Lynd Ward
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brash young apprentice Johnny Tremain, injured in an accident that leaves him unable to practice his trade, becomes involved with Rab, a Boston printer, who draws Johnny with him into the events of the Revolutionary War.
7) Kidnapped
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.
10) Lord Jim: a tale
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 65
Language
English
Description
With Lord Jim, first published in 1900, Joseph Conrad transformed a tale of seafaring adventure into a subtle study of the meaning of honor and courage, loyalty and betrayal. When Jim, an idealistic merchant seaman and ship's officer, abandons the supposedly sinking Patna and its passengers, he dashes his youthful dreams of glory in a single stroke. Condemned in court for his impetuous act of cowardice, Jim relegates himself to a life roaming the...
11) Brady
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
A young Pennsylvania boy takes part in the pre-Civil War anti-slavery activities.
Publisher
Playaway Digital Audio
Pub. Date
[released 2009]
Language
English
Description
In Curious George Rides a Bike, George the monkey goes riding on his new bicycle and runs into unexpected adventure.
In Doctor De Soto, a hungry fox with a toothache begs a mouse dentist to relieve his pain in this modern day fable.
In The Biggest Bear, Johnny hunts for the biggest bear in the forest, but comes home with a little bear -- that grows and grows and grows.
In Blueberries for Sal, a little girl and a little bear, picking blueberries...
13) Early thunder
Author
Publisher
Coward-McCann
Pub. Date
[1967]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Traces a youth's growth to maturity as he resolves his political conflicts in pre-revolutionary Salem, a center of high feeling between the British and colonists.
16) Antarctic antics
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A collection of 7 beloved children's stories presented in story book form.