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Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Thaal Sinestro, leader of the Yellow Lantern Corps and now Highlord of Qward, plans to rule the universe through fear--can Hal Jordan and the other members of the Green Lantern Corps stop him?
82) Pony party
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Helping to run a pony party for a girl's birthday, Meg, Jill, and Annie discover that the birthday girl is less than enthusiastic about horses, compelling the Pony Scouts to help the girl overcome her trepidation and enjoy her day.
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An imaginative young mouse is terrified to face her enemy in dodgeball, but with the help of her best friend and support from her mother, she not only plays the game, she proves herself a hero.
84) Pearl
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie Josh Malerman comes the legend of a strange new monster unlike any other in horror. There's something strange about Walter Kopple's farm. At first it seems to be his grandson, who cruelly murders one of Walter's pigs in an act of seemingly senseless violence. But then the rumors begin--people in town whisper that Walter's grandson heard a voice that commanded him to kill. And that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Supervillian Jonathan Crane, alias The Scarecrow, has always been afraid of birds and now he plans to use his experimental fear gas to revenge himself on Batman by terrifying Robin to death, but when his plan backfires, he finds himself more scared then ever.
86) The giant swing
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Freddy is back in a brand-new story about a visit to the county fair! What could be more fun than the county fair? Freddy and his friends can't wait to go -- but Max is sure that Freddy will be too scared to go on any of the rides. Freddy is determined to prove Max wrong... but is he brave enough to face the Giant Swing?" --
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"There are new things in Friday's house: a new bed, a new bowl, a new toy mouse. There are new smells and new noises, too. Friday is scared. What do these things mean? Is it a monster...or could it be a new little sister?"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Wonder Woman is quickly overwhelmed after she travels to another dimension to battle Circe. To conquer this sassy sorceress, Diana Prince must think back to when she left her homeland and traveled to a new world."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Batman is forced to face his fear of bats again when Man-Bat surfaces in Gotham City. To defeat the villain, Bruce Wayne must think back to how he overcame his fears when he was younger."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green--cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow--spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance...
Author
Series
Junie B. Jones series volume 15
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
La clase de Junie B. va de excursión a una granja.
When Junie B. learns that her kindergarten class is going on a field trip to a farm, she worries about being attacked by a rooster.
Author
Series
Alvin Ho volume 1
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Alvin's father takes him camping to instill a love of nature, like that of their home-town hero Henry David Thoreau, Alvin makes a new friend and learns that he can be brave despite his fear of everything.
94) Bug battle!
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles face off against Stockman-Flys new insect minions! Can Raphael overcome his fear of bugs and help his brothers?
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nia Imani is a woman out of place and outside of time. Decades of travel through the stars are condensed into mere months for her, though the years continue to march steadily onward for everyone she has ever known. Her friends and lovers have aged past her, and all she has left is work. Alone and adrift, she lives for only the next paycheck, until the day she meets a mysterious boy, fallen from the sky. A boy, broken by his past. The scarred child...
Author
Series
Squish volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Afraid to go to horror movies with his friend, Pod, Squish the amoeba feels better after learning that even comic book superheroes get scared sometimes.
97) Hanging corpses
Author
Publisher
Jay Bower
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From demons to cannibals... Fifteen horrific tales explore vast landscapes of terror whether it's the woods at the end of the street or the icy reaches of space. Nothing is off limits. Fear creeps through the tales and threatens to make the nightmares a reality. Delve into Hanging Corpses and prepare to commune with the dead. They await your company."--
99) Maya
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The electricity in Maya's house has gone out again. Worse, she is afraid of the dark -- and her fear has been even worse since her father died. Now it feels as if the darkness will never go away. Mayas mother distracts her with a legend about the banyan tree, which saved the world from the first monsoon by drinking up the floodwaters, and growing tall and strong. Later that night, unsettled by the noises around her, Maya revisits the story in her...
100) Heavy hitters
Author
Series
Game changers volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Ben and his friends, the Core Four Plus One, are so excited to play in their town's All-Star Baseball league. But in the first game of the season Ben gets hit by a pitch. It's never happened to him before and it shakes him up. Another player on Ben's team, Justin, is acting really weirdly. Ben has known Justin for a while and they're friendly but he's not one of Ben's closest "boys." Justin is the team's best hitter but his behavior on and off the...
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