Laura Ruby
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Frankie's mother died and her father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, it was supposed to be only temporary, just long enough for him to get back on his feet and be able to provide for them once again. That's why she is not prepared for the day when he arrives for his weekend visit with a new woman on his arm and out-of-state train tickets in his pocket. Now Frankie and her sister, Toni, are abandoned to the orphanage, two...
2) Bone Gap
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighteen-year-old Finn, an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, is the only witness to the abduction of town favorite Roza, but his inability to distinguish between faces makes it difficult for him to help with the investigation, and subjects him to even more ridicule and bullying.
Author
Publisher
Eos
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Georgie and Bug, a year older, have been pulled apart by the demands of their newfound fame and fortune, but join forces again when a punk, vampires, a giant sloth, and other creatures come after them on the streets of a New York City of the future.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Strange goings-on at her great-uncle's summer home in Cape May, New Jersey, draw Lily and a new friend into a mystery involving lost treasure, a fake medium, and ghosts of all sizes, shapes, and dispositions.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
For as long as Molly can remember, it's always just been her and Dad. Dad, who likes to splash in the pool, who likes to spin at the park, who bakes the best cookies around. But that was before Dad married Ms. Too. Ms. Too doesn't like to splash. She doesn't like to spin. And she can't bake anything. “But Molly, you used to love Ms. Too.” That was before, when she was Molly’s favorite librarian. Now everything has changed. But as Molly...
Author
Publisher
Eos
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In a future New York where most people can fly and cats are a rarity, a nondescript resident of Hope House for the Homeless and Hopeless discovers that although she is shunned as a "leadfoot," she has the surprising ability to become invisible.
Author
Series
York (Laura Ruby) volume 2
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishrs
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
It was only a few weeks ago that the Biedermann twins, Tess and Theo, along with their friend Jaime Cruz, followed the secrets of the Morningstarrs' cipher further than anyone had in its century-and-a-half history -- and destroyed their beloved home in the process. But the Old York Cipher still isn't solved. The demolition of 354 W. 73rd Street only revealed the next clue in the greatest mystery of the modern world, and if Tess, Theo, and Jaime want...
Author
Series
York (Laura Ruby) volume 3
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
It was only a few days ago that Tess Biedermann, Theo Biedermann, and Jaime Cruz, along with a mysterious figure from the past, managed to survive an assault on the location of the latest clue in the Morningstarr cipher-and, in the process, made a shocking discovery about their own connection to this one-hundred-sixty-year-old enigma. It's up to Tess, Theo, and Jaime to uncover the Morningstarrs' final mystery in a desperate attempt to set things...
Author
Series
York (Laura Ruby) volume 1
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In an alternate history of New York, three kids try to solve a modern-world puzzle and complete a treasure hunt laid into the streets and buildings of the city.
Series
Untold legends volume 1
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Presents a diverse collection of vampire tales features supernatural characters engaged in social-justice movements, attempting to take selfies without reflections and avoiding family matchmaking.