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1) Baby Dragon
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
All day, Baby Dragon turns down other animals' offers to go play or find a snack while he waits for his mother to return for him, but at nightfall, he agrees to go with Crocodile to find her.
2) On my honor
Author
Publisher
Dell Pub
Pub. Date
1987, c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.
Author
Series
Norvelt books volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Newbery Medal for Distinguished Literature
Children's Awards: Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
Children's Awards: Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
Description
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
5) Tool of war
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In a future beset with rising seas, corporate government, and constant civil war, a bioengineered half-man/half-beast super-soldier who calls himself Tool breaks his conditioning to overcome his genetically enhanced sense of loyalty to the corporation that created him and seeks revenge against his old masters.
6) Library lion
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A lion starts visiting the local library but runs into trouble as he tries to both obey the rules and help his librarian friend.
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: California Young Reader Medal (Middle School)
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Read Alikes: Ever After High
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Read Alikes: Ever After High
Formats
Description
That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my nose. 'My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child.' I stopped. So begins this richly entertaining story of Ella of Frell, who wants nothing more than to be free of Lucinda's...
Author
Series
Ch'alli ŭi ch'aekkoji volume 005
Publisher
Ch'alli Puk
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Korean
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Newbery Medal for Distinguished Literature
Children's Awards: Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
Children's Awards: Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
Author
Publisher
Taiwan dong fang chu ban she
Pub. Date
2001
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.
Author
Publisher
Gimm-Young Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2008, ©1997
Language
Korean
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: California Young Reader Medal (Middle School)
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Read Alikes: Ever After High
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Read Alikes: Ever After High
Description
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. At birth, Ella of Frell was given the gift of obedience by a fairy. Ella soon realizes that this gift is little better than a curse, for how can she truly be herself if at any time anyone can order her to hop on one foot, or cut off her hand, or betray her kingdom--and she'll have to obey? Ella's quest to break...
Author
Series
Xiao lu da jiang xiao shuo volume SP10N
Publisher
Xiao lu wen hua
Pub. Date
2007
Language
中文(繁體)
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: California Young Reader Medal (Middle School)
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Read Alikes: Ever After High
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Read Alikes: Ever After High
Description
When she was born, Ella was accidentally given the curse of having to obey any order given to her. When her loving mother dies, she's left with a mostly absent father and then a mean stepmother and sisters. Rather than giving in to fairy Lucinda's curse, Ella rebels against it. She sets out to find Lucinda to make her undo the curse. Along the way, with wit and spunk, she fends off ogres, finds friends among the elves, and falls in love with a handsome...
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