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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Wizard of Oz was been published in every major language and has been enjoyed by children the world over. Now the internationally acclaimed Viennese illustrator Lisbeth Zwerger brings her exceptional artistry and singular vision to a new and redesigned edition of The Wizard of Oz.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into the brutal existence of an Alaskan sled dog, he reverts to atavistic traits. Buck...
7) Kidnapped
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Young David Balfour, left in poverty when his father dies, goes to his uncle, Ebenezer, for assistance. He soon finds himself kidnapped and on board a ship, headed for a life of slavery. With the help of daring rebel Alan Breck, David escapes, only to get mixed up in a desperate adventure, suspected of murder and hunted across the Scottish moors.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The Jungle Book is a collection of Rudyard Kipling's animal stories, wonderfully told and interweaving moral lessons with classic tales. They include the stories of Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a brave mongoose, and Toomai of the Elephants, the story of a young elephant handler. The Jungle Book was first published by Macmillan in 1894.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In the spring of 1863, as he faces battle for the first time at Chancellorsville, Virginia, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.
10) White Fang
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"The beloved classic of White Fang, part dog and part wolf, now in dyslexia-friendly font! He was three quarters wolf and all fury. Born in a cave, in famine, in the frozen arctic. Born in a world where the weak died without mercy, where only the swift, the strong, the cunning saw each dawn. It was White Fang's world--until he and his mother were captured by the man-gods. But men and their dogs taught White Fang to hate. He was beaten, abused, attacked....
12) Jip: his story
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
While living on a Vermont poor farm during 1855 and 1856, Jip learns his identity and that of his mother and comes to understand how he arrived at this place.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When Sara Crewe is sent back from India to school in England, she appears to have everything; not just wealth, but a loving heart and a quick imagination. But circumstances change, and when poverty strikes, it is difficult to cope.
14) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
A retelling of Dickens's story of the orphan forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
15) Heidi
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
At the age of five, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi is fascinated by his long beard and bushy gray eyebrows. She loves her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up among the goats and birds. But one terrible day, Heidi is collected by her aunt and is made to live with a new family in town. Heidi can't bear to be away from her grandfather;...
17) The lost world
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Victorian explorers have heard there is a remote plateau where dinosaurs still survive and a group set out on a dangerous mission to find out more about it.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
From the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson embark on eight classic adventures. In some of his best-known cases, including 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Reigate Puzzle', the world's most famous private detective uses his unique powers to solve seemingly impossible crimes ... [from back cover].
19) Little men
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
An abridged version of the Louisa May Alcott novel that follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.