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2) In the woods
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Cameron discovers a baby abandoned in the woods, he tries to discover whether his sister is the mother.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
On New Year's Eve, the octuplets Huit--Annie, Durinda, Georgia, Jackie, Marcia, Petal, Rebecca, and Zinnia--discover that their parents are missing, and then uncover a mysterious note instructing them that each must find her power and her gift if they want to know what happened to their parents.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Natalia Rose Baleine Gallagher dreams of seeing whales on the beach near her new home, and is consumed with the prospect that her mother who abandoned her as a child loves and misses her, and wants Nat to find her.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
In 1955, Woodrow and his cousin Gypsy befriend a new girl in their seventh grade class in rural Virginia, and the three of them set off to find Woodrow's missing mother, encountering unlikely and intriguing coincidences along the way.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Soon after their mother's sudden death in San Diego, Liberty, twelve, and Billie, eight, are abandoned at an Arizona gas station by the father they barely know and Liberty must find a way to keep them together and safe until either Dad returns or they can contact Julie, their mother's best friend.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the arrival of August, Zinnia, the youngest of the Huit octuplets, eagerly anticipates getting her power and gift, both of which hold big surprises that are revealed to the sisters on their eighth birthday.
9) Middletown
Author
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Eli likes baggy clothes, baseball caps, and one girl in particular. Her seventeen-year-old sister Anna is more traditionally feminine; she loves boys and staying out late. They are sisters ... Their dad has long been out of the picture, and their mom lives at the mercy of her next drink. When their mom lands herself in enforced rehab, Anna and Eli are left to fend for themselves. Eli and Anna have each gotten used to telling lies...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In a near future world of heat, greed, and hunger, Devin earns a coveted spot in a home for abandoned children that promises unlimited food and toys and the hope of finding a new family. But Devin discovers the home's horrific true mission when he investigates its intimidating Administrator and the zombie-like sickness that afflicts some children.
11) Marcia's madness
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Huit octuplets discover Marcia's special power--the ability to see through things--which helps when their evil neighbor calls Social Services to report that they are living alone because their parents have not returned from wherever they disappeared to.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Rebecca demonstrates superhuman strength she brings unwanted publicity to the Huit octuplets, but much greater danger is in store when she acquires the power to shoot fire from her fingertips.
13) Jackie's jokes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
April Fools' Day is long and hard for the third-grade Huit octuplets, but it is nothing compared to the challenges of Tax Day, through which Jackie discovers her special power and gift and learns more about their parents' mysterious disappearance.
15) Petal's problems
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the month of June, Petal, one of the eight Huit octuplets, gets her power, which she uses to great advantage when Crazy Aunt Serena tries to kidnap Rebecca and throw her off the Eiffel Tower while the rest of the family attends a wedding.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Huit octuplets, each of whom has now discovered her power and received her gift, finally learn where their parents are, but before they can attempt a rescue they must face the Other Eights and a very scary aunt.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
One month after their parents' disappearance, the third-grade Huit octuplets deal with a malfunctioning refrigerator and try to win the love of the only boy in their class at Valentine's Day, while Dorinda discovers her special power and gift.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten years after the Civil War's end, twelve-year-old Addy, abandoned by her parents, is taken from the horrid town of No-Bob by schoolteacher Frank Russell and his bride, but when her father returns to claim her she must find another way to leave her O'Donnell past behind.
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