Jane Yolen
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Language
English
Description
"Can I keep it? It's so cute!" Brimming with laugh-aloud humor, enormous dinosaur children surprise their parents by bringing home a wild menagerie of highly unusual pets! What would happen if your child walked in the door with a pet tiger? Or an elephant, boa constrictor, zebra, or kangaroo? Would you smile? Perfect for every child who has ever loved or yearned for a pet, this new uproarious book delights readers of all ages as they peek into the...
84) Encounter
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.
Author
Series
Young Merlin trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
A foundling rediscovers his identity through the help of the falconer who adopts him.
90) Briar Rose
Author
Series
Fairy tales volume no. 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Rewrites the old German folktale, Sleeping Beauty, into a story about the ramifications of the Holocaust.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Marina and sixteen-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain, where they try to decide what they themselves believe.
96) Nocturne
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A parent and child enjoy the nighttime world together before bedtime.
98) Dragon's blood
Author
Series
Pit dragons volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Jakkin, a bond boy who works as a Keeper in a dragon nursery on the planet Austar IV, secretly trains a fighting pit dragon of his own in hopes of winning his freedom.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Atalanta discovers a home and friendship with a bear, misunderstanding from town-dwellers, and grudging respect from the great hunter Orion, as she and the bear pursue the mysterious creature that killed her father.