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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
While fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes endeavors to save her friend Lady Cecily Alistair from an unwelcome arranged marriage, she meets with some assistance from her older brother, Sherlock, and interference by the eldest, Mycroft.
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When first-grader Roscoe discovers that his stuffed pig is missing from his backpack, he accuses the class bully of "pig-napping" and gets even by taking the bully's teddy bear.
4) La La Rose
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
La La Rose, a young girl's stuffed rabbit, gets lost in Luxembourg Gardens.
6) One mitten
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One mitten can do many things, but when the second mitten is found, it is time to go outside and have fun.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Emily Elizabeth Davis has been told for her entire life that her destiny is to become a poet, just like her famous namesake, Emily Dickinson. But Emily doesn't even really like poetry, and she has a secret career ambition that she suspects her English-professor mother will frown on. Then, just after discovering that it contains an important family secret, she loses the special volume of Emily Dickinson's poetry that was given to her...
8) Zoobreak
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue.
Author
Series
Lyle the crocodile (Bernard Waber) volume 8
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
At Christmas time, Lyle the crocodile helps Mr. Grumps search for his missing cat Loretta.
11) Dog gone!
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A dog runs away after getting in trouble, only to be helped home by some friendly strays.
Author
Series
Penny (Kevin Henkes) volume 3
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Penny feels guilty after taking a beautiful blue marble that she sees in Mrs. Goodwin's grass, but gets a pleasant surprise when she goes to return it the next day.
13) Hat
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When Henry finds a hat he is very excited by its possibilities, but becomes worried when he thinks that the hat might belong to someone else.
14) Snow music
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a dog gets loose from the house on a snowy day, his owner searches for him and experiences the sounds of various animals and things in the snow.
Author
Series
Horrible Harry volume 18
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Horrible Harry's pet cat, Googer, sneaks a ride and gets into the school building, third-graders Harry and Doug have to catch him before anyone else does, which means going into some forbidden places.
17) Spot, the cat
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In this wordless picture book, a cat named Spot ventures out an open window and through a city on a journey, while his owner tries to find him.
18) Found
Author
Series
Bear and bunny (Salina Yoon) volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury/Walker
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Upon finding a toy rabbit in the forest, Bear tries his very best to return it to its home but by the time its owner appears, Bear has become attached to Bunny.
Author
Series
Critter club volume 1
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During Spring Break, mystery lover Amy looks for clues to the disappearance of wealthy Ms. Sullivan's Saint Bernard puppy.
20) The Lending Zoo
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Overseeing a "zoo-brary" that lends out all types of animals, librarian Miss Perkins discovers that the tiger has gone missing, a disappearance that triggers a citywide search alongside a new friend.
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