Gary Paulsen
1) The crossing
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Manny, a street kid fighting for survival in a Mexican border town, develops a strange friendship with an emotionally disturbed American soldier who decides to help him get across the border.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fueled by a passion for running dogs, Gary Paulsen entered the Iditarod-the eleven hundred and eighty mile sled-dog race through the Alaskan wilderness-in dangerous ignorance and with a fierce determination. For seventeen days, he and his team of dogs endured blinding wind, snowstorms, frostbite, dogfights, moose attacks, sleeplessness, hallucinations-and the relentless push to go on. Winterdance is the enthralling account of a "stunning wilderness...
4) The Foxman
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Description
A town boy sent to live on a remote wilderness farm forms a friendship with an elderly , disfigured man who teaches him many things.
6) The Island
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Wil discovers himself and the wonders of nature when he leaves home to live on an island in northern Wisconsin.
8) The car
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.
9) The Monument
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Rocky knows that her dark skin and leg brace make her stand out and are what kept her from adopted fro so long. So when she finally arrives at her new home in Bolton, Knasas, she feels she has lucked out, even if she is a little bored.
11) The glass cafe
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1500L
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Tony, a talented artist, begins sketching the dancers at the Kitty Kat Club where his mother is an exotic dancer, it sparks the attention of social services.
13) Tiltawhirl John
Author
Pub. Date
1990.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
A fifteen-year-old runaway discovers that a carnival's razzle-dazzle doesn't shield it from the cruelties of life.