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1) Maniac Magee
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might havelived a normal life if a trolley accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run-- and not just run away, but run. And this is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his amazing and legendary feats.
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Three rancheros volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, twelve-year-old Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and her eccentric grandmother) and find a way home.
When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana figures that it is only a matter of time before Granny changes her mind and they come back home. After all,...
3) Heidi
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Orphaned Heidi is sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Alps, but soon grows to love the mountains. When she is taken to Frankfurt, her homesickness and a new friendship with a disabled girl called Clara lead to an extraordinary turn of events"--
4) Oliver Twist
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
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For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on "climbing boys" - orphans owned by chimney sweeps - to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless, and dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived, and a girl. With her wits and will, she's managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead,...
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Boxcar children volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While on a bicycle trip to their aunt's farm, the four Aldens help solve a mystery.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
The Alden family rents a houseboat to drift down the river, and encounters a mystery in the little towns along the river, involving a fast black car.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 16
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
A friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand are ingredients for the Aldens' latest mystery.
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Series
Boxcar children mysteries volume 32
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When the Alden children accompany their grandfather to the Snow Haven Lodge, a series of odd occurrences threaten to disrupt the annual winter games.
14) Mystery Ranch
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Series
Boxcar children volume 4
Pub. Date
[1986]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Grandpa Alden's sister, Jane, is not feeling very well, and it's the Alden girls who go to care for her. Soon a mystery begins to unfold and the clues are everywhere; from the stranger on the train, to the beautiful yellow rocks on Aunt Jane's ranch. When Henry and Benny come out to join the girls, the four children find themselves unravelling the intriguing mystery.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 8
Pub. Date
[1963]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The children, who are spending the summer in a lighthouse on the New England coast, are disturbed by a mysterious woman walking the lighthouse grounds. Jessie's dog Watch wakes up growling almost every evening at midnight, and Henry finds a puzzling note in the sand.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 10
Pub. Date
[1965]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Grandpa Alden and the Alden children encounter danger, excitement, adventure, and mystery in a quiet island fishing village.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 11
Pub. Date
[1966]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children have an adventure as they journey along with the Little North Railroad in two cabooses rented for the summer by their grandfather.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 5
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The entire town of Yellow Sands is left puzzled by a mysterious fire.
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