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Magic tree house. Original series volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie to the deck of the Titanic to find the mysterious gift that will free a small dog from a magic spell.
5) Frankenstein
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
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Frankenstein: Using parts from corpses, Victor Frankenstein creates a large, man-like creature. Rejected and abused by humans, the creature takes revenge by committing murder. Frankenstein then pursues the creature, determined to kill him or die in the attempt. -- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: When Dr. Henry Jekyll begins to look ill and isolates himself from his friends, they fear for his life. A mysterious evil man named Edward...
6) Rascal
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
The author recalls his carefree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
8) Pinocchio
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
The adventures of the puppet boy created by an old Italian woodcarver from a piece of wood that talked. Includes vocabulary notes in the margin, a brief biography of the author, and instructions for making a hand puppet.
9) Woodsong
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
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Description
For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.
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Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his own children, and within all of America's children"--Book jacket.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young family learns to grow a garden, describing how they prepared the soil, watered their plants, dealt with the animals who invaded their garden, and how all their hard work finally paid off as they harvested vegetables and flowers.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 11
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NYT - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
NYT - Paperback Nonfiction
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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 3
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In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and...
17) The Earth Book
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Simple text and illustrations show how children can help protect the Earth.
18) Trombone Shorty
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Hailing from the Trem©Øe neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Meet Earth. Planet Awesome! And your awesome home! Actually, Earth is home to all the plants and all the animals in the solar system, including nearly eight billion people. Humans have accidentally moved Earth's climate change into the fast lane, and she need your help to put on the brakes. Earthlings need Earth, and Earth needs Earthlings, so let's save Earth together!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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"A nonfiction picture book compilation of the stories of 13 American women who persisted in overcoming obstacles and changing the world"--Provided by publisher.
"Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted. Throughout American history, there have always been women...