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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 3rd & 4th Grades
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Formats
Description
"Four short stories set in a hutong, or residential alleyway, of Beijing, China. Yu'er, her grandfather, and their eccentric neighbors experience the magic of everyday life."--
Author
Series
Wolf in underpants volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
After living in fear of the wolf with crazy eyes and fangs like ice picks, a forest community is stunned when he shows up looking calm and wearing striped underpants, leaving them wondering why they were so afraid of him.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the first of two school stories set in France, the persistent boyfriend of Julien's teacher becomes a nuisance when he uses the class's new telephone/fax machine to express his love; and in the second, a homework assignment involving autographs has everyone excited in Claudette's class.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Appears on these lists
AR 8 to 10 Childrens and Teen Titles
Children's Classics: Abridged
Children's Classics: for Middle School Students
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Children's Classics: Abridged
Children's Classics: for Middle School Students
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Description
"An American frigate tracks down a ship-sinking submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo." *** "The voyage of the 'Nautilus' permitted Verne to describe the wonders of an undersea world almost totally unknown to the general public of the period. Indebted to literary tradition for his Atlantis, he made his major innovation in having the submarine completely powered by electricity, although the interest in electrical forces goes back to Poe...
Author
Series
Nicholas series volume 5
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Pub. Date
©2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Nicholas and his friends sell raffle tickets for a good cause, learn how to cross the road safely, and bring all kinds of interesting things to school to the surprise and consternation of their long-suffering teacher.
Author
Series
The Book of Time trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Sam Faulkner travels back in time to medieval Scotland, ancient Egypt, and Renaissance Bruges in search of his missing father.
10) My father's shop
Author
Publisher
Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Despite his father's wishes, a Moroccan carpet seller's son doesn't want to learn foreign languages, but when trying to make a rooster crow in a crowded, tourist-filled market, he inadvertently learns how roosters crow in many countries.
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Miyuki and her grandfather return in an enchanting intergenerational story enhanced by Seng Soun Ratanavanh's gorgeous Japanese-inspired illustrations. Miyuki's curiosity is piqued by her grandfather's morning meditation routine, and she is eager to learn this new skill. Her wise and patient grandfather first takes her on a walk in the garden. "When do we start to meditate?" she asks repeatedly. Grandfather enjoys the warm sun and stops to smell...
12) Patience, Miyuki
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press, A McEvoy Group company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Spring arrives, Miyuki rouses her grandfather to greet the flowers in their garden, then embarks on a journey seeking pure water to awaken the one flower still sleeping.
Author
Series
Franny Cloutier volume 1
Publisher
W1-Media, Inc. / Arctis Books USA
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Franny is a feisty 14-year-old with a gift for turning her thoughts and feelings into drawings. She lives in Montreal with her father, a sewing machine repair man by day and inventor by night. When he's invited to pursue his research in Japan, Franny is sent to a small town far away from Montreal and all her friends. She will meet a part of her family she has never heard of before and will have to adapt to a new school and a new life. Soon, she will...
14) Nasreddine
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As Nasreddine and his father take dates, wool, chickens, or watermelon to market, people tease them no matter who is riding their donkey, and this causes Nasreddine embarrassment until his father helps him to understand.
Author
Series
Nicholas series volume 4
Publisher
Phaidon
Pub. Date
2011, ©2007
Language
English
Description
Nicholas and the Gang contains 16 stories about Nicholas, the French schoolboy, and his friends, many of whom are familiar from the other books in the series: there's Alec, who's always eating; Cuthbert, who's always top of the class; Matthew, who's always bottom of the class; and Mary Jane, the little girl with blonde pigtails who lives next door. As usual, the children get into all kinds of trouble, even though they have the very best intentions....
16) Nicholas
Author
Series
Nicholas series volume 1
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Pub. Date
[2011], ©2005
Language
English
Description
Follows Nicholas as he runs away, buys his mother a birthday gift, and worries about showing his parents his report card.
Author
Series
Nicholas series volume 3
Publisher
Phaidon
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Nicholas, a young French schoolboy, heads for the beach with his parents and then to overnight camp with a new set of friends. Whether he's playing miniature golf, going on a fishing trip, or heading out to a treasure hunt in the middle of the night, he always seems to get into mischief.
18) The key of Braha
Author
Series
Amos Daragon volume 2
Publisher
Bluefire
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Having survived his first mission as Mask Wearer, Amos Daragon finds himself on his way to the City of the Dead, trying to find the key that will unlock the doors to paradise and hell.
19) The mask wearer
Author
Series
Amos Daragon volume 1
Publisher
Bluefire
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Language
English
Description
To defeat the forces of evil which threaten his world, young Amos Daragon, aided by mythical animal friends, sets out on a journey to find four masks that harness the forces of nature and sixteen powerful stones that give the masks their magic.
Author
Series
Vango volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Fleeing dark forces and unfounded accusations across Europe in the years between World Wars, a young man named Vango has been in danger for as long as he can remember. He has spent his life running along rooftops, fleeing to isolated islands, and evading capture across Russia, Paris, New York, and Italy. In the shadow of a rapidly changing world, can Vango find those who have hunted him for so long and uncover his true identity?
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