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1) Sky's end
Author
Series
Above the black volume 01
Language
English
Description
"Exiled to live as a Low, sixteen-year-old Conrad refuses to become heir to his murderous uncle. But Meritocracy is a harsh and unforgiving rule on the floating island of Holmstead, and when his ailing mother is killed by monstrous gorgantauns, Conrad cuts a deal to save the only family he has left. To rescue his sister from his uncle's clutches, Conrad must enter the Selection of the Twelve Trades."--
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
Adventures in extreme reading volume 04
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Uncle Dan is back, and with him is the beautiful Tempest St. Cloud with a promise of unlimited funding--but Carter's cousin Isabelle is suspicious, and when a demonstration excursion into Great expectations results in zombies and murderers Carter does not know what to think.
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 05
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Uncle Dan Hunter is taking his virtual reality program public, and thirteen-year old Carter and his cousin Isabelle are helping him demonstrate the suits at a children's bookstore--but when a blackout fuses Wind in the willows with Peter Pan, Carter has battle pirates and weasels to rescue the two children trapped in the suits.
7) The landing
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ben thinks he will always be stuck at Cook's Landing, barely making ends meet like his uncle. But when he meets a wealthy widow from New York City, he sees himself there too. When she hires him to play his violin, he realizes his gift could unlock the possibilities of the world. Then, during a stormy night on Lake Muskoka, everything changes.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Michigan in the mid-1950s, Lewis Barnavelt is convinced that the series of accidents he and his uncle are experiencing are the result of a curse by a mysterious, hooded figure that may be part of his uncle's past.
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carter Lewis's Uncle Dan has invented a suit that creates a virtual reality world so that the person experiences and interacts with a book as if he were actually there--but when Carter and his cousin Isabelle put on the suits they discover that a hacker is playing games with them.
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
Adventures in extreme reading volume 06
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Until now Uncle Dan has only used classic books in his program, so being commissioned to turn a new manuscript into a virtual reality world sounds exciting--but while they are testing the program, Isabelle realizes that the book is plagiarized from The purloined letter, and it is up to Carter to teach the author a lesson.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Marisa Conchito wants to make an old-fashioned vampire movie for her online audience, and she has decided that her older brother Lorenzo will make a good vampire. He is certainly scarier than the kids who have auditioned. Lorenzo's friend Jeff has volunteered his uncle Felix's house as a set. Felix was an actor in horror movies, and his house is definitely creepy. In fact, he is pretty creepy himself, especially since Jeff thought he was dead. There...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their parents are killed in a train accident, cousins Meline and Jocelyn, who have little in common, are sent to live with their wealthy, eccentric, and isolated Uncle Marten on his island off the coast of British Columbia, where they are soon joined by other oddly disconnected and troubled people.
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Series
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sent to stay with their uncle in a ship-like home called Drift House, twelve-year-old Susan and her two younger stepbrothers embark on an unexpected adventure involving duplicitous mermaids, pirates, and an attempt to stop time forever.
Author
Series
Goosebumps House of Shivers volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
More terrifying than ever, this first book introduces a brand-new Goosebumps series that features an all new cast of villains and monsters whose antics are destined to make them every bit as beloved as Slappy.
The only thing to fear . . . is everything. Twins Betty and Billy are visiting their Uncle Wendell at his secluded house in the Wayward Forest. What they think is going to be a boring stay quickly turns into a real nightmare. Wendell is in...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1851, thirteen-year-old Cecilia has her eyes opened to the horrors of slavery when she accompanies her ornithologist uncle on an expedition in search of the rare "Scarlet Ibis," and watches as he shows slaves the way to the Underground Railroad.
Author
Series
Henry and Eva volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'Prominent Environmentalist and Oceanographer Die in Boating Accident' This is the headline that changes Henry and Eva's lives. Their parents, environmentalist William Billings and his oceanographer wife Margo, disappear mysteriously at sea. But for Henry and Eva, things are about to go from bad to worse. Their jerk-face uncle (nicknamed Claude the Clod) and his awful girlfriend (Terri the Terrible) have moved into their big house on the cliff to...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As part of his thirteenth birthday, Jimmy Benge is spending a week ice fishing with his friend, Ryan, in northern Minnesota at his family's lakeside home. One day they get permission to go out further on the lake to try for Northern pike, and Jimmy catches a beauty--but a sudden snow squall turns the situation dangerous. As the boys pack up to make their way back, Uncle Kenny's ATV flips over and he is injured. It is up to the boys to get everybody...
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