W. R Philbrick
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.
5) Wildfire
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sam Castine is at summer camp while his mother is in rehab, but when the camp is evacuated ahead of a fast moving wildfire, he makes the mistake of going back for his phone, and finds himself left behind, disoriented, and running for his life, together with a girl, Delphy, from a different camp--finding an old jeep keeps them going, but in the wilds of Maine, there are only logging roads and the deadly crown fire is everywhere.
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to try to catch a huge bluefin tuna.
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
Douglas Deeds, a fifteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his travels by wagon train as a member of the ill-fated Donner Party, which became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846-47.
8) Wild river
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
When a dam fails and rushing waters sweep away their adult supervisors, five middle schoolers on a white-water rafting adventure are left alone with few supplies and the opportunity to forge powerful bonds as well as develop dangerous disagreements.
10) Max the Mighty
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Max helps a younger girl escape from her abusive stepfather by running away with her to the distant town of Chivalry, Montana, searching for her real father.
11) REM world
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Arthur Woodbury's attempt to lose weight fast and escape his nickname of Biscuit Butt takes him to an endangered dream world where he faces fantastic adventures and learns the true meaning of courage.
12) The big dark
Author
Publisher
The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
When something knocks out everything electrical at midnight on New Year's Eve, the world is plunged into chaos, including the town of Harmony, New Hampshire, where Webster Bragg, a vicious survivalist, sees an opportunity to dominate his fellow citizens--but as the town struggles to maintain order and civilization, young Charlie Cobb sets out on a dangerous journey through the snow to find medicine for his diabetic mother.
13) Brain stealers
Author
Series
(W. Rodman).Visitors volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
In this final battle between Aliens and humans, Nick, Jessie, and Frasier attempt to defeat the brain stealers and prevent the earth from falling under their domination.
Author
Series
(W. Rodman).House on Cherry Street volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
Jason wages his final battle against the witch ghost in order to save his family and free the spirit of Bobby.
15) Things
Author
Series
(W. Rodman).Visitors volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
As Nick, Jessie, and Frasier track down the alien's source of energy, Jessie is captured and the boys must fight an alien to save him.
16) We own the sky
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"It's Maine, 1924, and the Ku Klux Klan is on the rise. Davy and Jo Michaud have been recently orphaned. Taken in by a distant relative--a famous aviator--they are now working with a group of stunt pilots who spend their time wing walking, leaping from plane to plane, and flying through fireworks! But though the stunts are dangerous, the real threat is building behind the scenes. The KKK is on the rise in Maine that summer, inspired by the racial...
17) The Mighty
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Outcasts Maxwell and Kevin, the former a giant of a boy who lacks intelligence and the latter a genius in leg braces, team up for a series of imaginative adventures that bring them undreamed-of discoveries.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
"William Deeds is an orphan with nothing to his name except the two hundred dollars he got in exchange for his family's farm, and a horse named Barney. So, he is ecstatic when Mr. George Donner lets him 'tag along' on his expedition to California. All he wants is to 'eat a fresh peach in December and never be cold.' What he gets, of course, is an adventure marked by tragedy. He is a strong boy, though, whose will keeps him going through the toughest...
20) The Mighty
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
With his loving and supportive mother, 13-year-old Kevin moves in next door to another teen, Max. though both have problems that label them as outcasts, Kevin and Max discover that by proudly combining their strengths on uniting as one, they can overcome their individual limitations and triumph over any adversity. As the two set out on a series of courageous adventures, they find the mightiest treasure of all: friendship!