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2) The cousins
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 760L
Language
English
Description
"Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each another, and they've never even met their grandmother. Rich and reclusive, she disinherited their parents before they were born. So when they each receive a letter inviting them to work at her island resort for the summer, they're surprised and curious. Their parents are all clear on one point-not going is not an option. This could be the opportunity to get back into Grandmother's...
5) Bob
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
In 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, gradually begins to better understand and admire her grandmother's unusual qualities.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
The author and poet recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums.
"Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible"--From...
10) Dicey's song
Author
Series
Tillerman family volume 2
Tillerman cycle volume 2
Tillerman cycle volume 02
Second book of the Tillerman Saga
Tillerman cycle volume 2
Tillerman cycle volume 02
Second book of the Tillerman Saga
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds that their new beginnings require love, trust, humor, and courage.
11) Olive's ocean
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
Author
Series
Anastasia Krupnik volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Anastasia's tenth year has some good things (like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother) and some bad things (like finding out about an impending baby brother).
14) Ferris
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement and her grandmother seeing a ghost--one who has wild, impractical and illuminating plans.
15) Caddie Woodlawn
Author
Series
Caddie Woodlawn volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the adventures of eleven-year-old Caddie growing up with her six brothers and sisters on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century. At age 11, Caddie Woodlawn is the despair of her mother and the pride of her father: a clock-fixing tomboy running wild in the woods of Wisconsin. In 1864, this is a bit much for her Boston-bred mother to bear, but Caddie and her brothers are happy with the status quo. Written in 1935 about Carol...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sure, the house can play games like tag and hide-and-seek, but Marinka longs for a human companion. Someone she can talk to and share secrets with. But that's tough when your grandmother is a Yaga, a guardian who guides the dead into the afterlife. It's even harder when you live in a house that wanders all over the world . . . carrying you with it. Even...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
"After her father returns from the war moody and tired, Marly's family decides to move from the city to Maple Hill Farm in the Pennsylvania countryside where they share many adventures which help restore their spirits and their bond with each other"--Title verso page.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Description
Emma Saylor doesn't remember a lot about her mother, who died when Emma was twelve. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever, with cold, clear water and mossy trees at the edges. Now it's just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable ... until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother's family that she hasn't seen since she was a little girl. When Emma arrives...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
1290L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When fourteen-year-old Polly Milton goes to stay with her friend Fanny for the summer, she finds that the Shaw family's wealthy city life couldn't be more different from her country upbringing. With her plain clothes and more practical interests, Polly is out of place among a crowd focused on following the latest trends and presenting the right image. One of the few people who doesn't pressure her to fit in is Fanny's brother, Tom, but he's also one...
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