Kate Banks
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Baz becomes apprentice to a powerful but kind magician, he makes a long journey across the desert and into the mountains, ultimately discovering himself by learning to dispel illusions.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lester has just moved to Cape Cod and is starting in a new school, and George is missing his best friend who has moved away, but the two develop a friendship and learn about scientific experimentation when they start working on a school science project, testing psychic ability in dogs, based on an experiment developed by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the summer that he turns ten years old, Dillon Dillon learns the surprising story behind his name and develops a relationship with three loons, living on the lake near his family's New Hampshire cabin, that help him make sense of his life.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Lenny gets in trouble and has no friends because he cannot control himself in school and his interests are not like those of his classmates, until he starts visiting Muriel, a counselor, and meets Van, a boy his age who has leukemia.