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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.
2) 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.
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
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.
7) Happy paws
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While Layla and her three Bots (Beep, Boop, and Bop) are setting up for their rock band's performance, she gets some bad news, Happy Days Amusement Park is closing; Layla thinks she has the perfect solution: turn the place into an amusement park for dogs--but the new rides have to pass a safety inspection before Happy Paws Amusement Park can open.
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.
11) 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
Boxcar children volume 131
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"The Aldens visit the shore in New Jersey and help out at an amusement pier that is rumored to be unsafe"--
13) Jurassic World
Author
Series
Publisher
PI Kids, Phoenix International Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Author
Series
Futureland volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Cam Walker, the 12-year-old son of the creators of a traveling theme park called Futureland, must stop an unknown enemy from stealing his parent's cutting-edge technology and using it for sinister purposes.
16) A new adventure!
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When June Bailey discovers the amusement park she always imagined has come to life, she must work together with the animals who run her park in order to save it from forces that threaten to destroy it.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When they get lost on their way to Zoo Gardens Theme Park, the Morris family instead finds Horrorland, an amusement park with no crowds, no lines, and heart-stopping rides that go beyond creepy.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Do you want to fly in the sky with a winged reptile? Are you up to racing against dinosaurs? Are you ready to learn from the greatest dinosaur trainer of all time? If you answered YES to any of the above, then you are ready to survive Jurassic World! I'm Owen Grady, and I'm here to take you on a dino-tastic adventure. So strap on your boots, hop on your bike, and stick with me if you don't want to go extinct!"--Back cover.
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