Lynne Reid Banks
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Acclaimed New York Times selected "best book of the year," The Indian in the Cupboard, joins The Return of the Indian, and The Secret of the Indian for this eomni special. With magical and fantastical elements, these three extraordinary novels have withstood the test of time to become beloved classics. Young readers are drawn to the endearing characters, the fast-paced and convincingly portrayed action, and themes of friendship,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
A year after he sends his Indian friend, Little Bear, back into the magic cupboard, Omri decides to bring him back only to find that he is close to death and in need of help. Sequel to "The Indian in the Cupboard."
Author
Publisher
Avon
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
In this third book about Omri and his magic cupboard, Omri and his friend Patrick must risk grownups' discovering their secret when they find themselves in need of a friend's toy plastic doctors to save wounded people from the dangerous world of the Old West which the cupboard enables them to enter.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
After the family moves to the country to a house recently inherited by his mother, Omri finds many secrets revealed to him when he accidently discovers the link between the house and the magic cupboard. Sequel to "The Secret of the Indian."
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
As Omri, his father, and other members of his family learn more about the cupboard in his room, together and separately they are caught up in several dangerous adventures that reveal more about its powers.
9) Tiger, tiger
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Two tiger cub brothers are taken from the jungle to ancient Rome, where one becomes the pampered pet of Caesar's daughter and the other becomes a man-eating "entertainment act" at the Colosseum.
10) Broken bridge
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
The murder of fourteen-year-old Glen Shelby, soon after his arrival in Israel to visit his father's family, has a dramatic effect on the lives of his relatives, the other members of their kibbutz, and the Arabs responsible for his death.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1988.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
A boastful hamster with exceptional talent as an escape artist recounts his experiences chewing, wriggling, or squeezing his way out of various closed areas in his quest for the great Outside.
13) One more river
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Lesley is upset when her parents abandon their comfortable life in Canada for a kibbutz in Israel prior to the 1967 war.
Author
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1989.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
A boastful hamster with exceptional talent as an escape artist recounts his experiences chewing, wriggling, or squeezing his way out of various closed areas in his quest for the great Outside.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
As Omri, his father, and other members of his family learn more about the cupboard in his room, together and separately they are caught up in several dangerous adventures that reveal more about its powers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Cuthbertson-Jones are surprised when their expected baby turns out to be twin girls and distressed when they find that one of them is perfectly good and the other perfectly evil.
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1992.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
King Midas comes to regret his wish to turn all he touches into gold and must deal with a magician, a witch, and a dragon as he tries to undo the magical spell.
19) King Midas
Author
Series
Jersey volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Nick tries to warn Coleman that his new girlfriend is only using him to do her homework, but Coleman refuses to listen until Nick uses the magic jersey to transform himself and Coleman into skateboard champion Tony Hawk and BMX star Dave Mirra for an extreme confrontation.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
On his 9th birthday, Omri receives a cupboard that magically brings his 3 in. toy Indian Little Bear to life. They bond, embarking on an amazing adventure, until Omri's friend Patrick brings a 6-shooting cowboy to life and the secret is in danger of being revealed.