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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates the story of two early-twentieth-century cousins who believed they saw real fairies, created photographs using paper cutouts when they were teased by adult family members, and inadvertently drew the attention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a fellow believer.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1963, as Kizzy Ann prepares for her first year at an integrated school, she worries about the color of her skin, the scar running from the corner of her right eye to the tip of her smile, and whether anyone at the white school will like her. She writes letters to her new teacher in a clear, insistent voice, stating her troubles and asking questions with startling honesty. The new teacher is supportive, but not everyone feels the same, so there...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
An ambitious Stone Age man demands a talisman that will harden his heart, allowing him to take control of his tribe. Against better judgment, the tribe's magic man creates the Flint Heart, but the cruelty of it causes the destruction of the tribe. Thousands of years later, the talisman reemerges to corrupt first a boy's father, an innocent fairy creature, and a familial badger.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Agatha is a Hawk, brave and fierce, who patrols the high walls of her island home. She takes pride in her duties, though some in her clan whisper that she has only been given them to keep her out of the way, because of the condition she was born with. Jaime, thoughtful and anxious, is an Angler, but he hates the sea. To make matters worse, he's been chosen for a duty that has been outlawed by the clan for generations: to marry. The elders won't say...
7) Button down
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2013], ℗2012
Language
English
Description
Tugs Button's cousin Ned wants to be a football player, and although his size and a bully who keeps him and his friends out of their games stand in the way, Ned's eccentric Grandpa Ike and his own ability may give him his chance.
8) Shadowghast
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When townspeople start disappearing after the arrival of a magician who knows about his past, Henry must separate truth from sleight-of-hand to solve the mystery of the Shadowghast lantern before they are all swallowed by darkness"--
9) Zora and me
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2011], ℗2010
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston's childhood with her best friend Carrie, in Eatonville, Florida, as they learn about life, death, and the differences between truth, lies, and pretending. Includes an annotated bibliography of the works of Zora Neale Hurston, a short biography of the author, and information about Eatonville, Florida.
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