Greg Call
Author
Series
Sixty-eight rooms adventures volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Ruthie thinks nothing exciting will ever happen to her until her sixth-grade class visits the Art Institute of Chicago, where she and her best friend Jack discover a magic key that shrinks them to the size of gerbils and allows them to explore the Thorne Rooms--the collection of sixty-eight miniature rooms from various time periods and places--and discover their secrets.
Author
Series
Sixty-eight rooms adventures volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Chicago sixth-graders Jack and Ruthie return to the Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago and once again go back in time while trying to stop an art thief from endangering the miniature rooms.
Author
Series
Last dogs volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
When all humans in his world disappear, Max, a yellow Labrador Retriever, searches for Madame Curie who, he knows, will help find his people but as he and friends Rocky and Gizmo search, they face angry wolves, a gang of subway rats, and the Corporation, a supposed "perfect" society for dogs.
Author
Series
House of secrets (Chris Columbus) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic.
Author
Series
Familiars volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
With Vastia under attack from Paksahara's zombie army, the familiars Aldwyn the cat, Skylar the blue jay, and Gilbert the tree frog must gather seven descendants from the most ancient and powerful animals in the queendom to bring Paksahara down.
Author
Series
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Realizing that Molly and the other Starcatchers are in danger when the sinister being Lord Ombra visits the island and seems to control people through their shadows, Peter and Tinker Bell travel to England to help save the stardust.
Author
Series
Sixty-eight rooms adventures volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth graders Jack and Ruthie return in their third adventure in the Art Institute of Chicago's magical Thorne Rooms! During a school presentation, Ruthie and Jack discover that their classmate Kendra is descended from Phoebe Monroe, the young slave they befriended when they traveled to 19th-century South Carolina. Kendra tells them that long ago her family lost their good name and their business selling herbal remedies when mobsters...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this action-packed third installment in the Starcatchers series, Peter and Molly find themselves in the dangerous land of Rundoon, ruled by an evil king who enjoys watching his pet snake consume those who displease him. But that's just the beginning of problems facing our heroes, who once again find themselves pitted against the evil shadow-creature Lord Ombra in a struggle to save themselves, not to mention the planet
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Lucy, a milkmaid, and her best friend Wynston, a reluctant prince, go in search of information about Lucy's missing mother--even though Wynston is supposed to be searching for a proper princess to marry.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
James, one of Peter's original Lost Boys, is now working for Scotland Yard and suspects that the heir to England's throne, Prince Albert Edward, is under the influence of shadow creatures who are after starstuff hidden in an underground vault which has only one key: the Sword of Mercy. Molly is determined to help, but when she suddenly goes missing, it's up to her eleven-year-old daughter, Wendy, to keep the starstuff out of the creatures' clutches...
Author
Series
House of secrets (Chris Columbus) volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Since the siblings' last adventure, life in the Walker household is much improved -- the family is rich and the Wind Witch is banished. But no Walker will be safe until she is found. Summoning her to San Francisco brings all the danger that comes with her, and puts the Walkers in the crosshairs of a mysterious journey through Denver Kristoff's books. As the Walkers travel from ancient Rome to World War II to Tibet, they are tested in ways that cut...
Author
Series
House of secrets (Chris Columbus) volume 3
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"With their last adventure just barely over, the Walker kids thought life would finally go back to normal. But things don't remain calm for long... especially when the colossus Fat Jagger turns up in San Francisco Bay--and he's in danger! With the police closing in, the Walkers must figure out how to save their giant friend. When a frost beast is spotted in Santa Rosa--and more mystical creatures start appearing all over America--it's soon clear that...