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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
In a small southern town with a secret world hidden in plain sight, sixteen-year-old Lena, who possesses supernatural powers and faces a life-altering decision, draws away from her true love, Ethan, a mortal with frightening visions.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Summer days drift by slowly in Meadville, South Carolina--that is, until Sherman the one-legged pigeon flies into town and causes a ruckus. First Stella, who's been begging for a dog, spots him on top of a garage roof and decides she wants him for a pet. Then there's Ethel and Amos, an old couple who sees the pigeon in their barn keeping company with a little brown dog that barks all night. The pigeon lands smack in the middle of Mutt Raynard's head,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Fayette, South Carolina, the highlight of Popeye's summer is learning vocabulary words with his grandmother until a motor home gets stuck nearby and Elvis, the oldest boy living inside, joins Popeye in finding the source of strange boats floating down the creek.
7) Terminal
Author
Series
Virals novels volume 5
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tory and her comrades must track a new pack of rogue Virals who have brought on the attention of a shadowy government organization intent on learning the secret to their powers"--
Author
Series
Caster chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand and control the impact of Lena's claiming, which is even causing her family members' abilities to dangerously misfire.
9) Root magic
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In 1963 in South Carolina, eleven-year-old twins Jez and Jay Turner begin lessons in rootwork, and their uncle's training offers them healing, protection, and a connection to their heritage even as they face threats from the local police deputy, school bullies, and others.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Rescue on the River, the third book in a three-part story arc focusing on Civil War America, cousins Patrick and Beth attend Abraham Lincoln's inauguration and discover that their friend's brother Kitch is a slave in South Carolina. The cousins search for Kitch as they travel down the Combahee River with Harriet Tubman. They help with the secret mission of the Second South Carolina Volunteers, an African American unit. Will they be able to find...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
12) Someday dancer
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In South Carolina in 1959 Casey Quinn dreams of being a ballerina, and though she has never had the money for lessons, she follows her dream to New York City and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.
13) Illusion
Author
Series
Heirs of Watson Island trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Barrie must rescue her beloved and her family from evil spirits that cursed Watson Island centuries ago"--
Author
Series
American chillers volume 17
Publisher
AudioCraft Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When on vacation twelve-year-old Chad Prescott and his ten-year-old sister Michelle see something big and vicious lurking beneath the waters off the coast of South Carolina they're certain that it must be some horrible, hideous, creature. Soon, they find themselves in a fight for their lives when a swarm of these gigantic sea creatures come ashore.
Author
Series
Winnie years volume 4
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
As Winnie and her friends count the days until the beginning of high school, they attend a summer camp where they learn about sea turtles--as well as human relationships.
Author
Series
The history mystery kids volume 5
Publisher
The History Mystery Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
April and Toad must find one last puzzle piece before they go home. This time, the magical book send the three friends to a pirate ship off the coast of South Carolina. Can they defeat a gang of nasty pirates and complete their most dangerous mission yet? Or will they be stuck in history forever?
17) Persuasion
Author
Series
Heirs of Watson Island trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious man wielding a fatal spell appears at the Watson plantation, claiming the key to the Watson and Beaufort magical gifts and the Colesworth curse lies beneath the mansion, Barrie and dreamy Eight Beaufort struggle to make sense of the escalating danger and their growing feelings for each other.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In the Jim Crow South, white supremacy reigns and tensions are high. But Evalene Deschamps has other things to worry about. She has two little sisters to look after, an overworked single mother, and a longtime crush who is finally making a move. On top of all that, Evvie's magic abilities are growing stronger by the day. Her family calls it jubilation--a gift passed down from generations of black women since the time of slavery. And as Evvie's talents...
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