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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When Princess Adela sets eyes on Lady Hortensia's garden, she knows something is amiss. Every single flower is in bloom, and in the middle of October! Not only that, there is a talking magpie flitting about the garden and stealing the guests' jewels. Is it possible that Hortensia is a witch and the magpie an enchanted prince? And what of the flowers themselves? Will Adela get to the root of the mystery and nip trouble in the bud before it's too late?...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
After their mother's death, Olivia and Nellie go to live with their great aunt, where they slowly bring her overgrown and weedy old garden back to life, enabling them to adjust to a new life as well.
5) Seedfolks
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed.
6) Lanie
Author
Series
Girl of the year. 2010: Lanie volume 1
Girl of the year. 2010 Lanie volume 1
American girls collection Lanie volume 1
Girl of the year. 2010 Lanie volume 1
American girls collection Lanie volume 1
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old Lanie loves science and nature, but she has a problem: she's an "outside" girl with an "inside" family. She longs get out and go camping, but they all want to stay home. ... But when her favorite aunt comes to stay, Lanie discovers that the wonders of nature are everywhere-even in her own backyard."--Publisher.
Author
Series
Girl of the year. 2010: Lanie volume 2
American girls collection Lanie volume 2?UNAUTHORIZED
Girl of the year. 2010 Lanie volume 2
American girls collection Lanie volume 2?UNAUTHORIZED
Girl of the year. 2010 Lanie volume 2
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lanie is having a busy summer. The backyard wildflower garden she planted with her aunt is starting to bloom with all the flowers that butterflies like best. Lanie is delighted, but her next-door neighbor objects-she says that Lanie is growing an ugly "weed garden" and she threatens to interfere. ... Can Lanie find a way to get along with her neighbor-and find a creative solution to their garden problem?"--Publisher.
10) Mighty Jack
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Prompted by his sister, Jack trades his mom's car for a box of mysterious seeds, but soon their normal garden turns into a wild jungle filled with magical creatures and one night changes into a dragon.
Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring,...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Yasmina isn't like the other kids in her city. She might be an oddball, but no one can deny that Yasmina has a flair for food. All she needs to whip up a gourmet meal is a recipe from her cookbook and fresh vegetables from the community garden. But everything changes when the garden is bulldozed and replaced with a strange new crop of potatoes. Her neighbors can't get enough of these spuds! And after just one bite their behavior changes--they slobber,...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When Tilly moves to a big, old house with her mum and dad, she can't wait to start exploring. There, deep in the garden, she finds a mysterious, hidden gate ... Led by a wild fox, Tilly discovers the magical secret that lies beyond the gate and nothing is ever quite the same again.
14) The ice garden
Author
Publisher
Chicken House, Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Allergic to the sun, Jess sets out to explore the world she longs to be a part of by night. But what she discovers is a beautiful impossibility: a magical garden wrought of ice... Jess's imagination has always been her best friend. She's trained it to feel as real as it possibly can, especially in the stories she writes for Davie -- the young boy in a coma who is her only friend. But nothing is as real as the world she'll find. One night, tired of...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Entitled loner Mary Lennox moves to her uncle's house in New York when her parents pass and makes friends for the first time, who help her restore her uncle's abandoned rooftop garden, teaching her to grieve and grow"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of ten-year-old Mary who, after the death of her parents, comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When prisoner Elliott Michener began tending the gardens at Alcatraz, his thoughts of escape were replaced with new skills and a sense of dignity. Back matter discusses the history of Alcatraz and the US prison system today"--
Author
Series
Garlic volume 1
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Garlic must believe in herself to confront a bloodthirsty vampire who has moved into a nearby castle, in this humorous and heartwarming story that reminds readers that strangers are not always as scary as they seem.
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