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1) The BFG
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants, rather than the BFG she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help...
Author
Series
Themis files volume 1
Language
English
Description
"17 years ago: A girl in South Dakota falls through the earth, then wakes up dozens of feet below ground on the palm of what seems to be a giant metal hand. Today: She is a top-level physicist leading a team of people to understand exactly what that hand is, where it came from, and what it portends for humanity. A swift and spellbinding tale told almost exclusively through transcriptions of interviews conducted by a mysterious and unnamed character,...
Author
Series
Princess in Black volume 8
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Princess in Black is ready for her snowy playdate with the Goat Avenger and the Princess in Blankets. It's a perfect day to build snow monsters and battle them for practice. But just when they're about to wage battle, a huge foot smashes their snow monster. "SQUASHY!" It's a giant, and it's smashing everything in its path! The giant is too strong for the three friends, so the Princess in Blankets has an idea: it's time to light the Sparkle Signal...
5) Abiyoyo
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Banished from the town for making mischief, a little boy and his father are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant Abiyoyo disappear.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Six-year-old Lexy Tanz loves dancing so much that she wants to share her skills with others, and when she is becoming discouraged because no one wants lessons from a girl so small, a herd of hairy giants arrives to test her teaching ability.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A modern fable, The Lonely Giant is a story of conserving the environment, friendship and freedom. The forest giant likes nothing better than smashing, bashing and pulling up trees. But when all the animals run away in fear, the giant finds himself so very sad and lonely. How he misses the crackling warmth of a fire; how he misses the sweet, melodious songs of the birds! Can the lonely giant find a way to bring back the woodland bloom, and even make...
9) Wilfred
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Wilfred, a big, hairy, and lonesome giant, enters a town full of tiny bald people, he finds only one friend but that proves to be enough when the other townspeople trick him out of his warm hair.
11) The giant of Jum
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A hungry giant wants to eat Jack for a snack but is waylaid by other children who need his help.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When Jack is sent to market to sell his family's cow, he makes a trade for some magical beans, much to his mother's chagrin. To Jack's surprise, the beans grow into a giant beanstalk. Jack climbs all the way up and encounters a frightening giant. But when the giant is fast asleep, Jack climbs up and steals his treasures.
14) A giant mess
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Molly learns the importance of cleaning up when she encounters a messy, stubborn giant.
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy -- after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera -- it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can't blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. With its streaming bronze dragon figurehead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't appear friendly. Annabeth hopes that the sight of...
Author
Series
Lost years of Merlin volume Prequel
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When a terrible attack forces young, peace-loving giant Shim and his mother to flee the magical isle of Fincayra and a wager shrinks him down to the size of a man's knee, they must embark on a perilous journey to reach the only person who could possibly help them, the mysterious Domnu.
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The story of a child confronting a man-eating giant or witch is told the world over. These heroes go by many names and might be average in size or no bigger than a thumb. Though they're often scorned for being the youngest and smallest, they're well-armed with cleverness and courage --
Author
Series
Hildafolk (Novels) volume 1
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When the tiny, invisible elves start harassing Hilda and her mother, Hilda must negotiate peace with the magical creatures so she doesn't have to move to Trolberg City.
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