Mark Haddon
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The poetry of Mark Haddon is sure to resonate every bit as evocatively with his legions of fans as has his beloved prose. The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea is a captivating combination of lovelorn lyrics, titter-inducing comedy lines, surreal imagery, and wry social perception
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009, 1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Years ago, a little boy gazed at the moon, dizzy with the thought that he was looking at a world 200,000 miles away. As he read atlases and library books and kept clippings on astronauts orbiting the moon, he hoped and hoped that they would find a way to land there. And one extraordinary day they did, captured on his flickery TV, like giants bouncing in slow motion. When the boy fell asleep, he dreamed that he walked with them too. In this lyrical,...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A fantastical novel which reworks Shakespeare's 'Pericles' into a parable for today."--
Maja, the pregnant wife of wealthy Philippe, is killed in a plane crash but their daughter Angelica survives. Philippe's obsession with the girl's safety morphs into something sinister and grotesque as she grows into a beautiful teen. Darius, a con-artist visiting Philippe with a business proposition, encounters Angelica and decides to rescue her. The attempt...
10) Boom!
Author
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2010, 1992.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When Jim and Charlie overhear two of their teachers talking in a secret language and the two friends set out to solve the mystery, they do not expect the dire consequences of their actions.