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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Adapted and illustrated for young readers. Buck, a wealthy judge's dog, leads a quiet life until he is kidnapped, sold and taken to the freezing north. Forced to become a sled dog, Buck learns to love the harsh, natural world. When the time comes, will he return to his former life as a pet, or will he embrace the call of the wild?"--Back cover.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
'On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a grinning cat and a rabbit with a pocket-watch, joins a mad tea party and plays croquet with the Queen. Lost in this fantasy land, Alice finds herself growing more and more curious by the minute'--Back cover.
7) Black Beauty
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
10) Rose in bloom
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rose Campbell's adventures with her cousins continue in this sequel to "Eight Cousins."
11) Peter Pan
Author
Language
English
Description
Peter Pan and Tinkerbell lead the three Darling children over the rooftops of London and away to Neverland - the island where the lost boys play. Magic and mischief is in the air but if villainous Captain Hook has his way, before long someone will be swimming with the crocodiles ...
13) Pollyanna
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a twelve-year-old orphan comes to live with her austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to the aunt and unloved members of the community.
16) Heidi
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the age of five, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi is fascinated by his long beard and bushy gray eyebrows. She loves her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up among the goats and birds. But one terrible day, Heidi is collected by her aunt and is made to live with a new family in town. Heidi can't bear to be away from her grandfather;...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When the unconventional English teacher who helped her conquer many of her feelings of insecurity is fired, a junior high student uses her new found courage to campaign for the teacher's reinstatement.
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