John Gurney
Author
Series
Adventures of the Bailey School kids volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
The Bailey School kids' new guidance counselor, Mr. Drake, dresses in black, has an accent, chalky white skin, hands cold as ice, pointed teeth, and he hates bright light. Could he be the infamous king of the vampires?
23) The ninth nugget
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit a dude ranch in Montana, they find themselves with another mystery to solve, this one involving the theft of money from the ranch's safe and of a large gold nugget that Josh had found.
24) The white wolf
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
While visiting their friend Wallis and her adopted daughter on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Josh, Dink, and Ruth Rose investigate why three white wolf cubs were stolen, and by whom.
25) July jitters
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy enter Polly the pony and Pal the dog in a July 4th pet costume contest, but when Independence Day arrives the animals are nowhere to be found.
Author
Series
Adventures of the Bailey School kids volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 540L
Language
English
Description
"The third graders at Bailey Elementary are so hard to handle that all of their teachers have quit. But their new teacher, Mrs. Jeepers, is different -- to say the least. She's just moved from Transylvania into a spooky old house in Bailey City. She wears a mysterious brooch that glows as green as her eyes. Could Mrs. Jeepers be a vampire?"--
27) Happy Go Lucky
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
Happy Go Lucky is sent to the Big Apple Barn riding school to help teach children how to ride horses, but the pony has problems adjusting to life without his mother and meeting new friends. Includes a glossary.
28) The yellow yacht
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help catch the thieves who have stolen gold from Sammi's parents, the king and queen of Costra.
31) Happy's big plan
Author
Series
Big Apple Barn volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Making friends with Roscoe the mouse and a young girl named Ivy has helped Happy Go Lucky enjoy his life at the Big Apple Barn riding school, but he still has trouble making friends with all of the other animals and adjusting to the differences among the children that ride him. Includes glossary.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
When Happy Go Lucky gets to be in his first show with Dapper Dan, a very professional show pony, Happy is a little nervous since new places can be scary, and Happy does not know what to expect.
Author
Series
Adventures of the Bailey School kids volume 45
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
The Bailey School kids set out to discover whether the new assistant principal is really a wizard.
Author
Series
Adventures of the Bailey School kids volume 32
Publisher
Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
The Bailey School Kids investigate a strange man who plays in the orchestra to discover if he could be the real phantom haunting the opera.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the theft of a great deal of money from the belly of a nearly life-size Tyrannosaurus Rex model that their friend, Jud Wheat, is using to raise money for a dinosaur museum.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
When the umpire at the baseball game fundraiser is accused of stealing a collection of autographed baseballs, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose try to prove his innocence.