Adam Verner
Author
Series
York (Laura Ruby) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Language
English
Description
"It was 1798 when the Morningstarr twins arrived in New York with a vision for a magnificent city: towering skyscrapers, dazzling machines, and winding train lines, all running on technology no one had ever seen before. Fifty-seven years later, the enigmatic architects disappeared, leaving behind for the people of New York the Old York Cipher -- a puzzle laid into the shining city they constructed, at the end of which was promised a treasure beyond...
2) The big game
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
It was April 5, 1943, and the Gestapo would arrive any minute. Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been expecting this day for a long time. He had put his papers in order -- and left a few notes specifically for Hitler's men to see. Two SS agents climbed the stairs and told the boyish-looking Bonhoeffer to come with them. He calmly said good-bye to his parents, put his Bible under his arm, and left. Upstairs there was proof, in his own handwriting, that this...
Author
Series
Terrible two volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
As the Terrible Two face the end of their time together in Yawnee Valley, they are determined to pull a prank that changes the town forever.
Author
Series
Terrible two volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Miles Murphy had it made. He lived in a great town near the ocean, he had two best friends, and most importantly, he had a reputation for being his town's best prankster. All of which explains why he's not happy to bemoving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that's famous for one thing and one thing only: cows. Worse than that, Miles quickly discovers that Yawnee Valley already has a prankster - and a great one. If Miles is going to take the title from...
Author
Series
Terrible two volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
"Friends and pranking partners Miles and Niles face a tough challenge when their favorite goat and nemesis, Principal Barkin, is replaced by his stern, no-nonsense father, Principal Barkin Senior, who turns the school into boot camp" --
Author
Series
Terrible two volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
"School's out, and Miles and Niles are running wild in the woods outside town: climbing trees, exploring caves, and, yes, pranking. But these leafy, lazy days of mischief darken when bully Josh Barkin and his cadets from a nearby kids' boot camp discover the merrymakers--and vow to destroy them."--
Author
Series
York (Laura Ruby) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"It was only a few weeks ago that the Biedermann twins, Tess and Theo, along with their friend Jaime Cruz, followed the secrets of the Morningstarrs' cipher further than anyone had in its century-and-a-half history --and destroyed their beloved home in the process. But the Old York Cipher still isn't solved. The demolition of 354 W. 73rd Street only revealed the next clue in the greatest mystery of the modern world, and if Tess, Theo, and Jaime want...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Captured by the Confederate Army in 1863 during the American Civil War, Union soldiers Colonel Thomas Rose and Major A.G. Hamilton are sent to infamous Libby Prison, where they resolve to escape tortuous conditions.
12) Venom and song
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Trapped in Allyra by the evil Spider King, seven young Elf lords raised on Earth must learn to control their new-found powers, follow mysterious clues left by the Old Ones, and learn to work together to find the Keystone that might save the Elves and their allies.
13) The map of stars
Author
Series
York (Laura Ruby) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"It was only a few days ago that Tess Biedermann, Theo Biedermann, and Jaime Cruz, along with a mysterious figure from the past, managed to survive an assault on the location of the latest clue in the Morningstarr cipher--and, in the process, made a shocking discovery about their own connection to this one-hundred-sixty-year-old enigma. Now the friends are divided. Tess and Theo have no idea what the photo they found in Greenwood Cemetery means, but...
Author
Series
Spooksville volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cindy is playing by the ocean with her younger brother, Neil, when a ghost appears out of nowhere and grabs the little boy and carries him away. Cindy tries to tell people what happened, but everyone assumes that Neil drowned. Cindy is left heartbroken, with no one to help her find her brother. Until Sally reads about what happened. Sally believes in ghosts-and she knows there are plenty of them to be found in Spooksville. With Adam and Watch, Sally...
15) The secret path
Author
Series
Spooksville volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Prepare to go down a scary path in this first book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike's Spooksville series.
Adam has just moved to the small town of Springville. His first day there, he meets Sally, who tells him the town's real name is Spooksville because of all the spooky things that go on. Adam doesn't believe her—until they go in search of the Secret Path, a magical path that leads to other Spooksvilles.
16) The cold people
Author
Series
Spooksville volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Adam and his friends are exploring the forest near Spooksville when they come across huge blocks of ice hidden among the trees. They decide to melt one, but when they do, a strange man comes out of the ice and tries to grab them. The man has very cold hands, and his eyes aren't too warm either! Soon there of dozens of Cold People running around Spooksville freezing everyone. It seems nothing can stop them. But Adam and his friends have an idea that...
Author
Series
Spooksville volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Adam and his friends stay up late one night, they see bright lights in the sky lights that look an awful lot like flying saucers! Then the next night, one of the saucers lands by the reservoir. The creatures that come out of the ship don't look like people at all. Their heads are too large and their eyes are too big and black. Worse, the want Adam and his friends to come with them for a little ride in space. In fact, the aliens insist that they...
18) The alien
Author
Series
Animorphs. Main series volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The wildly popular books by K.A. Applegate are back! The Animorphs return in this update of the classic series.
Ax is an Andalite, an alien, stranded on a strange planet he's sworn to defend, even though it's not his own. Since the Animorphs rescued him, he's fought at their side, and in that time they've come to consider Ax a friend.
But deep inside, Ax knows he isn't their friend. He can't ever be. Andalites must always hold themselves apart, even...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this young reader's edition, one of the best quarterbacks in the history of college football traces his path to success, discussing his childhood as the son of Christian missionaries and how his faith combined with his drive to succeed have made him the person he is today.
20) The dark corner
Author
Series
Spooksville volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Talked into venturing to the fearsome otherworld dimension of the Secret Path by Bum, who has learned of a super-fun place there, Adam and his friends ignore Sally's reservations and find more than they expect.