Robert Ramirez
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Minnie, Daisy, and Cuckoo-Loca babysit for Mrs. Pig's piggy in this Little Golden Book retelling of an episode from Disney Junior's Minnie's Bow Toons. Girls ages 2 to 5 will laugh when they see the huge mess the little pig makes in Minnie's Bow-tique!
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Clifford the Big Red Dog is a lovable canine who joins a traveling carnival when he mistakenly believes that he has become a burden to his human family. As he seeks his fortune in food, Clifford helps his new animal buddies overcome their fears, saves the carnival from going bust, and eventually finds his way back home again to his real family.
4) Dogsong
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels at odds with aspects of modern life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.
7) The good dog
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
McKinley, a malamute, is torn between the domestic world of his human family and the wild world of Lupin, a wolf that is trying to recruit dogs to replenish the dwindling wolf pack.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Exquisite prose and wondrous storytelling have helped make Rudolfo Anaya the father of Chicano literature in English. Indeed, Anaya's tales fairly shimmer with the haunting beauty and richness of his culture. The winner of the Pen Center West Award for Fiction for his unforgettable novel Alburquerque, Anaya is perhaps best loved for his classic bestseller, Bless Me, Ultima... Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family...
9) Drive-by
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Tito, while helping to care for his little sister, struggles to find his way during the aftermath of his brother's death in a gang-related shooting.
10) The afterlife
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.
Author
Series
Skippyjon Jones (Picture books) volume 5
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese cat that thinks he is a Chihuahua dog, has an adventure on Mars.
13) The warrior heir
Author
Series
Heir chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Naive and bumbling Carlo, his shady camel-puller Baksheesh, and Shira, a girl determined to return home, follow a treasure map through the deserts and cities of the infamous Golden Road, as mysterious strangers try in vain to point them toward real treasures.
15) The wizard heir
Author
Series
Heir chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Seph McCauley has spent the past three years getting kicked out of one exclusive private school after another. And it's not his attitude that's the problem. It's the trail of magical accidents-lately, disasters-that follow in his wake. Seph is a wizard, orphaned and untrained-and his powers are escalating out of control.
After causing a tragic fire at an after-hours party, Seph is sent to the Havens, a secluded boys' school on the...
16) A tree is nice
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the delights to be had in, with, or under a tree, and tells why it is good to have trees around.
Author
Series
Skippyjon Jones (Picture books) volume 3
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Skippyjon Jones, a Siamese kitten who thinks he's a Chihuahua, dreams of traveling to ancient Egypt with his gang of Chihuahua amigos.
Author
Series
Heir chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Racing against time, Jonah and Emma, who possess unique magical gifts, work to uncover the truth about Thorn Hill, a peaceful commune that the Wizard Guild claims is a hotbed of underguild terrorists.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Buster the dog's owner goes away for a few days, he sends Buster to Sagebrush Kennels for Cowboy Camp, where Buster is homesick at first, but then has fun herding balls into the corral, gathering sticks for a campfire, and making wanted posters with his pawprints.
Author
Series
Prisoners of the empire volume 2
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Following orders from the United States Army, several young Japanese American men train K-9 units to hunt Asians during World War II.