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(0)Geraldine McCaughrean
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
A Michael L. Printz Honor Book and Carnegie Medal Winner! New from Geraldine McCaughrean comes an extraordinary story of eight boys stranded on a rock in the middle of the sea, left to fight for their survival.
Every time a lad went fowling on the stacs, he came home less of a boy and more of a man. If he went home at all, that is.
Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
The sequel to the adventures of Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. Fearing for Peter Pan's life, Wendy and the Lost Boys find their way back to Never land--with the help of the fairy, Fireflyer--only to discover adventure waiting in ambush and their worst nightmares coming true in the most unexpected ways.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A child, wondering why Grandma doesn't have the grandfather clock in her house repaired, learns that there are many ways to measure time, from the moment it takes to blink an eye to the years shown in gray hairs.
6) Hercules
Author
Publisher
Cricket Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A retelling, based on seventh-century B.C. Assyrian clay tablets, of the wanderings and adventures of the god king, Gilgamesh, who ruled in ancient Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in about 2700 B.C., and of his faithful companion, Enkidu.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ashamed of his crown of antlers, the reindeer retreats to the lonely northern wastelands, but many years later his descendants find their antlers useful when they help Santa Claus one Christmas Eve.
12) Odysseus
Author
Publisher
Cricket Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
14) Perseus
Author
Publisher
Cricket Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
15) The snow queen
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An enchanting retelling of The Snow Queen, a magical, wintery tale of friendship, love and adventure. Join Gerda on her epic journey to the mysterious, snowy lands of the frozen North. Meeting fairy-tale princesses, talking crows and wise old women with enchanted gardens, on her quest to rescue best friend Kai from the Snow Queen's icy palace.
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Collection of stories told by Shahrazad to her husband King Shahryar in an effort to keep him from having her put to death, edited for children, and telling tales of Sinbad, Ali Baba, and other characters of the desert world.
18) Theseus
Author
Publisher
Cricket Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Cricket Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Tutmose, an apprentice sculptor, and his nearly-blind brother, Ibrim, an apprentice musician, are content at the court of Pharoah Akhenaten, but their father rages against Pharoah's rejection of traditional Egyptian gods and plots a deadly revenge.
Author
Publisher
Simply Read Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
One bright starlit night, Joy wakes to see a glittering path of moonlight stretching off into the distance. Curious, she slips out of bed and follows the path till she reaches Blue Moon Mountain. There she discovers a strange unearthly place inhabited by all the magical creatures of myth and legend: mermaids and fairies, Cyclops and goblins -- even Joy's beloved unicorns.