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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Taylor Green becomes the guardian of an abandoned baby girl she calls Turtle. In Tucson they meet the proprietor of an auto-repair shop with a safe-house for Central American refugees upstairs and there she builds a life for herself and her child.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
The story of thirteen-year-old Rose Campbell, who finds herself in the care of her extended family after her wealthy father dies. Surrounded by her great-aunts, her father's brothers, their wives, and her seven rambunctious male cousins - and finding a fast friend in young housemaid Phebe - Rose spends a year taking chances, learning new things, and discovering what it means to be part of a large, loving family.
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Series
Peter & the Starcatchers volume 1
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 01
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 1
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 01
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.
Author
Series
Willoughbys volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
"In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny"--Title verso page.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Nikki Demere is an orphan and a kleptomaniac, making her the perfect girl to portray the Trevors' daughter in witness protection, but she soon learns that the biggest threat to her new family's security comes from her own past.
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Series
League of beastly dreadfuls volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Anastasia, Ollie and Quentin have barely managed to escape the nefarious clutches of C.R.U.D. when they are brought to the underground Cavelands. There Anastasia finds out she is Caveland royalty, and that her family figures into a centuries old scandal that began with the disappearance of her grandfather.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
"In the perilous Mortmain Mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place""--WorldCat.
Author
Series
League of beastly dreadfuls volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Members of The League of Beastly Dreadfuls venture to the most forbidden back alleys of Nowhere Special seeking an unbreakable glass cabinet that holds the key to Anastasia's missing grandfather.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
Dear Reader, if you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted; but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched, and this one may be the worst of them all. If you haven't got the stomach for a story that includes a hurricane,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Description
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny disguise themselves as cheerful hospital volunteers after they are falsely accused of murder in order to find clues concerning their parents' deaths and are pursued by Count Olaf who is after their fortune.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.
12) Kim
Author
Series
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Rudyard Kipling's epic rendition of the imperial experience in India is also his greatest long work. Born in India and growing into early manhood, Kim is the son of an Irish soldier born under British Imperial rule in 19th century India. Left in the care of a half-caste woman, Kim is free to explore the back allies and bazaars of Lahore. But when he meets with his father's old regiment he trades his native clothes for European suits and abandons his...
13) Faith Fox
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Language
English
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Description
Emotionally abandoned by her father and maternal grandmother when her birth results in her mother's death, young Faith Fox is raised by an unlikely group, including the owners of a commune and her bickering paternal grandparents.
14) The reptile room
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
Dear Reader, if you have picked up this book with the hope of finding a simple and cheery tale, I'm afraid you have picked up the wrong book altogether. The story may seem cheery at first, when the Baudelaire children spend time in the company of some interesting reptiles and a giddy uncle, but don't be fooled. If you know anything at all about the unlucky Baudelaire children, you already know that even pleasant events lead down the same road to misery....
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
In this next-to-last chronicle of the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, the siblings pose as concierges at the Hotel Denouement to learn the identities and intentions of certain enemies, encountering characters from their past adventures and pondering the nature of nobility and villainy.
16) The grim grotto
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
The Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach an important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in an old submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of a sugar bowl.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. Imagine tales so terrible...
18) The vile village
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Description
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are wisked off to the village of V.F.D. where a council of elders have enacted thousands of rules about the thousands of crows that inhabit the town and are protected by handyman Hector against Count Olaf, who is after the children's fortune.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 6
Series of unfortunate events) volume 6
Series of unfortunate events) volume 06
Series of unfortunate events) volume 6
Series of unfortunate events) volume 06
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Description
From the back cover: "Dear Reader, If you have just picked up this particular book, then it is not too late to put it back down. Like the previous books in 'A Series of Unfortunate Events,' there is nothing to be found in these pages but misery, despair, and discomfort, and you still have time to choose something else to read. Within the chapters of this story, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire encounter a darkened staircase, a red herring, some...
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf.
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