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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Children's Classics: Abridged
Children's Classics: Chapter Books
Children's Classics: for Middle School Students
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"Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned boy to help out around their farm, Green Gables - instead, they got Anne Shirley. A plucky redheaded girl with a vibrant imagination, Anne turns first Green Gables and then the rest of Prince Edward Island on its ear."--
2) The BFG
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"Locked doors. Unseen magic. The most contrary of friends. Ten-year-old Mary Lennox arrives at her uncle's secluded estate on the Yorkshire moors with a scowl and a chip on her shoulder. But as she begins to explore her new home alongside ragtag companions--a cocky robin redbreast, a sour-faced gardener, and a boy who can talk to animals--Mary uncovers long-buried family secrets and learns that even the loneliest of hearts can grow roots in rocky...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Description
50 years of an iconic classic! The international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie-now with bonus content. This special edition of the groundbreaking novel contains: Never before seen photos and letters from the publisher's archives Original review clippings and media coverage Photos from the author's personal collection A gallery of covers around the world New material from the stars and director of the iconic film-including Francis...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Middle Grades
Children's Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Middle Grades
Description
A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
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Series
Ascendance trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Children's Genre: Adventure Books for Middle Schoolers
Children's Read Alikes: Cinder
Children's Read Alikes: Harry Potter
Children's Recommended: E-Audiobook Fiction for Middle Grades
Children's Read Alikes: Cinder
Children's Read Alikes: Harry Potter
Children's Recommended: E-Audiobook Fiction for Middle Grades
Description
In a discontented kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner's motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword's point -- he must be chosen to play the prince...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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"A family of wolves takes a little boy into their home in the jungle. The child learns and plays with the other cubs. But can he really live in the jungle? Will the other wolves want him to stay? And will the dangerous tiger Shere Khan catch him?"--P. [4] of cover.
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Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
At the reading of their grandmother's will, Dan and Amy Cahill are given the choice of receiving a million dollars or uncovering the 39 clues hidden around the world that will lead to the source of the family's power, but by taking on the clues, they end up in a dangerous race against their own family members. Maze of bones is the first in a series of 10 books. The publisher offers an online game as well.
11) The wide window
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Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Dear Reader, if you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted; but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched, and this one may be the worst of them all. If you haven't got the stomach for a story that includes a hurricane,...
12) Liesl & Po
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
A mix-up involving the greatest magic in the world has tremendous consequences for Liesl, an orphan who has been locked in an attic, Will, an alchemist's runaway apprentice, and Po, a ghost, as they are pursued by friend and foe while making an important journey.
14) The reptile room
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.
15) Gathering blue
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
16) Circus Mirandus
Author
Series
Circus Mirandus volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Children's Read Alikes: Keeper of the Lost Cities
Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Children's Recommended: 5th Grade 2021
Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Children's Recommended: 5th Grade 2021
Description
"When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--
17) Eagle Strike
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Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich in the South of France, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates international pop star and philanthropist Damian Cray whose new video game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the international drug trade.
18) Pollyanna
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Children's Classics: Abridged
Children's Classics: Chapter Books
Children's Classics: for Middle School Students
Children's Classics: Chapter Books
Children's Classics: for Middle School Students
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When orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.
19) Emily's fortune
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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While traveling to her aunt's home in Redbud by train and stagecoach, quiet young Emily and her turtle, Rufus, team up with Jackson, fellow orphan and troublemaker extraordinaire, to outsmart mean Uncle Victor, who is after Emily's inheritance.
20) Wild things
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Stubborn, self-reliant, eleven-year-old Zoe, recently orphaned, moves to the country to live with her prickly half-uncle, a famous doctor and sculptor, and together they learn about trust and the strength of family.
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