Lynne Reid Banks
Author
Series
The Indian in the Cupboard series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A year after he sends his Indian friend, Little Bear, back into the magic cupboard, Omri decides to bring him back only to find that he is close to death and in need of help.
Author
Series
The Indian in the Cupboard series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In this third book about Omri and his magic cupboard, Omri and his friend Patrick must risk grownups' discovering their secret when they find themselves in need of a friend's toy plastic doctors to save wonded people from the dangerous world of the Old West which the cupboard enables them to enter.
Author
Series
Harry the poisonous centipede volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Harry, a young centipede, faces danger and frustration when he is captured by a hoo-min and placed in a jar.
Author
Series
Harry the poisonous centipede volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The further adventures of Harry and George, two young poisonous centipedes, as they travel across the sea to a mysterious new land filled with dangerous hoo-mins.
Author
Series
Harry the poisonous centipede volume 1
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Formats
Description
When their adventures lead them to explore the biggest and scariest villain of all, Harry and George realize that they are not brave, only reckless and foolish.
6) Tiger, tiger
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Two tiger cub brothers are taken from the jungle to ancient Rome, where one becomes the pampered pet of Caesar's daughter and the other becomes a man-eating "entertainment act" at the Colosseum.
Author
Publisher
Dell Yearling
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A boastful hamster with exceptional talent as an escape artist recounts his experiences chewing, wriggling, or squeezing his way out of various closed areas in his quest for the great Outside.
"One family’s household has been in a state of disarray because of one small furry problem. Meet Houdini, an extraordinarily brilliant escapologist. No, not that Houdini. This one is a hamster. Once you meet him, you will understand that his owners just couldn’t...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Alice must write about herself for an assignment in her London school, and in doing so, she sorts out her feelings about her somewhat prickly single mother, the father she has never met, her flamboyant paternal grandmother, and the rest of her sometimes confusing life.
9) The dungeon
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Driven by his grief over the loss of his family and by his longing for adventure, Bruce MacLennan sets out from Scotland for China, where he buys a young girl, who tries to ease his pain but instead is caught up in his desire for vengance.