until his performance playing the bugle at a school assembly, a revealing argument with his older sister, and a lost fight help him to change both feelings and thoughts.
7) Cat walk
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1983]
Language
English
Description
Yearning to be more than just a barnyard rat catcher, a young cat in search of a name embarks on a journey that finally leads him to a special place he can call a home.
11) Bartholomew Fair
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
On an August day in 1598 six people, including Queen Elizabeth, a wealthy cloth merchant, a scullery maid, two schoolboys, and an overworked apprentice, attend London's Bartholomew's Fair and come away with unforgettable experiences.
12) Go fish
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1991].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After spending the day fishing in the Gulf of Mexico with Grandfather, eight-year-old Thomas has a quiet evening on the porch hearing more about his African heritage.