Katherine Applegate
1) Wishtree
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"--
An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.
2) Odder
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2025 NYRA Recommendations - Young Readers
Books for Kids and Tweens
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Books for Kids and Tweens
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Description
"A touching and lyrical tale about a remarkable sea otter, from Newbery Medalist Katherine Applegate, author of Wishtree. Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn’t just swim to the bottom, she dive-bombs. She doesn’t just somersault, she triple-doughnuts. She doesn’t just ride the waves, she makes them. Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky...
3) The first
Author
Series
Endling volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Endling: The First is the second book in an epic middle grade animal fantasy series by Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only Ivan, Wishtree, and Crenshaw! To learn if she truly is the last dairne in the world--the endling--Byx and her friends must travel into the snow-covered mountains of the country of Dreyland, where they hope to uncover the truth behind the legend of a hidden dairne...