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41) Race to the sun
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
"Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
In 1860, eleven-year-old Becky Thatcher, new to St. Petersburg, Missouri, joins the boys at school in a bet to steal from the Widow Douglas in hopes of fulfilling a promise to have adventures that she made her brother Jon before he died.
43) Varjak Paw
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Guided by the spirit of his legendary Mesopotamian ancestor, Jalal, Varjak Paw, a pure-bred cat, leaves his home and pampered existence and sets out to save his family from the evil Gentleman who took their owner, the Contessa, away.
Author
Series
Wild Survival volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Arriving in Sri Lanka to find an extremely rare Pondicherry shark, 12-year-old Adrianna Villalobos and her family discover that it is the main attraction in a restaurant aquarium and must convince the restaurant's owners to release it back into the wild.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
This ode to unconditional love is a brand new adventure for New York Times best-selling duo Stick and Stone, in which Stick searches for his family tree and discovers the importance of found family and forever friends.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"She'll do anything to save them. But what will she do to save herself? When Kat Jamison retreats to the Blue Ridge Mountains, she's counting on peace and solitude to help her make a difficult decision. Her breast cancer has returned, but after the death of her husband, her will to fight is dampened. Now she has a choice to make: face yet another round of chemotherapy or surrender gracefully. Self-reflection quickly proves impossible as her getaway...
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Language
English
Formats
Description
Old Keb Wisting, the last living canoe carver in Jinkaat, is somewhere around ninety-five years old (he lost count awhile ago), in constant pain, and thinks he wants to die. When his grandson, James, ruins his leg in a logging accident and tells his grandpa that he has nothing left to live for, Old Keb comes alive and finishes his last canoe, with help from his grandson. Along with a few friends and a crazy but likeable dog named Steve, Keb and James...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
Roberta, Phyllis and Peter have their comfortable lives in London thrown into disarray by the unexpected disappearance of their father. They are forced to move to a small cottage in the countryside with their mother, who struggles to make ends meet by writing books. The children find solace in a stretch of railway track and the station nearby, and befriend the railway porter, who teaches them about running the station, and an old gentleman who takes...
49) Treasure tracks
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Fin drags his reluctant father on a diving hunt for a missing treasure, hoping that finding the family legacy will help his ailing Abuelo.
Author
Series
Healer of the water mosnter volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Nathan, a young Navajo boy from Phoenix, Arizona, goes on an epic hero's journey"--Kirkusreviews.com.
"When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he's in for a pretty uneventful summer, with no electricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Nali and with his uncle Jet, though it's clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him. One night, while lost in...
Author
Series
Samantha Spinner volume 04
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
"It is up to Samantha Spinner and her brother Nipper to face what the WEATHER has in store for them and defeat SNOW, or risk losing their Uncle Paul forever"--Title verso page.
52) The Dare sisters
Author
Series
Dare sisters volume 1
Language
English
Description
Savannah Dare and her sisters, Frances and Jolene, must find Blackbeard's lost treasure to fulfill their grandfather's dream and save their family home, but they are not alone in seeking pirate gold on Ocracoke Island.
Author
Series
Petra Luna volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
"Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution."--
Author
Series
Samantha Spinner volume 03
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
"After finally finding Uncle Paul, Samantha realizes her brother Nipper is now missing and must find him. But while hunting him down, she must elude the mysterious and nefarious CLOUD that's hot on her heels"--
Author
Series
Mad Wolf's daughter volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
"In 1210 Scotland, when invading knights capture 12-year-old Drest's father, the Mad Wolf of the North, and her beloved brothers who make up his fearsome war-band, she sets off to rescue them from the castle prison, taking along a wounded knight as her captive to trade for her family's freedom"--
57) Nothing but sky
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Grace Lafferty, an eighteen-year-old wing-walker, thrills crowds with barrel rolls and loop-the-loops in hopes of making enough money to get to the 1922 World Aviation Expo"--
1922. Wing walker Grace Lafferty is determined to get to the World Aviation Expo, proving her team's worth against flashier competitors-- and earning a coveted Hollywood contract. Henry Patton, a mechanic with plenty of scars from the battlefield, joins her barnstorming team....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tom, who comes from a long line of criminals, travels with his roguish uncle to India to find a family treasure--an antique jewel-encrusted tiger stolen from the sultan's throne hundreds of years ago.
Author
Language
English
Description
"After his wife's death, a man brings his young daughter to live in a cave he has found in the Cascade mountains. Once there, his daughter begins to sense the presence of other people in the cave, a mother and son who retreated there during the last ice age in an effort to survive."--
60) Berry itchy day
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In Berry Itchy Day, Tooey watches the Trading Post while Molly and her family go berry picking-but their fun is cut short by a swarm of pesky mosquitoes. If only Molly hadn't left the bug spray behind! A book in the Trading Post has a recipe for repellent made from wild plants. Can Tooey find it before Molly and her family get all bitten up? Produced by WGBH Boston, Molly of Denali is an action-adventure comedy that follows the adventures of feisty...
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