Katherine Paterson
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. All summer, Jess pushed himself to be the fastest boy in the fifth grade, and when the year's first school-yard race was run, he was going to win. But his victory was stolen by a newcomer, by a girl, one who didn't even know enough to stay on the girls'...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1998 when the Kosovo hostilities escalate, thirteen-year-old Meli's life as an ethnic Albanian, changes forever after her brother escapes his Serbian captors and the entire family flees from one refugee camp to another until they are able to immigrate to America.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Angel's self-absorbed mother leaves her and her younger brother with their poor great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries not only about her mother and brother, her imprisoned father, the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A beautifully illustrated collection celebrating the joy of gratitude: "A book to be picked up throughout the year and savored and discussed." —Booklist (starred review)
Newbery Medal winner Katherine Paterson and cut-paper artist Pamela Dalton, creators of Brother Sun, Sister Moon, give fans of all ages even more to be thankful for with Giving Thanks, a special book about gratitude.
Paterson's meditations on...
Newbery Medal winner Katherine Paterson and cut-paper artist Pamela Dalton, creators of Brother Sun, Sister Moon, give fans of all ages even more to be thankful for with Giving Thanks, a special book about gratitude.
Paterson's meditations on...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1899, ten-year-old Robbie, son of a preacher in a small Vermont town, gets himself into all kinds of trouble when he decides to give up being Christian in order to make the most of his life before the end of the world.
8) Park's quest
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Park makes some startling discoveries when he travels to his grandfather's farm in Virginia to learn about his father who died in the Vietnam War.
11) Flip-flop girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Uprooted following the death of their father, nine-year-old Vinnie and her five-year-old brother, Mason, cope in different ways--one in silence--but both with the help of Lupe, the flip-flop girl.
12) Lyddie
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.
13) Jip: his story
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
While living on a Vermont poor farm during 1855 and 1856, Jip learns his identity and that of his mother and comes to understand how he arrived at this place.
15) A midnight clear
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English