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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Silke has an unexpected opportunity to learn what happened to her parents years before when Princess Katrin asks her to stay at the palace as a spy during a visit from the rulers of Elfenwald.--
Author
Series
Nancy Drew clue books volume 12
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a chocolate turkey--the intended prize for the winners of a Thanksgiving Day race--disappears, Nancy and her friends identify and eliminate suspects in their search for the missing confection.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 19
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
It is up to the Thea sisters to investigate when an Ecuadorian chocolate factory known for its environmental practices begins malfunctioning and the owner suspects sabotage.
7) Cocoa magic
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Eight-year-old Daniel loves helping his Great-Uncle Lewis, a chocolatier, and he secretly gifts chocolates to classmates who need cheering up. When Uncle Lewis goes away, Daniel's loneliness is obvious--and it turns out his "secret" gift-giving has been obvious too. His classmates respond with a bounty of small gifts to lift his spirits. Includes an author's note about empathy and acts of kindness."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin QUIX
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Princess Mini takes the chocolates she has made to her friend, Gobo the troll, and he takes her on an exciting, dangerous, and messy boat ride down the Chocolate River--and she encourages him to enter the beginners race at the Chocolate River Run.
Author
Series
Secret series volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Cass finds herself alone and disoriented in a dream-like world, while back at home she is in the hospital in a coma with Max-Ernest desperately searching for a way to awaken her.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 67
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"It was spring in New Mouse City! I love to celebrate the season with my fellow mice by exchanging chocolate eggs and competing in a confectionary challenge. This year, there was also a special exhibition of priceless jeweled Mouseberge eggs in town. Then the Mouseberge Egg was stolen--and it was up to me to find it! Squeak! Could I chase it down?"--Page 4 of cover.
11) Tree of Dreams
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Coco Hidden has grown up in her mother's chocolate shop in Colorado, along with her friend Leo de la Cueva, but recently things have not been going well; the shop is failing, and Leo is hanging out with the other boys, and barely wants to talk to her--but when they both win a culinary contest, the two children and their mothers find themselves on a trip to the Amazon in Ecuador, where Coco hopes to find the rare ceiba tree, and where...
Author
Series
Hooey Higgins volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012, c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hooey Higgins is desperately in love - with the humongous chocolate egg in Mr. Danson's store window, that is. Too bad he and his best friend, Twig, have nowhere near enough money to buy it. But when a shark is spotted off the coast, Hooey and Twig dream up a plan: capture the shark and charge people to view it. Brilliant!
13) Wonka
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Based on the major motion picture--an intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humor--Wonka introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time...proving that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you're lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.
Author
Series
Secret series volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
As an evil dessert chef concocts a recipe for disaster in the form of a tempting chocolate bar, Cass and Max-Ernest attempt to stop an evil organization from carrying out its plot to gain immortality and wreak havoc on the world
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Cuando viene la Abuelita de vista desde México, trae regalos que hacen a Sabrina sentirse como una princesa maya.
When Sabrina's grandmother visits from Mexico, she brings gifts that make Sabrina feel like a Mayan princess.
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