George Guidall
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Relates how Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means Stout Heart, overcomes his terrible fear of the sea, which killed his mother when he was a baby, and proves his courage to himself and his people.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
James Qwilleran and his talented team of feline sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate the supposedly accidental death of a cast member in a car crash on the eve of the Theatre Club's performance of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest."
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Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When his cat Koko develops an odd obsession, Jim Qwilleran will have to sniff out the cause in this mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat Who series.
Having inherited millions, Jim Qwilleran and his two feline companions, Koko and Yum Yum, are preparing to settle down into a life of purrfect luxury in Pickax. That is, until the son of a rich banker and his wife are found murdered. To the police it looks like a robbery...
Having inherited millions, Jim Qwilleran and his two feline companions, Koko and Yum Yum, are preparing to settle down into a life of purrfect luxury in Pickax. That is, until the son of a rich banker and his wife are found murdered. To the police it looks like a robbery...
5) Beardance
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
While accompanying an elderly rancher on a trip into the San Juan Mountains, Cloyd, a Ute Indian boy, tries to help two orphaned grizzly cubs survive the winter and, at the same time, completes his spirit mission. Sequel to "Bearstone."
7) Windcatcher
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Tony has saved $300, enough to buy a small sailboat. He will use it every day during his three-week stay with his grandmother on the Connecticut shore. Once Tony learns to sail, he starts exploring the waters around a group of tiny islands offshore. One day, he sees two people in diving gear on a motorboat. But instead of greeting him, they wave him away. The next time he sees them, he discovers that they will do anything to hide what they have found....
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 21
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
Journalist Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate the disappearance of a backpacker near Lake Superior. By the author of The Cat Who Sang for the Birds.
10) Bearstone
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
A Dramatic Tale of Grizzlies and Gold Fourteen-year-old Cloyd Atcitty has been skipping school for years. He's run away from a group home for Native American boys, and is now being sent to work for Walter Landis, an old rancher on an isolated Colorado farm. In a cave above the ranch, Cloyd finds a turquoise carving of a bear. Knowing that his people, the Utes, have a special relationship with bears, he keeps the small stone, hoping it will bring him...
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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When Qwill rents Euphonia's Gage's mansion in Moose County, he and Koko soon discover closet after closet jammed with several generations of junk. Meanwhile, the mansion's former occupant is enjoying a new life in warm, sunny Florida. Or is she? Word soon comes that Euphonia is dead, an apparent suicide.
Why would someone so happy and full of life kill herself? And what is the connection between the Gage family and potato farmer Gil Inchpot, who...
12) Stone Fox
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
14) Man from the sky
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
In an almost foolproof scheme, a man parachutes from an airplane with a large amount of money, only to be seen by a boy who has a reputation for seeing things in the clouds.
Author
Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Lewis and his best friend Rose Riat investigate a strange old house in their home town and discover that they may be dealing with powerful ancient Hawaiian spirits.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A long undisturbed bedroom. A startling likeness. A mysterious friend.
When twelve-year-old Prince Lev Lvov goes to live with his aunt at Falcon House, he takes his rightful place as heir to the Lvov family estate. Prince Lev dreams of becoming a hero of Russia like his great ancestors. But he'll discover that dark secrets haunt this house. Prince Lev is the only one who can set them free-will he be the hero his family needs?
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Author
Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A painfully overweight sixth-grade boy receives a magic amulet which brings him luck, but also terrifying side effects.