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1) The odyssey
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
An illustrated adaptation of the mythology classic traces Odysseus' 10-year voyage home after the Trojan War, a fateful journey marked by a man-eating Cyclops, deadly Sirens, the fury of the sea-god Poseidon and Odysseus' faithful wife's efforts to rebuff greedy suitors.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
In 1881, fifteen-year-old Tad, an orphan, helps a girl attempting to get a mighty Indian elephant to friends in Nebraska, all the while pursued by two unscrupulous villains who claim that the elephant is theirs.
3) Tightrope
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When she begins receiving bizarre threatening messages from someone who seems to know her every move, teenage Ashley, after seeking help from the neighborhood tough guy, comes to realize that she alone can end the stalker's reign of terror.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
When John, a British demolitions expert, is supposedly killed blowing up a building in Siberia, his fiancee Annie insists on investigating, despite being in a wheelchair, and John's teenage sister Hayley goes along and finds that the Russian Mafia is involved.
Author
Series
Dark ground trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Robert, with his best friend, Tom, and sister, Emma, attempt to save the other survivors from the strange parallel world before winter sets in and destroys them all.
Author
Series
A la orilla del viento volume 82
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura Económica
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
Español
Description
Finding a note in Joseph's lost wallet referring to dungeons and warriors, Nick becomes involved in a fantasy game which takes a dangerous turn when gang members send him on a quest which involves betraying Joseph.
7) On the edge
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
1985.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
8) Wolf
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Cassy is forced to stay with her mother in a squatter's settlement of artists, where she joins the group in producing an educational program about wolves and inadvertently learns that her missing father is a notorious terrorist.
9) New world
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Miriam agrees to test a new computer game in utmost secrecy but finds that it is more than she bargained for.
12) The Iliad
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
An illustrated adaptation of Homer's classic traces the rivalry between two powerful Greek leaders for the hand of a beautiful woman against the backdrop of the Trojan War.
13) Roscoe's leap
Author
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
A plan to restore a guillotine and other strange toys once belonging to an eccentric millionaire fills his twelve-year-old great-great-grandson with nameless dread and concern for his family's safety.
