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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The good people of Moose County are in a fever of excitement. Not only is the gala groundbreaking for the new Pickax bookstore about to take place, but the town of Brrr is preparing to celebrate its bicentennial, and the columnist James Qwilleran has been roped in to help with the festivities. The groundbreaking, however, is marred by the discovery of a man's body nearby--on Quill's own property, no less...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Polly Duncan is off to Paris, temporarily leaving Jim Qwilleran without his lady companion. Good thing there's lots to keep Jim busy. Like a mysterious death from a bee sting that leaves everyone but Koko the Siamese in a state of confusion. If only the kitty with sixty whiskers would stop pussyfooting around and let Jim in on the deadly secret.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twenty-five years ago, Jim Qwilleran walked into my life...huffing into his large moustache, spelling his name oddly, drinking black coffee at the Press Club bar. He was tall but seemed world-weary. His entire earthly possessions fit into two suitcases. He was a down-and-out crime reporter willing to cover any minor beat if it could get him back into newspapering. Then, almost overnight, peculiar circumstances made him the richest man in northeast...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
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Description
When fourteen-year-old Katie and her older sister, Michaela, move from New York City to upstate New York, Katie is horrified by the country life-style but is even more shocked when her sister adapts effortlessly, enjoying their new life, unlike Katie.
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