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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Dubbed a "reluctant reader" by his teacher, twelve-year-old Derek spends summer vacation learning important lessons even though he does not complete his summer reading list.
Author
Series
Kane chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
After their father's research experiment at the British Museum unleashes the Egyptian god Set, Carter and Sadie Kane embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest which brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 8
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Buried in a coffin, Cal's chances of survival are running out as fast as the air around him. Thanks to his unknown attackers, he's lost the Jewel and the Riddle, and now his life hangs in the balance. Six feet under.
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Troy's uncanny gift for predicting football plays proves a powerful secret weapon for the Atlanta Falcons, but a seedy reporter with a vendetta suspects something is going on and sets out to shred the reputations of Troy and star linebacker Seth Halloway.
Author
Series
Poison apple books volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When her great-aunt Margo arrives in New York from Romania with her collection of stuffed bats, Emma-Rose Paley, who dislikes sunshine and hates garlic, believes she has discovered a vampire in the family and that she must be one too.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
While investigating why someone is trying to force people from their homes to expand a recreation center, Sammy is distracted by the lies she must tell to cover an accident she caused, but which was blamed on her nemesis, Heather.
11) The moon dragon
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 26
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Eric and his friends must rescue their parents and other adults in their hometown from Gethwing, the moon dragon.
Author
Series
Tales from the sinister city volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When Ludlow Fitch runs away from his thieving parents in the City, he meets up with the mysterious Joe Zabbidou, who calls himself a secret pawnbroker, and who takes Ludlow as an apprentice to record the confessions of the townspeople of Pagus Parvus, where resentments are many and trust is scarce.
13) Sparrow road
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Raine spends the summer at a mysterious artists colony and discovers a secret about her past.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Unstoppable volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, are the latest guardians of the Clues -- thirty-nine ingredients in a serum that transforms whomever takes it into the most powerful person on earth. They think they've done everything right, but a tiny mistake leads to catastrophe. The serum is missing and Dan and Amy have to get it back and stop who stole it ... before it's game over.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jenny tries to find out the identity of a secret admirer who has been sending her notes, but is distracted from her mystery when her friends Felicia and Rachel become entangled in a big argument.
16) Elvis & Olive
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In spite of their differences, Natalie Wallis and Annie Beckett become friends and decide to spend their summer spying on their neighbors.
17) Shadowed summer
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Ondine, Louisiana, fourteen-year-old Iris uncovers family secrets when she conjures up the ghost of a boy missing for decades and decides to solve the mystery of his disappearance.
18) Zazoo
Author
Publisher
Graphia
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Amid old secrets revealed and rifts healed, a thirteen-year-old Vietnamese orphan raised in rural France by her aging "Grand-Pierre" learns about life, death, and love.
Author
Series
Julia Gillian volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Julia Gillian's best friend is keeping secrets, their beloved lunch lady was replaced by a tyrant, and trumpet lessons prove difficult, making it hard for her to follow the music teacher's advice to "look for the joy."
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's books
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In 1920, eleven-year-old Lillie Mae, recently orphaned, goes to live with her loving great-aunt and great-uncle in their Kentucky farm house, where she learns the truth about several secrets.
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