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Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Sparky the special figment agent delivers all the mail in the very orderly Fantastic Bureau of Imagination, until one day when all the unshared ideas in the world overflow and threaten to topple the whole building"--
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1985, c1969
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The prime minister is compiling a dictionary and when no one at court can agree on the meaning of delicious, the king sends his twelve-year-old messenger to poll the country.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. This is the story of a young woman's struggle to unburden herself of the past and chart her own destiny in a world of secrets. As assistant to Mangkon's most celebrated mapmaker, twelve-year-old Sai plays the part of a well-bred young lady with a glittering future. In reality, her father is a conman - and in a kingdom where the status of one's ancestors dictates their social position, the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A Yoto Original adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. The perfect introduction to this swashbuckling story for young listeners. Narrated by Greg Lockett, and brought to life with music, sound effects, and a full cast.
Jim Hawkins' world turns upside down the moment a seafaring captain checks into his family's inn carrying a secret map leading to buried treasure. With the help of Squire Trewlaney and Dr. Livesey, Jim sets sail...
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"One Christmas Eve night, Clara enters the Four Realms. There she watches a ballet that tells her the story of how this mysterious world of sweets, snowflakes, flowers, and amusements came to be. Clara learns the Fourth Realm is unstable, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger. But when Clara goes on a mission to save the day, she finds that while the story was beautiful, it may not have been entirely true. It will be up to her to change the dancer's tale...
Author
Series
Misewa saga volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Canada
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three bear cubs of different species are united for the first time as they begin their long journey in search of destiny, hope, and what it truly means to be a bear in the wild.
Author
Series
Up-and-under volume 1
Publisher
Tor Com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Avery is an exceptional child. Everything he does is precise, from the way he washes his face in the morning, to the way he completes his homework--without complaint, without fuss, without prompt. Zib is also an exceptional child, because all children are, in their own way. But where everything Avery does and is can be measured, nothing Zib does can possibly be predicted, except for the fact that she can always be relied upon to be unpredictable....
11) Spirit wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When earthquakes and erupting volcanoes strike the Beyond, Faolan and the other surviving wolves must head for the Distant Blue, where they hope to find a new home.
12) Loose threads
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Leilah lives in an idyllic village, where everything has its place. It's as beautiful and perfect as the scenes in her grandmother's embroidery. But some believe that just on the flipside of this orderly village lies the Other Side -- a messy and wild world, filled with merry inhabitants and strange beasts. Leilah often visits just such a place in her dreams. Lila is constantly losing things, and when her mom demands an explanation, Lila decides that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer Bray
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Life is tough for twelve-year-old orphan Adia. Her aunt and uncle believe she's an ogbanje, a demon-possessed child that brings misfortune wherever they go, and Adia can't disagree, especially when she suddenly manifests mysterious powers that she can't control, causing an earthquake in her village. So when Adia is offered a kitchen apprenticeship at the faraway Academy of Shamans, she flees with nothing but a pouch of change, her cat Bubbles, and...
Author
Series
Lost Wonderland diaries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Celia and Tyrus discover the four lost diaries of Charles Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll), they are pulled into Wonderland and must solve riddles and puzzles to stop the Queen of Hearts from opening a door and taking over our world"--
Author
Series
Greenwild volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Daisy Thistledown is on the run. Her mother has been keeping big, glittering secrets, and now she has vanished. Daisy knows it's up to her to find Ma-- but someone is hunting her across London. Someone determined to stop her from discovering the truth. So when Daisy flees to safety through a mysterious hidden doorway, she can barely believe her eyes--she has stepped out of the city and into another world. This is the Greenwild. Bursting...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Attention cadets! This Wonderbolts Academy Handbook once belonged to Rainbow Dash! Along with valuable information on how to become a Wonderbolt, our stellar Pegasus pony added her own notes to help you along. The lessons in here have been passed down for generations, with each generation refining these lessons to better serve you and the institution. You will have much to learn and all staff and senior members of the Wonderbolts are more than willing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Licenses
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's time to strike back against The Pencil in the sky! Pencilmate gathers all of his friends, Pencilmiss, Granny, and Mini Big Guy to help him find The Pencil's greatest weakness. After several sketchy moments that The Pencil draws around them, they eventually fall off the page and into a strange, new world. Our world. Who will win? Pencilmate or The Pencil? You're going to have to read and find out! "--Publisher's website.
Author
Series
Cameron Battle volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cameron Battle grew up reading The Book of Chidani, cherishing stories about the fabled kingdom that cut itself off from the world to save the Igbo people from danger. Passed down over generations, the Book is Cameron's only connection to his parents who disappeared one fateful night, two years ago. Ever since, his grandmother has kept the Book locked away, but it calls to Cameron. When he and his best friends Zion and Aliyah decide to open it again,...
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