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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While staying with distant relatives in England, Americans Rowan, Meg, Silly, and James Morgan, with their neighbors Dickie Rhys and Finn Fachan, learn that one of them must fight to the death in the Midsummer War required by the local fairies.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Hattie grew up in Brooklyn, so her family's move to a small town in Massachusetts required a lot of adjustments, but by the time sixth-grade starts she has several new friends--but when she somehow invokes the harvest festival jinx, suddenly none of her new friends even recognize her, and she must find a way to break the spell.
Author
Series
Dragon Slayers' Academy volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
Upon superstitious headmaster Mordred's orders, the returning students and new lasses of Dragon Slayers' Academy deck themselves in lucky charms on Friday the thirteenth, but luck may not help when a wicked dragon arrives seeking revenge.
4) Bird
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jewel was born on the day her brother Bird died and lives in a house of silence and secrets, but a new boy in her Iowa town may help find the answers Jewel wants despite her Jamaican grandfather's warning that he is a "duppy," a malevolent spirit.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Fortune Falls, where superstitions are real, and all children must pass regular "luck tests" to see if they are worthy, ill-fortuned Sadie has always been deemed as unlucky, and shunted aside for her luckier younger brother--but when she finds an unusually intelligent black cat named Jinx, her fortunes begin to change for the better.
7) Lucky enough
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Trey, sure his lucky charm got him onto the Ravens thirteen-year-old travel baseball team, becomes increasingly superstitious and, when he loses the charm, he loses confidence, as well.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In one week Sabrina will be eleven years old and she would really like to get her estranged parents and her older sister Ate Nadine together for the celebration, especially since the black butterfly landing on her locket has convinced her that she is going to die. Sabrina and her friend Pepper come up with a bucket list, and enlist Ate Nadine's help--but aspiring reporter Ate Nadine is working on a story about the Philippines' war on drugs, and she...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although everyone credits him and his superstitions for the Slugger's first winning streak in 108 baseball seasons, eleven-year-old Danny Gurkin believes that his discovery of a secret from the team's past may be the real reason behind the ball club's success.
10) The chain letter
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
When sixth-grader Livvie decides to throw a chain letter in the trash, bad luck ensues.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sean and Melissa investigate when the entire town goes haywire after a mysterious woman puts a curse on the Midvale Tigers' new football field--a situation that teaches them about the power of God's protection.
12) Forbidden sea
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
When a mermaid attempts to lure her into the sea, fourteen-year-old Adrianne, who lives in a superstitious island community, must choose between the promise of an underwater paradise and those she loves.
13) Charlie
Author
Series
Adventures of an Arctic missionary volume 02
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
In the Alaska Territory in 1951, two young missionaries worry about how to fight superstition, especially that of one young boy, but a surprise gift of the gospel of Mark translated into Eskimo brings hope.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Thinking that luck--rather than hard work--has helped her succeed on the court and at school, ten-year-old Mia panics and turns to her twin brother for help when her lucky gold basketball goes missing from her charm bracelet.
Author
Series
Time spies volume 6
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
The time travel missions continue for Mattie, her brother Alex, and sister Sophie when they meet the superstitious villagers in Washington Irving's classic story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and must help fearful Ichabod Crane win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel.
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
In the dangerous dark of winter in an Eastern European village during the early seventeenth century, Peter learns from a gypsy girl that the Shadow Queen is behind the recent murders and reanimations, and his father's secret past may hold the key to stopping her.
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