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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When sullen teenager Dylan Barstow is caught joyriding in a stolen car he is sent to his ex-Marine uncle for the summer, but soon they are on the way to Papua New Guinea in search of a World War II fighter plane and Dylan discovers that defiance is not a survival skill when you are lost in a jungle.
Author
Series
Silver Arrow volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"Kate's humdrum life is transformed when her eccentric Uncle Herbert brings her a colossal locomotive train, the Silver Arrow, as her eleventh birthday gift, leading her and her younger brother on a mysterious quest"--Title verso page.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Milo Bolt is ready to be the hero of his own story. With Uncle Horatio trapped in an enchanted sleep by the power-hungry Alchemist, he sets off with his new friend Alessia to find a cure. As they search for clues, the pair find themselves at the magical treehouse--home of the Botanist, the Alchemist's sworn enemy. In their hunt for the cure, Milo and Alessia must forage in the Secret Garden, challenge Robin Hood, and confront the mighty Jabberwock....
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
Series
Unicorn riders volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Head Rider Willow is sent on a mission to Arlen to bring a healing elixir to Lord Gildenfair, her uncle, whom she hates because she believes he ruined her family--but the Unicorn Riders arrive to find Arlen is under attack, and Willow must confront her past and find a way to save the city.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
GN 490L
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES • Join Max's quest to become a knight in this laugh-filled, New York Times bestselling adventure from the author of the Big Nate series!
"Max is epic fun!" —JEFF KINNEY, New York Times bestselling author of the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series
Max wants to be a knight! Too bad that dream is about as likely as finding a friendly dragon. But when...
"Max is epic fun!" —JEFF KINNEY, New York Times bestselling author of the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series
Max wants to be a knight! Too bad that dream is about as likely as finding a friendly dragon. But when...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Ever since moving to New York to live with his uncle, thirteen-year-old Henry Alabaster has been involved in one foggy mystery after another. That's because Henry's uncle, Kelvin McCloud, is a weather detective-someone who specializes in solving stormy problems. When an anonymous letter implores Kelvin to come to the Caribbean, Henry and his uncle are swept up in their most adventurous case yet-one which will take them out to sea to investigate a...
Author
Series
Silver Arrow volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Kate and Tom are now full-fledged conductors of the steam-powered, animal-saving Great Secret Intercontinental Railway, but when Kate takes the Silver Arrow out on an unsanctioned mission to find Uncle Herbert she discovers a mysterious train called the Golden Swift with an agenda of its own"--Title verso page.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon, apprentice to his Uncle Press, a Traveler responsible for solving interdimensional conflict, tries to locate the legendary lost land of Faar which may hold the key to the survival of the water-covered territory of Cloral, which stands on the brink of war.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Harrison Beck is reluctantly joining his travel-writer Uncle Nat for the last journey of the royal train, The Highland Falcon. But as the train makes its way to Scotland, a priceless brooch goes missing, and things suddenly get a lot more interesting. As suspicions and accusations run high among the passengers, Harrison begins to investigate and uncovers a few surprises along the way. Can he solve the mystery of the jewel thief and catch the culprit...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alex, who lives with her uncle in the flat above their doorknob shop, meets her new teacher, Mr. Underwood, a descendant of a famous pirate, and soon three vicious men turn up in town, looking for a map to a fabled family treasure.
12) Gumption!
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Peter goes on an African adventure with his beloved Uncle Nigel, who hopes to spot a rare gorilla, the oblivious Nigel urges Peter on by telling him to have gumption, while Peter keeps his eyes open and uses his ingenuity.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
The posthumous papers of Rebecca MacKenzie document her adventures, along with her brother Doug, in 1920s China as the teenaged siblings are sent to live aboard their uncle's ship where they become involved in the dangerous activities of a mysterious secret society called the Honourable Guild of Specialists.
14) Dreadful acts
Author
Series
Eddie Dickens trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Eddie Dickens survives encounters with an escape artist in a runaway hearse's coffin, a hot air balloon bearing the escape artist's lovely assistant, a gas explosion, and a jewel thief on the run.
Author
Series
Guild of Specialists trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1920, teenaged siblings Rebecca and Doug MacKenzie continue their adventures on their uncle's ship, sailing through a typhoon into the Celebes Sea in pursuit of a missing "gyrolabe" which may be connected to the disappearance of their parents.
Author
Series
Pyramid hunters volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Sam heads to Belize to continue his investigation into his parents' mysterious disappearance and to learn more about secret of the pyramids. But after being kidnapped by crocodile cultists, will he ever be able to find the answers he's looking for?"--
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