Ellen Conford
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against a 1950's-era backdrop of James Dean billboards and jukeboxes blasting Elvis, Ellen Conford's classic road adventure follows fifteen-year-old Sylvie as she leaves her foster home in New Jersey chasing dreams of celluloid stardom. Sylvie soon learns, however, that life isn't like the movies as she ends up broke and alone.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Convinced that her family is poor because her parents refuse to get her a horse or a swimming pool, nine-year-old Jenny Archer follows her own path to making money, including a plunge into real estate that puts her house on the market.
Author
Series
Annabel the actress volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Annabel, who wants to be a famous actress someday, has a part in a real play, she finds she must cope with a big dog and an unruly audience member.
12) Why me?
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1985
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Hobie, hoping to sweep women off their feet in the manner of his spy novel hero, runs into complications when he encounters a girl who has studied the bestseller, "How to Make Men Crazy."
13) Crush
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A series of nine romantic episodes in the lives of B.J. and other students at Cutter's Forge High as they plan for the Valentine's Day Sweetheart Stomp.
17) A royal pain
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A sixteen-year-old in Kansas, who discovers she is really a princess, is taken to a tiny European monarchy to assume her duties and marry a distasteful neighboring prince, and in the ensuing weeks tries to become such a "royal pain" that everyone will want to be rid of her.
Author
Series
Annabel the actress volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Though a little disppointed that her first acting part is to be a gorilla at a birthday party, Annabel determines to really get into the role.