Jane Yolen
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and of the past until, when opening the door during a Passover Seder, she finds herself in Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why she-- and we--need to remember the past.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to more than two dozen of history's most notorious women shares the stories of such figures as Tituba, Lizzie Borden, and Cleopatra, and allows the readers to draw their own conclusions about each woman's guilt.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Merlinnus the magician devises a way for King Arthur to prove himself the rightful king of England--pulling a sword from a stone--but trouble arises when someone else removes the sword first.
Author
Series
Unsolved mysteries from history volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1587 John White was chosen by Sir Walter Raleigh to lead a new colony at Roanoke off the Atlantic coast. After bringing many men, women, and children to the new land, White went back to England to gather supplies for the long winter. But when he finally returned to the fort almost three years later, he found that all of the colonists had vanished. The only signs of life left were the letters CRO carved into a tree and the word CROATOAN carved...
Author
Series
Young heroes (Jane Yolen) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Odysseus, who longs to be a hero, has many opportunities to prove himself during an adventure which involves pirates and satyrs, a trip to Crete's Labyrinth, and the two young girls, Penelope and Helen, who play a major role in his future life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
James, an earl's son and bothersome child, may hold the key to saving Cranford Abbey, a dilapidated school where he is sent to be educated, that newly-appointed Abbot Aelian thinks can be saved if he can make cider from the golden apples now being eaten by ravenous unicorns.
Author
Series
Seelie wars volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Prince Aspen and Snail, the midwife's apprentice, realize that they have started the war they meant to prevent, they take on new identities and go on a quest to make things right"--
Author
Series
Young heroes (Jane Yolen) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Hippolyta, a princess of the Amazons, fights to save her people from destruction when her mother the Queen refuses to sacrifice her second-born male child.
Author
Series
Young heroes (Jane Yolen) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Atalanta discovers a home and friendship with a bear, misunderstanding from town-dwellers, and grudging respect from the great hunter Orion, as together they pursue mysterious creature that killed her father.
14) The wizard's map
Author
Series
Tartan magic volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three children visiting relatives in Scotland become involved in the plans of a diabolical wizard.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Accident-prone, thirteen-year-old Gorse, the youngest fairy in her family, falls into a trap while on her way to the palace to bless the newborn princess, Talia, but arrives in time to give a gift which, although seemingly horrific, may prove to be a real blessing in this take-off on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of J. M. Barrie reveals his sorrow-marked childhood and the healing he experienced through a relationship with the Davies family, who inspired his creation of the Peter Pan classic.
18) Foiled
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Aliera is a star at fencing, but at school no one notices her--until her new lab partner Avery begins flirting with her. Aliera's mother just bought her a foil from a garage sale, and it has a strange jewel attached to the hilt. Will Aliera's first date be ruined when magical creatures try to steal her foil?
Author
Series
Tartan magic volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While in Scotland visiting relatives, thirteen-year-old twins hunting for ghosts in an old cemetery find big trouble when Peter is possessed by the spirit of a man who is determined to keep his twin sister from the man she loves.
Author
Series
Seelie wars volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
"Snail, a midwife's apprentice in the Unseelie Court, meets Prince Aspen, a Seelie prince being held as a hostage in order to prevent a war. In thinking that they are stopping the war, they instead trigger one"--