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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man’s best friend.
Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two, dogs. So when he’s finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call his own—Old Dan and Little Ann—he’s ecstatic. It doesn’t matter that times are tough; together they’ll roam the hills of the Ozarks.
Soon Billy and his hounds become the finest
Author
Publisher
Wilderness Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
The rugged San Gabriel Mountains, rising starkly from the edge of the Los Angeles Basin, provide a sharp contrast to the hustle and bustle of the city and its surroundings. Angelinos across the county (a population of almost 10 million), as well as visitors from out of state, welcome the opportunity to escape from city chaos into the quiet wilderness.
Author
Publisher
Stephens Press
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Although Southern California's mountain ranges are only partially wilderness, they bring wonder into our daily lives even from a distance. I wrote this book to remind us of this wonder, to champion the mountains' beauty and inspire their protection. In addition, I wrote this book for people around the world to know a seldom heralded dimension of Southern California. Several years ago I couldn't find such a book to show Swiss friends. Also I've always...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After five years in hiding from their murderous father, the day Kristen and Ryan McIntyre have been dreading has arrived: Boyd McIntyre, head of a Los Angeles crime family, has at last tracked his kids to a small Montana town and is minutes away from kidnapping them. They barely escape in a small plane, but gunfire hits the fuel line. The pilot, a man who has been raising them as his own, manages to crash land in the middle of the Montana wilderness....
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A girl vanishes "on a sunny, late-summer vacation morning" and thus begins a "family's harrowing journey down increasingly divergent and solitary paths, until all that continues to bind them to each other are the questions they can never bring themselves to ask: At what point does a family stop searching? At what point does a girl stop fighting for her life?"--
Author
Series
Magic in Manhattan volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rachel and her younger sister, both witches, spend the summer at Camp Wood Lake, where Rachel tries to have a normal camp experience while surreptitiously honing her newly discovered talents.
Author
Series
Superstition Mountain mysteries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The Barker Brothers are determined to uncover the mystery surrounding Superstition Mountain.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For several generations an elite circle of rich and powerful men has, by malfeasance, murder, and marriage, built a secret and impregnable empire they call The Lost Boys. Their violations are casual and devastating-- especially of those who unwittingly fit their purposes. Eve Quimby was seventeen when she fell victim. She now works in Paris as a art restorer-- and raises her daughter Chloé. When Chloé is diagnosed with leukemia an elegant stranger...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A family reunion in the Catskills brings hilarity and nostalgia when two clans convene for the summer at their beloved getaway. In its heyday, the Golden Hotel was the crown jewel of the hotter-than-hot Catskills vacation scene. For more than sixty years, the Goldman and Weingold families-best friends and business partners-have presided over this glamorous resort, which served as a second home for well-heeled guests and celebrities. But the Catskills...
12) Princess Academy
Author
Series
Princess Academy trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Read Alikes: Ever After High
Children's Read Alikes: Ever After High
Description
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
Author
Series
Willa of the Wood volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Children's Recommended: 6th Grade
Children's Recommended: 6th Grade 2023
Patron Recommendations: 6th Grade Books!
Children's Recommended: 6th Grade 2023
Patron Recommendations: 6th Grade Books!
Formats
Description
In the late 1800s, a twelve-year-old nightspirit living in the Great Smoky Mountains despairs as homesteaders destroy her forest habitat, until a chance encounter with a "day-folk" man changes everything she thought she knew about her people--and their greatest enemy.
14) Mysterium
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The story of a dangerous expedition up Mount Sarasvati in India that tests all of the climb's members"--
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world's highest mountains. For many years, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world's most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from being wild and barren, the Himalaya has been home...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Dane family's roots tangle deep in the Ozark Mountain town of Henbane, but that doesn't keep sixteen-year-old Lucy Dane from being treated like an outsider. Folks still whisper about her mother, a bewitching young stranger who inspired local myths when she vanished years ago. When one of Lucy's few friends, slow-minded Cheri, is found murdered, Lucy feels haunted by the two lost girls--the mother she never knew and the friend she couldn't protect....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Book Battles: 5th Grade
Children's Recommended: 5th Grade 2021
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Book Battles - Past & Present
Children's Book Battles: 5th Grade
Children's Recommended: 5th Grade 2021
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Book Battles - Past & Present
Description
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
Author
Series
Superstition Mountain mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The Barker brothers and their friend Delilah secretly climb up to Superstition Mountain one last time, hoping to solve the remaining mysteries, including whether the librarian is really the ghost of Julia Thomas, what was their uncle Hank's role in discovering the gold mine, and especially, who is trying to kill them.
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