Suzanne Toren
2) Ruby Holler
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.
Author
Series
All-of-a-kind family volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
The adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family in New York in the early twentieth century.
4) Eggs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a child goes missing from the Orphan House in the town of Stone-in-the-Glen, the mayor suggests the kindly Ogress is responsible, but the orphans do not believe that and try to make their deluded neighbors see the real villain among them"--Title verso page.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby left on the doorstep of her family's boarding house, and sets out to unravel the surrounding mysteries.
Author
Series
Secret series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
In this tooth-rotting adventure, Cass's mom has been kidnapped by the sinister, blind chef and chocolatier, Senor Hugo. The ransom is the legendary Tuning Fork. Can Cass and Max-Ernest find the magical instrument before it's too late?
Author
Series
All-of-a-kind family volume 3
Language
English
Description
Records the amusing experiences of five girls and their younger brother as they grow up during the early-nineteenth century.
9) Schooled
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.
Author
Series
Secret series volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Cass finds herself alone and disoriented in a dream-like world, while back at home she is in the hospital in a coma with Max-Ernest, who is desperately searching for a way to awaken her.
Author
Series
Secret series volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
When a mummy disappears from the local history museum while Cass and her friends Max-Ernest and Yo-Yoji are there, they try to solve the case in order to clear their names and, they hope, discover the Secret they have been seeking.
Author
Series
All-of-a-kind family volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Jules comes to see her after his return from the war, Ella finds it difficult to have some time alone with him.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-olds Tripti Kapoor, a feisty "word nerd" from Massachusetts, and Sam Cohen, a shy, imaginative, budding geologist from California, are both miserable at Camp Dilloway, a summer camp in upstate New York. On the last night of camp, they follow a shooting star to a quiet creek. There they find two silvery rocks glowing in the night. They each take one home, and their long-distance friendship begins. It's soon clear that these are no ordinary...