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Series
Encyclopedia Brown volume 18
Publisher
Dell Yearling
Pub. Date
[2002], c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers continues his war on crime in ten more cases, the solutions to which are found in the back of the book.
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of humorous stories from over two dozen contemporary female writers, as well as autobiographical essays, comics, poems, and comic strips.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
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How do you handle an encounter with Medusa on the New Jersey interstate? What's the best way to take down a minotaur? Become an expert on everything in Percy's world with this must-have guide to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Complete with interviews, puzzles, games, and original short stories by Rick Riordan.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
This middle-grade biography explores the life and works of Madeleine L'Engle -written by her granddaughters.
This elegant and insightful biography of Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) was written by her granddaughters, Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy. Using never-before-seen archival materials that include photographs, poems, letters, and journal entries from when Madeleine was a child until just after the publication of her classic, A Wrinkle...
6) Dracula
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a trip to Transylvania, Jonathan Harker stays at an eerie castle owned by Count Dracula. When strange things start to happen, and the count escapes to London, Harker realizes that he and his friends are in grave danger. These reader-favorite tiles are now updated for enhanced Common Core State Standards support, including discussion and writing prompts developed by a Common Core expert, an expanded introduction, bolded glossary words and dynamic...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Toni Morrison was one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. She was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and she received numerous other awards. This fascinating volume traces Morrison's life from her childhood in Lorain, Ohio, through her marriage, academic career, editing career, and writing success. Accessible text provides important social studies material while vivid photographs...
8) Dr. Seuss
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Did you know Dr. Seuss is not a real doctor? Dr. Seuss was the fun name chosen by writer Theodor Geisel.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Words matter, and they can make a big difference in big moments. Amanda Gorman reminded us of this when she read her poem "The Hill We Climb" at Joe Biden's presidential inauguration in 2021. Readers look closely at the impact of this moment, but they also come to see that Amanda has been inspiring people through her writing for many years. Quote boxes highlight some of her most powerful words, and full-color photographs and a timeline help readers...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dr. Seuss is known as the creator of some of the most beloved children's books of all time. Journey to the fantastic world he created in this appealing story about the author/illustrator whose magical, rhyming characters have delighted children of all ages.
11) Emily Dickinson
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Who is the author behind your most beloved American classic? This title takes a look into Emily Dickinson's life, including significant events, influences, and most remembered works. Dickinson, who lived a surprisingly introverted and reclusive life, is remembered as a great American poet who was influenced greatly by the works of Wordsworth and Emerson. Special features include sidebars, infographics, on-page definitions, online search sidebar, further...
12) Dav Pilkey
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to humorous author and illustrator Dav Pilkey, creator of the Captain Underpants series and Caldecott Honor winnerfor The Paperboy. Readers will learn about Pilkey's childhood and college days in Ohio, his difficulty in school that led to the inspiration for Captain Underpants, his move to the West Coast, and the success and controversy that have accompanied the publication of his books. He is the successful author...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Who is the author behind your most beloved American classic? This title takes a look into Louisa May Alcott's life, including significant events, influences, and most remembered works. Alcott is remembered for her renowned novel Little Women, which was based loosely off of her adventurous childhood. Special features include sidebars, infographics, on-page definitions, online search sidebar, further evidence sidebar and primary sources. This title...
14) Langston Hughes
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Who is the author behind your most beloved American classic? This title takes a look into Langston Hughes's life, including significant events, influences, and most remembered works. Hughes-poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist-is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. Special features include sidebars, infographics, on-page definitions, online search sidebar, further evidence sidebar and primary sources. This...
15) E. B. White
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to beloved, award-winning author E.B. White. Readers will learn about White's childhood in New York, his work at the New Yorker, his farm in Maine, and his authorship of and inspiration for Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight White's childhood, education, family, and life as an author. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Growing up in China as the child of American missionaries, Pearl read and listened to stories from both the East and the West. A story, she thought, was a wonderful way to learn about people and places. Pearl had read and heard about America and her family there, but she had never met her American relatives. When, at the age of 10, she spent a year in America, Pearl came to understand that she was a part of two worlds. Between Two Worlds tells the...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Growing up as a Chinese American in California, Laurence Yep felt trapped between two worlds, belonging to neither one. It was this feeling of being an outsider that caused him to lose himself in books and eventually become the writer of two Newbery Honor books himself. Readers will be inspired by this simply-told biography of the author of Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate. A Words to Know section prepares readers for any unfamiliar vocabulary they may...
18) Cynthia Kadohata
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Cynthia Kadohata, the Newbery Medal winning author of Kira-Kira. She is also the author of A Million Shades of Gray, Outside Beauty, Weedflower, Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam, and other young adult and adult novels. Readers will learn about Kadohata's early life in the South, the influence of her Japanese heritage, her struggle to get short stories published in magazines, her switch to young adult fiction,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
E. B. White first recognized the magic in words when he was very young. As a child, some of his happiest hours were spent finding just the right words to describe his feelings and experiences. After graduating from college, he took a job with a new magazine called The New Yorker. The magazine's readers soon began to look forward to the poetry and essays written by E. B. White. His writing was clear and lively with no wasted words, and it could make...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Samuel Clemens grew up in a child's paradise--Hannibal, Missouri. There, mischief added humor to everyday events as Sam encountered the folks who would one day reappear as Huck Finn, Aunt Polly, and Becky Thatcher in his books, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. At eighteen, Sam left Hannibal to seek his fortune. He became a newspaperman and story writer. Then, always a restless spirit, he tried his hand as a steamboat...
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