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1) Black Beauty
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
First published in 1877. Black Beauty, a horse with a white star on his forehead, describes his idyllic days on a country squire's estate and his harsh fate as a London cab horse.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
He robbed from the rich and gave to the poor, and had escapades enough to please any adventure-loving child. Now even the youngest readers can have the chance to enter Sherwood Forest with Robin's band of merry men, and meet such unforgettable characters as Friar Tuck, Little John, Allan-a-Dale, the nasty Sheriff of Nottingham, and wicked King John.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack and Annie travel back to Victorian London when Merlin asks them to use their magic to inspire Charles Dickens to write "A Christmas Carol."
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire moors, she finds it full of secrets. At night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. Outside, she meets Dickon, a magical boy who can talk to animals. Then one day, Mary discovers the most mysterious wonder of all -- a secret garden, walled and locked, which has been forgotten for years and years. With the help of two unexpected companions,...
7) Sent
Author
Series
The missing volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by their uncle, King Richard III, but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging. Author's note includes historical facts about the princes and king.
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Series
The knights' tales volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates the adventures of Sir Gawain, the only undefeated knight in King Arthur's court, who eventually learns the value of friendship, courtliness, and courtesy after a challenge from the Green Knight.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
After helping prepare their London home for German bombing raids, young Hettie and her brothers are sent to safety in the countryside, where she strives to keep them connected to each other and their parents.
10) The player king
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1486 England, a penniless kitchen boy named Lambert Simnel is told by a mysterious friar that he, Lambert, is actually Prince Edward, the true King of England, setting him on a dangerous course to regain the throne. Based on a true story.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In her diary in 1912, thirteen-year-old Margaret Ann describes how she leaves her lonely life in a London orphanage to become a companion to a wealthy American woman, sails on the Titanic, and experiences its sinking.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on "climbing boys" - orphans owned by chimney sweeps - to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless, and dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived, and a girl. With her wits and will, she's managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead,...
13) Titus rules!
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Queen Elizabeth's youngest corgi prevents a series of disasters at Windsor Castle and earns the title "king among dogs."
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Even though the city faces nightly air raids, in 1941 Joseph is sent to London to live with the gruff Mrs F, who teaches the angry boy how to care for the remaining animals in the city zoo, including a mighty silverback gorilla named Adonis.
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