Hilary McKay
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
When Abi's father marries Max and Louis's mom, their families start over together. Abi suddenly finds herself the middle child, expected to share far too much-especially with grubby little Louis. Then they move into an eerie, ivy-covered house, big enough for all of them. But for the children, strange things start to happen in that house. Abi reads alone, and finds herself tumbling so deep into books, they almost seem real. Louis summons comfort...
Author
Series
Lulu (Hilary McKay) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young girl who loves animals brings an abandoned duck egg to school, even though her teacher has banned her from bringing animals to school ever again.
Author
Series
Lulu (Hilary McKay) volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seven-year-old Lulu and her cousin think their vacation house is the most perfect place ever until they find a trouble-prone, stray dog living on the beach. Everyone in town thinks the dog is trouble. But Lulu is sure he just needs a friend. An that he's been waiting for someone just like her.
Author
Series
Casson family volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
After learning that she was adopted, thirteen-year-old Saffron's relationship with her eccentric, artistic family changes, until they help her go back to Italy where she was born to find a special momento of her past.
Author
Series
Lulu (Hilary McKay) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
""When Lulu rescues a wild hedgehog in a storm, she knows she can't keep it as a pet--it wants to roam free. So she and her cousin Mellie come up with the neighborhood Hedgehog Club to keep it safe"--Provided by publisher"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The lives of two sets of best friends, Kate and Ruby in England and Erik and Hans in Germany, as well as a stray dog in London are brought together in unexpected ways during World War II"--Title verso page.
Author
Series
Lulu (Hilary McKay) volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Lulu's next-door neighbor doesn't seem to be looking after his rabbit properly, Lulu and her cousin Mellie devise a scheme to make him pay more attention to his pet"--
Author
Series
Casson family volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spurred on by his youngest sister, Rose, twelve-year-old Indigo sticks up for himself and an American boy who has replaced him as the primary target of the school bullies.
Author
Series
Lulu (Hilary McKay) volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Seven-year-old Lulu adopts a hamster and must keep it a secret from her grandmother when she and her cousin Mellie spend the night"--
10) Binny for short
Author
Series
Binny Cornwallis volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Binny struggles to cope with her father's death and the loss of her beloved dog while she adjusts to a new home that might be haunted by her horrible Aunt Violet.
Author
Series
Lulu (Hilary McKay) volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a mysterious bag is left on Lulu's doorstep, the last thing her grandmother expects to be in it is a cat--a huge, neon orange cat. But Lulu knows this cat doesn't mean any harm and in fact it needs a lovely new home"--
12) Caddy's world
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Caddy's world turns upside down when her father, Bill, temporarily becomes a stay at home "mom" and her best friends since kindergarten, Ali, Beth, and Ruby, begin to move in different directions.
13) Permanent Rose
Author
Series
Casson family volume 03
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While trying to reconnect with her friend Tom, who has returned to the United States without leaving a forwarding address, eight-year-old Rose inadvertently discovers the identity of her adopted sister Saffy's father.
14) Skylarks' War
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Boston Globe Best Book of 2018
A Horn Book Best Book of 2018
"Vivid, hilarious, and heartbreaking." —Elizabeth Wein, New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity
"The best children's book I've read this year." —Katherine Rundell, Boston Globe–Horn Book Award–winning author of Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
"A near-miraculous...
A Horn Book Best Book of 2018
"Vivid, hilarious, and heartbreaking." —Elizabeth Wein, New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity
"The best children's book I've read this year." —Katherine Rundell, Boston Globe–Horn Book Award–winning author of Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
"A near-miraculous...
16) The Amber Cat
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While recovering from chicken pox,Robin and his friends are drawn into his mother's story about the adventures she and her friends had years ago with an unusual girl who mysteriously appeared on the nearby beach. Sequel to: DOG FRIDAY
17) Forever Rose
Author
Series
Casson family volume 05
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
As Christmas approaches, eleven-year-old Rose, the youngest member of the eccentric Casson family, discovers that life is filled with both catastrophic problems and wonderful surprises.
18) Jodie
Author
Language
English
Description
Trapped and alone on the salt marshes, Jodie is troubled by a haunting presence in this eerily atmospheric ghost story from multi-award-winning author Hilary McKay Trapped and alone on the salt marshes, Jodie is troubled by a haunting presence in this eerily atmospheric ghost story from multi-award-winning author Hilary McKay. Jodie never wanted to come on the residential trip to the field centre. A loner at school, she's forced into a dormitory with...
19) Dog Friday
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Robin Brogan is determined to keep the dog he finds abandoned on the beach from being impounded by the police.