Tony Ross
Author
Series
Amber Brown volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Overview: Amber has a lot on her mind. Her mom is engaged. Her father is moving back to the United States. Her parents fight every time they talk on the phone--and Amber is caught in the middle. It's enough to make Amber Brown see red! (Digest) The year that she is in the fourth grade is a difficult one for Amber, as she tries to deal with escalating telephone fights between her divorced parents and her father's impending return to take joint custody...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Spellbound before his own portrait, Dorian Gray utters a fateful wish. In exchange for eternal youth he gives his soul, to be corrupted by the malign influence of his mentor, the aesthete and hedonist Lord Henry Wotton. The novel was met with moral outrage by contemporary critics who, dazzled perhaps by Wilde's brilliant style, may have confused the author with his creation, Lord Henry, to whom even Dorian protests, 'You cut life to pieces with your...
7) Horrid Henry
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
Horrid Henry causes his brother Perfect Peter all sorts of problems when he behaves properly for a change, upstages Peter at a dance recital, plays pirates, and goes on a camping trip.
Author
Series
Amber Brown volume 2
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
At the end of third grade, Amber is excited about her trip with her aunt to London and Paris, where she will see her father again, but her plans change when she comes down with chicken pox.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy and a series of animals learn that as babies, they looked like little versions of their mothers and fathers, but a young bullfrog is horrified when he is shown a photograph of himself as a tadpole.
12) The magic finger
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
An eight-year-old boy discovers he has a magic finger that he can use to put a witch's hex on anyone he chooses.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Twelve year old Jack's grandpa lives in a rest home and often mistakes Jack for his World War II squadron commander, but when grandpa wants to escape his boring situation, Jack has to decide how he will help him.
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
Upset with her parents for arguing on what she hoped would be a perfect day, Amber gets lost at a county fair when she tries to follow her best friend Justin and his family through the crowd.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
Horrid Henry tries to make his younger brother Peter look scarier on Halloween; meets up with a mean babysitter; plans a raid on Moody Margaret's Secret Club tent; and misbehaves on a car ride with his parents.
17) Who am I?
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 460L
Language
English
Description
After hatching out of his egg, a chameleon plods through the tall grass, meeting various jungle animals and asking an important question.
18) Notso hotso
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
Anthony, a neglected pet dog, develops an irritating skin condition and has most of his hair shaved off, which embarrasses him greatly until he realizes he now looks like a lion and can frighten other animals and people.
20) Daft Bat
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Bat moves to a new home, her wild young neighbors are convinced she is daft because she sees things so differently than they do, until Owl asks some questions that reveal the truth to all.