Mark Elliott
1) No talking
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass a nearly impossible test and win the hand of the neighboring princess.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When his older brother gets in serious trouble, sixth-grader Clay decides to change his own mischief-making ways, but he cannot seem to shake his reputation as a troublemaker.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnston, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illinois elementary school.
6) Extra credit
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Grayson twins are moving to a new town again. Although it's a drag to be constantly mistaken for one another, still, during those first days at a new school, there's nothing better than a twin brother. But on the first day of sixth grade, Ray stays home sick, and Jay is on his own. Jay quickly discovers a major mistake; no one at this school knows a thing about his brother. Jay almost tells a teacher, but decides that this lost information could...
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the similarities of two major league baseball players who met for the first time on May 17, 1947: Jackie Robinson, who experienced challenges because of his skin color, and Hank Greenberg, who faced challenges because of his religion.