Wendy Orr
1) Nim's island
Author
Series
Nim series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nim loves her island home and the animals she shares it with even while her scientist father is away doing research, but trouble is on the way and a new e-mail friend could be the only one who can help.
Author
Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 5
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
c2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Finding a horse in the park, Amy takes it to the Rainbow Street Shelter and secretly hopes the owner never turns up.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brave princess and a panther who tries to be brave cross the desert together and settle into a red silk tent, in which they listen to "leaf-snakes," an "owl-witch," and other frightening creatures until the princess frightens them away.
Author
Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 6
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mona at the Rainbow Street Shelter finds the perfect home--and job--for an energetic beagle puppy who loves to sniff.
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Raven is first to reach the mountain top. Her sister and step-dad are still climbing the trail below. She is alone on top of the world. So she dances--a crazy, jumping, spinning dance--because if you can climb a mountain you can do anything! But then there is a rumble and the earth shakes. Rocks are falling, and so is Raven, in a terrible tumble down the side of the mountain. When she comes to, no one answers her calls. The rockfall is covering the...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Leira is training to be a priestess, but after an earthquake on her island forces her and her family to flee to Crete, there is a volcanic eruption that destroys the island and a tsunami that throws Crete into chaos, as she and her mother struggle to survive.
Author
Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After his pet rabbit dies, Josh feels sad and does not want to own another pet until an elderly neighbor's cat goes missing.
9) Nim's Island
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her...