Suzy Jackson
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
Author
Series
Castle Glower volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Princess Celie lives with her parents, the king and queen, and her brothers and sister at Castle Glower, which adds rooms or stairways or secret passageways most every Tuesday, and when the king and queen are ambushed while travelling, it is up to Celie--the castle's favorite--with her secret knowledge of its never-ending twists and turns, to protect their home and save their kingdom.
3) Wish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Charlie Reese is sent to live with a family she barely knows, but with the help of a skinny stray dog who captures her heart and a neighbor boy named Howard, she learns what the real meaning of family may be.
Author
Series
Castle Glower volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
After discovering a giant egg in the magical Castle Glower, Princess Celie agrees to care for the egg and what creature it hatches.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Amelia Jones always dreamed of attending the Mystwick School of Musicraft, where the world's most promising musicians learn to create magic. So when Amelia botches her audition, she thinks her dream has met an abrupt and humiliating end - until the school agrees to give her a trial period. Amelia is determined to prove herself, vowing to do whatever it takes to become the perfect musician. Even if it means pretending to be someone she isn't. Meanwhile,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Gregory Maguire turns his trademark wit and wisdom to an animal adventure about growing up, moving on, and finding community. When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a menacing owl landlord, a nosy...
Author
Series
Castle Glower volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
"Castle Glower's towers have transported Princess Celie, her siblings, and her pet griffin, Rufus, to an unknown land. As they set out on a dangerous adventure to discover their whereabouts, they find an entire lost people, divided by the wishes of two wizards in a centuries-old quarrel over their beloved home--Castle Glower"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
370L
Language
English
Description
The kids trapped in HorrorLand thought they had reason enough to panic. That was before they reached Panic Park - a perilous place that makes HorrorLand seem like HappyLand. Now they must find a way to end this scary journey, once and for all. All of HorrorLand's shocking secrets will finally be revealed ...but can the kids ever make it out alive?
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
410L
Language
English
Description
"Lizzie and Luke have uncovered secret information about the freaky amusement park. Lizzie wants to help the others, but since the twins don't trust her, they're all in a deadlock. Did someone say DEAD? A trip through the Hall of Mirrors lets the kids escape HorrorLand and enter Panic Park. Safe at last! Or are they? Why are there no exits? What's in the Tunnel of Hate? Have they been tricked again?"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives, including auditioning for the same part in the school musical, baking contest-worthy cupcakes, and becoming obsessed with "Little Women."
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Aspiring inventor and magician's apprentice, Felix Carmer III, is aided by Grit, a fiery, flightless faerie princess, in winning a magic competition, in exchange for him helping Grit investigate a string of faerie disappearances.
12) Click'd
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After spending the summer at coding camp, Allie Navarro is excited to share the app she built with her friends, until it starts to cause problems between them"--
Author
Series
Dory Fantasmagory volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Dory, the youngest in her family, is a girl with a very active imagination, and she spends the summer playing with her imaginary friend, pretending to be a dog, battling monsters, and generally driving her family nuts.
Author
Series
Dory Fantasmagory volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Dory's best friend learns to read before she does, Dory retreats into her wild imagination and finds herself in the middle of one of the babyish books she is struggling to read where she encounters imaginary friends and enemies"--
Author
Series
Twice upon a time volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Rapunzel and Prince Benjamin are both trapped, one in a tower by an evil witch, the other by his royal duties, but when their paths cross, aided by friends and a little luck, conditions change for them both.
Author
Series
Weenies short story collections volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bizarre tales of a teenager going to the school dance with a robot, a Thanksgiving dinner interrupted by turkeys looking for revenge, and other strange short stories.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty-three stories about stranded aliens, a horrifying cheesemaker, a boy with the power to make stars vanish, and other frightening things. Includes notes on how the author got his ideas for these stories.
Author
Series
Castle Glower volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
When the dangerous ancient wizard Arkwright escapes the dungeon and goes missing within the Castle, Princess Celie must find the wizard and save her family.
Author
Series
Dory Fantasmagory volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dory, nicknamed Rascal, has her first loose tooth, but her excitement turns to concern when imaginary evil robber Mrs. Gobble Gracker captures the tooth fairy.