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2) Skeleton man
Author
Series
Skeleton Man (Joseph Bruchac) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
After her parents disappear and she is turned over to the care of a strange "great-uncle," Molly must rely on her dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety and maybe even for her life.
3) Farmer boy
Author
Series
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Describes the daily activities of nine-year-old Almanzo Wilder, who would grow up to become the husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder, as he lives with his family on a New York farm at the end of the nineteenth century.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Now with a fresh new look and introduction, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing, Printz Honor-winning debut—the story of a young woman's coming-of-age and the murder that rocked turn-of-the-century America. A Printz Award Honor Book
"A contemporary classic. Jennifer Donnelly is the master of historical fiction!" —Ruta Sepetys, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Carnegie Medal
Sixteen-year-old
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.
Author
Series
Skeleton Man (Joseph Bruchac) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Molly and her parents attend a conference at Mohonk Mountain House, Molly begins to fear that she is being watched by the very man who kidnapped and tried to kill them all the previous year.
8) Second sleep
Author
Language
English
Description
When Max and his sister Rose go to visit their grandmother's lakeside vacation home, they soon discover that their nightly sleeps bring them to a timelocked place with kids from all different eras, united by their love of the lake--and Max begins to wonder if they can help him to find his missing mother.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten-year-old Sprig no longer gets along with her twelve-year-old sister, Dakota, but the two pull together during their father's extended business trip to Afghanistan, sharing concerns about his safety, an elderly neighbor's health, fights with their best friends, and boys.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Nine-year-old Pearl and her popular, thirteen-year-old sister, Lexie, do not get along very well, but when their grandfather moves in and the girls have to share a room, they must find common ground.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and whites.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-and-a-half-year-old Valentina Salazar grew up as a monster protector until her father's loss, but when a video of a mythical egg appears, Valentina convinces her older brother and sister to help her find and save it--all while avoiding the monster hunters who want to destroy it.
13) Egypt's fire
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
After twelve-year-old John Boarhog's mom dies, the last thing he wants is to be schlepped off to the Jersey Home for Boys, where kids are forced to make skinny jeans for hipsters and are fed nothing but kale. Instead, he makes himself a snug home in the ceiling of the New York Museum of Natural History, where he reads anything he get his hands on and explores the artifacts after-hours. But when a rare Egyptian ruby--the highlight of the museum's new...
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