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1) Icefire
Author
Series
Last dragon chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
While researching the existence of dragons for an essay that could win him a trip to the Arctic, Chris opens himself to the possibility that a great, ancient treasure exists there, guarded by bears, and that he has some role in its protection.
Author
Series
Last dragon chronicles volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the weather grows wilder and the ice caps melt, Arctic bears starve, dragons awake, the earth goddess Gaia becomes restless, and Alexa, the daughter of best-selling author David Rain, uses her special abilities in an attempt to save the world from the forces of evil.
3) Fire star
Author
Series
Last dragon chronicles volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
David Rain is faced with the most perilous task yet when Gwilanna returns, this time determined to resurrect the dragon Gawain on the ice cap of the Tooth of Ragnar, unless David and her friends can stop her.
Author
Series
His dark materials volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
American balloonist Lee Scoresby and armored bear Iorek Byrnison meet when Lee and his hare daemon crash-land their trading balloon onto a port in the far Arctic North and find themselves in the middle of a political powder keg.
5) Horizon
Author
Series
Horizon (Scholastic) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Aero Horizon 16 crashes in the Arctic, eight children emerge from the wreckage to find themselves alone and surrounded, not by ice, but by a mysterious and deadly jungle full of carnivorous plants and predatory birds--the other five hundred people from the plane are gone, not necessarily dead, but taken by something that lives in the jungle. Horizon is the debut middle grade novel for Scott Westerfeld.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"There are no polar bears left on Bear Island. At least, that's what April's father tells her when his scientific research takes them to a faraway Arctic outpost for six months. But one night, April catches a glimpse of something distinctly bear shaped loping across the horizon. A polar bear who shouldn't be there--who is hungry, lonely, and a long way from home. As their unlikely bond grows, April is determined to save her new friend--and so begins...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
This title takes readers to Atlantic puffin habitats to understand why Atlantic puffins are at risk, what humans are doing to make matters worse, and the ways humans can help to save Atlantic puffins and ultimately, Earth.
8) Harp seals
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
This title takes readers to harp seal habitats to understand why harp seals are at risk, what humans are doing to make matters worse, and the ways humans can help to save harp seals and ultimately, Earth.
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The sun never sets, the air is twenty degrees below zero, and the ice is moving at four hundred yards an hour. Welcome to the North Pole. In 2003, environmental reporter Andrew Revkin joined a scientific expedition to one of the world's last uncharted frontiers, where he was the first New York Times reporter ever to file stories and photographs from the top of the world. In his quest to understand the pole, Andrew leads readers through the mysterious...
10) Frozen Fire
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Determined to find his father who has been lost in a storm, a young boy and his Eskimo friend brave wind storms, starvation, wild animals, and wild men during their search in the Canadian Arctic.
11) City of ice
Author
Series
City trilogy (Laurence Yep) volume 2
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
From the islands of Hawaii, Scirye and her loyal companions pursue the villainous Mr. Roland and evil dragon Badik all the way to the city of Nova Hafnia in the icy Arctic Circle, to prevent Roland from obtaining the power to alter the universe.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1977
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Determined to find his father who has been lost in a storm, a young boy and his Eskimo friend brave wind storms, starvation, wild animals, and wild men during their search in the Canadian Arctic.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Long after Mr. Popper found his famous penguins a proper home, his distant relatives, Nina and Joel, move to a new house with their mother and find mysterious eggs in the basement.
Author
Series
Horizon (Scholastic) volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When Aero Horizon 16 crashes in the Arctic, eight children emerge from the wreckage to find themselves alone and surrounded, not by ice, but by a mysterious and deadly jungle full of carnivorous plants and predatory birds--the other five hundred people from the plane are gone, not necessarily dead, but taken by something that lives in the jungle. Horizon is the debut middle grade novel for Scott Westerfeld.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"After her mother dies, twelve-year-old Talia McQuinn goes to the Arctic with her father, a whale researcher. Over the course of one summer, and through several unlikely friendships, Talia learns that stories have the power to connect us, to provide hope, and to pull us out of the darkness"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Pub. Group's Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book explores how to prepare for and get into the field of scientific research specializing in the Arctic, and looks at the daily life of those who choose to work in this harsh environment.
17) Frost bites
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Searching for their arch-rival, who has discovered the secret of eternal life, twins Edgar and Ellen find unexpected dangers and obstacles that force them to split up in order to accomplish their mission.
18) Endurance
Author
Series
Tides of war volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Ryan Keene and his sea lion, Hansel, are members of the US Navy's Marine Mammal Program, which sounds exciting but rarely involves any real danger. Mostly they are responsible for recovering lost objects from the ocean floor. That all changes they travel to the perilous Arctic, where polar bears stalk the ice and killer whales prowl the water. But even at the ends of the Earth, the most dangerous predator is man."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"It might seem lonely at the top of the world, but the North Pole is teeming with life! Polar bears, walruses, and Arctic seals make their home on sea ice that can be nine feet thick, while the Inuit and other Indigenous peoples continue their traditions and means for survival in this harsh climate. Along with the early twentieth-century story of Robert Peary's egomaniacal quest to reach the exact spot of the North Pole, this is an exciting new addition...
20) Arctic adventure
Author
Series
Robot racers volume 3
Publisher
Capstone Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
For the third leg of the robot races the contestants must choose between three possible Arctic routes, all of which are dangerous--especially when some of the racers are not playing by the rules.
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