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Author
Series
Starry River of the Sky volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Pinmei, a storyteller's granddaughter, must find the Luminous Stone that Lights the Night to rescue her grandmother, who has been kidnapped by the Tiger Emperor"--
2) Gilded
Author
Series
Gilded duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to...
3) Cursed
Author
Series
Gilded duology volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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Description
"Be still now, and I will tell you a tale. Adalheid Castle is in chaos. Following a shocking turn of events, Serilda finds herself ensnared in a deadly game of make-believe with the Erlking, who is determined to propel her deeper into the castle’s lies. Meanwhile, Serilda is determined to work with Gild to help him solve the mystery of his forgotten name and past. But soon it becomes clear that the Erlking doesn’t only want to use...
4) My abuelita
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With great gusto, a child's grandmother performs deep knee bends, consumes a breakfast of "huevos estrellados," and practices vocal exercises before going to work as a storyteller.
5) Clockwork
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Long ago in Germany, a storyteller's story and an apprentice clockwork-maker's nightmare meet in a menacing, lifelike figure created by the strange Dr. Kalmenius.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When Marjan, a thirteen-year-old crippled girl, joins the Sultan's harem in ancient Persia, she gathers for Shahrazad the stories which will save the queen's life.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Armed with a pair of knitting needles and her trusty ball of yarn, mysterious hero Iron Purl must use her knitting superpowers to defeat her nemesis, Bandit Bob, who causes mischief and mayhem wherever he goes.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Guided by a tattered map, accompanied by Thomas the Pig Boy, and inspired by the storyteller's blood that thrums through her veins, eleven-year-old Trinket searches for the seven stories she needs to become a bard like her father, who disappeared years before"--
13) Tiger moon
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sold to be the eighth wife of a rich and cruel merchant, Safia, also called Raka, tries to escape her fate by telling stories of Farhad the thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their travels across India to retrieve a famous jewel that will save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a demon king.
14) Hugo Pepper
Author
Series
Far-flung adventures volume 3
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A boy, orphaned and raised in the Frozen North by reindeer herders, boards his birth parents' sled and sets its special compass to "Home," where he uncovers a plot that threatens his mermaid godmothers and other friends of his family.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Evie Baker, storyteller, yearns for adventure, so she ventures into the Old Forest hoping to catch a Fel and compel it to use its magic to grant her wish; instead she stumbles into a nest of robbers and has to be rescued by the Queen's Guard--but maybe it is the start of a dangerous adventure because she and her new friend Max, a Guard messenger, have stumbled unto a conspiracy.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
One day. . . I went to school. I came home. The end,” says our storyteller a girl with a busy imagination and a thirst for adventure. The art tells a fuller tale of calamity on the way to school and an unpredictably happy ending. The genius of this picture book is that each illustration captures multiple, unexpected, and funny storylines as the narrator tells her shorter-than-ever stories, ending with One day. . . I wanted to write a book.” An...
17) The storyteller
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Ziggy's mother disappeared ten years ago, one of the many Native women who have mysteriously gone missing, and Ziggy believes a secret cave may hold the key--so with his sister, Moon, and friends Alice and Corso, he sets out to find the cave and solve themystery of his family's origins.
"From National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson, a kaleidoscopic middle-grade adventure that mixes the anxieties, friendships, and wonders of a Cherokee boy's life...
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