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Author
Series
Life of a cactus volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"She has a to-do list a mile long and falling for her coworker isn't on it -- yet somehow he's become her top priority in this romantic comedy from the author of Love in the Time of Serial Killers. Lauren Fox is the bookkeeper for Cold World, a tourist destination that's always a winter wonderland despite being located in humid Orlando, Florida. Sure, it's ranked way below any of the trademarked amusement parks and maybe foot traffic could be better....
4) Joyland
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
Publisher
Universal Studios & Amblin Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-two years following the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now includes a completely functioning dinosaur theme park, as once envisioned by John Hammond. After ten years of operation and decline in visitors, a unique attraction is designed to ignite visitor's interest, which fails horribly.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 25
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Aldens search for carousel horses that have disappeared from an amusement park.
Author
Series
Five people you meet in Heaven volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eddie awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why was I here?"....
Author
Publisher
HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Papa Bear is excited about the family's trip to an amusement park, but with so many things to do he starts to worry that they may not make it to his ride before the park closes.
Author
Series
Five people you meet in Heaven volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this enchanting sequel to the No. 1 best seller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Annie - the little girl Eddie saved on Ruby Pier--and the five people she meets in heaven, where she is reunited with Eddie in a surprising and unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect"--
"In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's...
12) Zyla & Kai
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The story of how a cynic and a hopeless romantic become friends, fall in love, and break up unfolds from their different perspectives.
13) Wonder Park
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
One magical day, June is running through the woods to find her way home where she discovers an old rollercoaster car and climbs inside. She suddenly finds herself in Wonderland, an amusement park she had created in her mind and put aside. All of her rides and characters are brought to life but are falling into disarray without her. Now, with the help of her fun and lovable park characters, June will have to put the wonder back in Wonderland before...
14) Grass types
Series
Publisher
Pikachu Press, The Pokémon Company International
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Pikachu is excited that a music festival is about to start! There's just one problem--the big field is empty, and Pikachu knows that its Grass-type Pokémon friends would make a great audience. Come along as Pikachu invites Grass-type Pokémon to enjoy the music festival! Will they be able to fill the audience?"--
15) Slappy New Year!
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Ray Gordon loves to scare his younger brother, Brandon. It's not hard considering Brandon is terrified of everything--loud noises, roller coasters, and especially the wooden dummy, Slappy, that Ray got from Jonathan Chiller's HorrorLand gift shop. In order to throw his big New Year's Eve party, Ray's parents make him promise to leave Brandon alone. But strange, mean-spirited things keep happening to his little brother, and Slappy always seems to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Jillian and Jackson freak out when they suddenly can read people's thoughts. But the trick turns to terror when the twins are stalked by a strange scientist who wants to know exactly what's on their minds. Will the twins ever lead normal lives again?"--Back cover.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An accomplished executive with a troubled past navigates a new relationship with her boss . . . but she's about to learn that love is a roller coaster ride.To the world, amusement park executive Hailey Ashton is a woman on her way up. Few know that beneath her tough exterior, she leads a life of quiet emptiness in the shadow of her gorgeous sister. Then Hailey meets Tyler Scott, her wealthy, self-assured new boss and the single father...
18) Funland frights
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, and the gang are having a blast at the Funland Amusement Park. But when the machines suddenly switch gears, fun turns to fear. Will the Mystery Inc. gang be able to restore the fun at the Funland Amusement Park? Find out in this early chapter book featuring Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. team"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Welcome to LEGO® Jurassic World! Meet Claire --she loves being in charge of the park and all of the dinosaurs in it. But when an all-new dinosaur is introduced to Jurassic World, things quickly go from bad to worse after the big new dinosaur breaks loose! It's up to Claire to team up with her friends and capture this rampaging dinosaur. Will she be able to save the park from this dinosaur turned wild? Or will Claire and her friends end up as someone...
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Alexander's class is going on a field trip to an amusement park called Safety Land with really slow, boring rides--but this is Stermont, and when a weird magician tells Alexander and his friends that the roller coaster is haunted things start to get a lot more interesting.
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