Louis Sachar
1) Small steps
Author
Series
Holes volume 03
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
440L
Language
English
Description
"Yum! Miss Mush is dishing out her famous Mushroom Surprise in the Wayside School cafeteria. Ron says it tastes like hot dogs and grape jelly. Clean your plate and you'll turn green in time for class picture day. Wear your craziest outfit and you'll fit right in between Maurecia in her striped bikini and Calvin, who's wearing his birthday tattoo. Say cheese!"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
"Before you enter Wayside School, you should know that it's a thirty-story building with one classroom on each floor. Mrs. Jewls teaches the class on the thirtieth story. Mis Zaves teaches the class on the nineteeth story -- except there is no nineteenth story, so there is no Miss Zarves....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Description
"Come visit Wayside School! You'll meet Bebe, the fastest draw in art class; John, who only reads upside down; Myron, the best class president ever; and Sammy, the new kid--he's a real rat."--from back cover.
5) Holes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
6) Fuzzy mud
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
If you go down to the woods today ... Well, every child knows NOT to, don't they? Tamaya is on a scholarship to the prestigious Woodridge Academy and every day she and seventh-grader Marshall walk to school together. They never go through the woods. And when they arrive at school they stop talking to each other - because Marshall can't be seen to be friends with a little kid like Tamaya. Especially not with Chad around. Chad-the-bully, who makes Marshall's...
Author
Series
Wayside School volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures and misadventures of students and staff as they cope with the effects of a large, gloomy cloud.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
David receives a curse from an elderly woman he has helped his schoolmates attack, and he learns to regret his weakness in pandering to others for the sake of popularity before new friends and a very nice girl help him to be a stronger, more assertive person.
Author
Series
Marvin Redpost volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
420L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Afraid of his new mountain bike, third-grader Marvin finds himself in a desperate situation when he accepts a challenge to ride down Suicide Hill.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Meet Marvin Redpost, the Master of Mayhem!
Kidnapped at Birth?: Marvin Redpost has finally figured out why he doesn't look like anyone in his family. He's not really Marvin Redpost—he's Robert, the lost prince of Shampoon!
Why Pick on Me?: Marvin is shunned by his classmates and teacher after he is unfairly fingered as a nose-picker by the class bully.
Is He a Girl?: Will kissing...
Kidnapped at Birth?: Marvin Redpost has finally figured out why he doesn't look like anyone in his family. He's not really Marvin Redpost—he's Robert, the lost prince of Shampoon!
Why Pick on Me?: Marvin is shunned by his classmates and teacher after he is unfairly fingered as a nose-picker by the class bully.
Is He a Girl?: Will kissing...
15) The cardturner
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From Louis Sachar, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Medal for HOLES, comes the young adult novel THE CARDTURNER, an exploration of the human condition.
How are we supposed to be partners? He can’t see the cards and I don’t know the rules!
The summer after junior year of high school looks bleak for Alton Richards. His girlfriend has dumped him to hook up with his best friend. He...
How are we supposed to be partners? He can’t see the cards and I don’t know the rules!
The summer after junior year of high school looks bleak for Alton Richards. His girlfriend has dumped him to hook up with his best friend. He...
16) Someday Angeline
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
As an eight-year-old genius in the sixth grade, Angeline is not too popular, but she tries to adjust to being different.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sideways Stories from Wayside School: Presents humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
Wayside School is falling down: The teacher pushes the new computer out of the window: what's going on here? It's just a lesson on the laws of gravity. As the outrageous fun continues, the 29 children up on the 30th floor engage in one adventure after...
Author
Series
Marvin Redpost volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
430L
Language
English
Description
Even though they have all come to school in holey clothes, Marvin and his third grade class manage to impress their surprise visitor--the President of the United States.
Author
Series
Wayside School volume 4
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Kids will have fun solving more than 50 mathematical brain teasers while reading this great collection of stories from Wayside School-where students laugh as much as they learn.