Various Readers
21) Dino-swimming
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
Plant-eating dinosaurs compete against meat-eating dinosaurs at a swimming meet.
22) Raising dragons
Author
Series
Dragons in our midst volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Billy thinks he is just a typical teenager until his abnormally hot breath accidentally sets off the fire sprinklers in the school bathroom, prompting his parents to reveal a long-kept secret: Billy is actually part dragon. Shortly after, a new girl, Bonnie, arrives at school with her own secret. Unsure of who else to trust, Billy and Bonnie team up to discover their part in an Arthurian legend that started with their parents over a millennium ago....
Author
Series
Dragons in our midst volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ashley and Billy, aided by the dragons, their friends, and a powerful, ancient book, each take courageous steps to rescue loved ones from Morgan Le Faye and her demonic Watchers.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
The game of baseball has long been dubbed America's national pastime. When the top teams face off in the World Series each season, team legacies and fans' hearts are on the line. Author, Matt Doeden, covers the century-long history of the World Series, from its humble beginnings to becoming a worldwide sensation. In this book you will discover the drama behind the statistics and record books that keeps the crowd enthralled in their seats!
25) Dino-dancing
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Language
English
Description
"Dinosaurs compete in genres of dance from hip-hop to ballet to swing dancing and more at the Dino-Dancing Finale"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
Honeybees are a crucial part of our food chain. As they gather nectar from flowers to make sweet honey, these bees also play an important role in pollination, helping some plants produce fruit. But large numbers of honeybees are disappearing every year...and no one knows why. Is a fungus killing them? Could a poor diet be the cause? What about changes to bees' natural habitat? In this real-life science mystery, scientists and beekeepers are working...
Author
Language
English
Description
Give-a-Damn Jones, an itinerant typographer, arrives in the small Montana town of Box Elder. The town is rife with tensions related to a convict's efforts to prove his innocence, a cattleman's demand for respect, a snooping editor, and a feud between a dentist and a blacksmith. Jones keeps finding himself in the wrong place at the wrong time-- but this time, he may be the hero that this town needs.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. Named by 'Time' magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation's heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship. Admired for her fearlessness and passion, Abby is a vocal advocate for women's rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world. She has become a heavily requested...
29) To the moon!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Neil's imagination takes him on a trip to the moon. Join him as he explores mountains and hills, spots a famous astronaut's footprints, and collects space rocks. Find out more about that big round object in the night sky!
30) One cool friend
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.
31) Lock-in
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a high school lock-in, meant to ease tensions between the lacrosse team and a group that likes to play werewolf, goes awry, Jackie does not know if she is safer in the panic of the dark hallways or with the crazed student council president determined to maintain control.
Author
Language
English
Description
"It is Super Bowl Sunday in the year 2022. Five people, dinner, an apartment on the east side of Manhattan. The retired physics professor and her husband and her former student waiting for the couple who will join them from what becomes a dramatic flight from Paris. The conversation ranges from a survey telescope in North-central Chile to a favorite brand of bourbon to Einstein's 1912 Manuscript on the Special Theory of Relativity. Then something...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
On October 5, 2011, the news of the death of technology innovator Steve Jobs rocked the world. The failing health of the Apple cofounder and Pixar CEO was no secret. Jobs had given up his role as Apple's CEO just a few months prior because of his struggle with pancreatic cancer. But his death still drew a huge reaction. From Apple employees and fans to political and business leaders, people honored Jobs's passing by reflecting on his prolific life...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a mysterious houseboat appears on the river Styx, it brings an influx of famous souls who begin to flock towards the new favored location. A Houseboat on the Styx is a series of different stories that tie into one exciting narrative.
Charon is a mythological character who navigates the Styx river under the guidance of Hades. The water acts as a border between the living world and the afterlife. As a ferryman, Charon transports deceased souls...
Author
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The classic Thornton Wilder novel that recreates the dazzling ancient Roman empire of Julius Caesar'now with a new introduction by Jeremy McCarter, author of Young Radicals and co-author (with Lin-Manuel Miranda) of the #1 New York Times bestseller Hamilton: The Revolution. First published in 1948, The Ides of March is a brilliant epistolary novel of the Rome of Julius Caesar. Through imaginary letters and documents, Wilder brings to life a dramatic...
Author
Series
Chicago Stars volume 8
Language
English
Description
Discovered by the former quarterback she was hired to tail, detective Piper Dove pretends to be the athlete's stalker and is subsequently hired as his bodyguard, an arrangement threatened by their growing chemistry.
Author
Language
English
Description
"It starts with a simple favor--an ordinary kindness mothers do for one another. When her best friend, Emily, asks Stephanie to pick up her son Nicky after school, she happily says yes. Nicky and her son, Miles, are classmates and best friends, and the five-year-olds love being together--just like she and Emily. A widow and stay-at-home mommy blogger living in woodsy suburban Connecticut, Stephanie was lonely until she met Emily, a sophisticated PR...
40) Dino-wrestling
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meat-eating and vegetarian dinosaurs compete at the wrestling jamboree, demonstrating such styles as sumo, Greco-Roman, and lucha libre.