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Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The fun begins when Grandma and Grandpa send invitations to their far-flung, modern, and multiracial family: Come to our house for the holidays--and bring your favorite pie! Off everyone goes, driving down snowy roads, riding the train, boarding a plane ... even sailing along in a hot-air balloon.
44) Teacup
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A boy travels across the sea in a rowboat in search of a new home, making a journey that is long and difficult--but also filled with beauty and hope"--
50) Train
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Board a commuter train in New York, then follow the journey west and see the stations, the scenery, the different types of trains, and all the people who travel and work on the railroad system.
52) The bird king
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From award-winning author G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King is an epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was an NPR and Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and it established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. Now she delivers The Bird King , a stunning new novel that tells the story of Fatima, a concubine in...
Author
Series
Johannes Cabal volume 2
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Stealing the identity of a minor bureaucrat after reclaiming his soul from the Devil, Johannes Cabal escapes aboard a passenger aeroship before encountering an enemy from his past with whom he is forced to collaborate to solve a murder.
Author
Series
Kane chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Ever since the gods of ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister Sadie have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods haven't given them much time to master their skills at Brooklyn House. Now their most threatening enemy yet, the chaos snake Apophis, is rising. If they don't prevent him from breaking free in a few days' time, the world...
56) Here I am!
Author
Publisher
Biblioasis
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes I forget that my Mum is dead. But that is probably better than remembering. When Frankie's mother dies, the six-year-old comes up with a plan: go to France, find a police station, and ask the officers to ring his father--and so begins Giller-nominated Pauline Holdstock's eighth novel. Narrated in turns by Frankie, who likes cheese, numbers, the sea when it's pink and "smooth like counting," and being alone when he feels bad, and a cast...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An irresistible account of bread, bread baking, and one home baker's journey to master his craft. In 2009, journalist Samuel Fromartz was offered the assignment of a lifetime: to travel to France to work in a boulangerie. So began his quest to hone not just his homemade baguette, which later beat out professional bakeries to win the "Best Baguette of D.C.," but his knowledge of bread from seed to table. For the next four years, Fromartz traveled across...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Celebrating thirty years of "Where's Waldo?", this exclusive anniversary edition showcases Waldo's most amazing adventures. Journey with him as he revisits twelve terrific destinations, each one with a brand-new game and more searches. Wow! HAVE YOU FOUND WALDO YET?"--back cover
59) A clash of kings
Author
Series
Song of ice and fire volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 49
Language
English
Description
Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon are dead, both victims of royal treachery. Chaos reigns in the wake of their deaths as six factions battle for the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms.
Author
Series
Leven Thumps volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
As Leven, Geth, and Winter continue their quest to save Foo from the invading armies of rants, a new threat arrives, the Dearth.
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