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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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The life of ten-year-old Jess in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with newcomer Leslie, and they create the imaginary land of Terabithia where they rule as king and queen, until a terrible tragedy occurs. Includes a reader's guide with discussion questions.
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Series
I survived volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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In July, 1916, Chet Roscow is fascinated by news accounts of the great white shark said to be attacking people along the New Jersey shore not far from his home, but when he goes swimming in Matawan Creek he discovers the truth of the stories.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold." Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an “X,” schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders. Treasure Island was originally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere,...
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Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 13
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Jack and Annie travel to Vienna, Austria, in 1762 where they meet the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister and help save the budding genius' life.
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Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Jack and Annie travel to a monastery in the Swiss Alps where, with the help of St. Bernard dogs and magic, they seek the second of four special objects necessary to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Penny.
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Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to India during the Mogul Empire in the 1600s to search for an emerald needed to break a magic spell.
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Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Jack and Annie travel back to Victorian London when Merlin asks them to use their magic to inspire Charles Dickens to write "A Christmas Carol."
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Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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The magic tree house carries Jack and Annie to New York City in 1938 on a mission to rescue the last unicorn.
9) Allies
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 21
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Jack and Annie are transported by their magic tree house to the time of the Civil War where they meet Clara Barton.
11) Soccer on Sunday
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 24
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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"Jack and Annie search for the fourth secret of greatness for Merlin the Magician in Mexico City at the 1970 World Cup Games. They hope to learn something new from soccer player great, Pele"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Jack and Annie travel back to nineteenth-century Ireland to inspire a young Augusta Gregory to share her love of Irish legends and folktales with the world.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death. It's1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball. But nothing's that easy in Penny's family. For starters, she can't go swimming because her mother's afraid she'll catch polio at the pool. To make matters worse, her favorite uncle is living in a...
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Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz."
15) Ground Zero
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
16) The undefeated
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. The text is...
Author
Series
I survived volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In a national contest, readers voted and decided that the next I SURVIVED topic will be the Great Chicago Fire, 1871! In the next book of the I SURVIVED series, one boy will struggle to stay alive as the great city of Chicago burns.
Author
Series
I survived volume 15
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The battlefield was soaked in blood. Screams of injured soldiers rang through the air. Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox knelt behind a rock, his gun clutched in his shaking hands. Nate had been heading to New York City to find his father. But now he was trapped in a terrible gunfight between American and British troops. -- But King George was like a snake with America gripped in his fangs - and he didn't want to let go. So now it was war - brutal, bloody...
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