Christina Moore
Author
Series
Young wizards volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.
3) The dare
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
Johanna, having finally gotten her wish to be part of Dennis Arthur's rich, popular crowd, has to decide how much she wants to keep Dennis as her boyfriend when he dares her to kill their teacher.
Author
Series
Young wizards volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
During a summer vacation at the beach, thirteen-year-old wizard Nita and her friend Kit assist the whale-wizard S'reee in combating an evil power.
5) Go ask Alice
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
A fifteen-year-old drug user chronicles her daily struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.
Author
Series
Young wizards volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
While Nita's sister and her dad host three young alien wizards, teenage wizards Nita and Kit travel halfway across the galaxy as part of an exchange program and find themselves again caught up in the dark doings of their nemesis, the Lone Power.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Description
"America is the greatest democracy in the world...isn't it? Author Elizabeth Rusch examines some of the more problematic aspects of our government but, more importantly, offers ways for young people to fix them"--
Author
Series
Young wizards volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While Nita mourns her mother's death, teenage wizard Kit and his dog Ponch set out to find a young autistic boy who vanished in the middle of his Ordeal, pursued by the Lone Power.
Author
Series
Young wizards volume 10
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nita, Kit and all the other young wizards are planning and practicing for a planetwide wizardry competition--but spells can go awry, unexpected dangers await, and the wizards must discover what secrets lie within themselves.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1775 fourteen-year-old Samantha, who should be wearing dresses, knows that in britches she can out-hunt her twin and out-sail her older brother near their James River home, but can she use those skills against the British when the American Revolution begins?
11) Sacagawea
Author
Language
English
Description
When Sacagawea's son asks her about her life, she isn't sure where to begin. Does she start with her birth as a Shoshoni? Her kidnapping by an enemy tribe at age eleven? Or her role as the famous guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition? She's seen and experienced more in her young life than most people ever will. Told from Sacagawea's point of view, this historical novel shares the ordeals of her youth along with the memory of her long, arduous journey...
12) Bull Run
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.