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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Frank Fernandez's family never stays in one place for long. His parents renovate unusual buildings and turn them into homes, which means the family moves--a lot. This makes it hard for bookish Frank to make friends. So when his parents announce they're moving to Spectacle Key, Florida, to live in a lighthouse--this time for good!--Frank is thrilled. But Spectacle Key isn't the perfect forever home they'd imagined. The lighthouse is falling apart....
2) The yearling
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raisesd as a pet.
3) Abandon
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
A near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Peter and his best friend, Tommy, have a goal for their last summer before middle school: finish their Discovery Journal, a catalog of the wildlife around their Florida town. When they spot a manatee in a canal, Peter knows they've found something special--and when the manatee is injured by a boat, something to protect! As Peter joins the fight to save Florida manatees, he also finds himself taking care of his ailing grandfather and facing an unwelcome...
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 41
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
While visiting the Florida Keys, the Aldens encounter suspicious characters, strange incidents at night, and a plot to steal valuable coral.
6) Tangerine
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly beings to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight. [YOUNG ADULT READING]
8) Underworld
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
John Hayden, a death deity, takes seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera back to the Underworld against her will to keep her safe from the Furies, but her family is still at risk and she, herself, may never escape his captivity.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Details some of the attractions that the state has to offer, from the theme parks in Orlando and Daytona International Speedway to Kennedy Space Center and Everglades National Park. --Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Faithfully adapted from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling memoir "Marley & Me," this middle-grade nonfiction book introduces younger readers to Marley, a lovable Labrador retriever who is always getting himself into trouble yet remains a beloved member of the Grogan family. Includes an 8-page full-color photo insert.
12) Awaken
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera knew by accepting the love of John Hayden, she'd be forced to live forever in the Underworld. But now her happiness and safety are threatened because the Furies have discovered that John has broken one of their strictest rules, and the only way to fix the balance is for someone to die"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Adam says he can't remember where he was for the two months he went missing in a Florida swamp. That's not true. He does remember. The truth: He was driving with his parents, and the car crashed when his father swerved to avoid colliding with a giant Sasquatch-like creature standing in the highway. Haunted by his parents' disappearance and hounded for claiming to have seen Bigfoot, Adam sets off into the deadly wilderness on a hunt for answers as...
14) Florida
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
"This book uses maps, full color photographs, and easy-to-read text to introduce the state of Florida"--
16) Stranded
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Koby, who has lost a foot in an accident, sees a chance to prove her self-reliance to her parents when she tries to rescue two stranded pilot whales near her home in the Florida Keys.
17) Copper sun
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
18) Out of my shell
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
While still upset that her parents have separated and that her father will not be joining their family vacation in Florida, twelve-year-old Olivia must decide if she has the courage to fight when the local sea turtle population is endangered.
19) August Isle
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
For years, Miranda has stared at postcards of August Isle, Florida. The town where her mother spent her summers as a girl. The town that Miranda has always ached to visit. She just never wanted it to happen this way. When she arrives on the Isle, alone and uncertain, to stay the summer with an old friend of her mother's, Miranda discovers a place even more perfect than she imagined. And she finds a new friend in Sammy, "Aunt" Clare's daughter. But...
20) Fins
Author
Series
Sharks Incorporated volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The world's shark population is in trouble for a sad, simple reason: shark fin soup. And although it's illegal, poachers have been targeting Florida's biannual migration of blacktip sharks. Marine biologist Doc Ford needs some assistance protecting the sharks and enlists the help of three kids, Luke, Marta, and Sabina. Together they form Sharks, Inc. and are given an important assignment: to set out each day on their small fishing boat in hopes of...
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