Brett Helquist
Author
Series
Tales from the House of Bunnicula volume 5
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Howie the wirehaired dachshund tries his paw at writing a new kind of novel, a mystery in which he imagines himself as a private investigator and Delilah as the "mysterious dame."
23) The Calder game
Author
Series
Chasing Vermeer volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village--along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn--his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.
Author
Series
Tales from the House of Bunnicula volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Howie the wirehaired dachshund and his friend Delilah collaborate on a novel, trying to win the coveted Newbony Award.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Concerned that the immigrant employees of New York City's Macy's department store are homesick at Christmas, a young girl inspires the store's head to hold the first Macy's Parade. Based on a true story; includes historical note.
Author
Series
Tales from the House of Bunnicula volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Continuing his search for fame as a writer, Howie the wire-haired dachshund creates a story remarkably similar to the popular one he has heard about a heroic boy wizard.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Persimmony Smudge, who longs for heroic adventures, overhears a secret that thrusts her into the middle of a dangerous mission that could destroy the island on which she lives.
Author
Series
Strangeville School volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Get ready to laugh out loud at Strangeville Middle School, the wackiest (definitely not cursed) school ever! This highly illustrated new series is Sideways Stories from Wayside School for a new generation! Smile! It’s picture day! Except maybe don’t smile, because there’s a glowing lost-and-found box that’s appeared in the cafeteria. Sure, coming to Strangeville Middle has been an adjustment for new kid Harvey Hill, but things seem to be...
30) Chasing Vermeer
Author
Series
Chasing Vermeer volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Salvador Dali struggles to follow the rules and fit in with his peers, until one day he realizes that artists can be and do anything they like. This realization gives him the freedom to truly be himself"--
Author
Series
Vengekeep prophecies volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"A magical tapestry prophesies doom for the town of Vengekeep, and to everyone's surprise twelve-year-old Jaxter Grimjinx and his family of con artists appear to be the town's saviors"--
Author
Series
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Helping tend the cloud garden that powers their flying balloon cloudship, young Nadya Skylung narrowly escapes a pirate attack and teams up with four brave and loyal friends to rescue their captured crewmates before uncovering a plot that targets Nadya personally. Illustrated by the artist of A Series of Unfortunate Events.
34) The lump of coal
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A lump of coal that wants to be an artist, but would settle for making decorative marks on a piece of grilled meat, rolls out of a forgotten bag of charcoal one winter and takes a spin through town seeking a miracle.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An unlikely--and entirely unforgettable--tale of a most unusual friendship between Flora, an elephant calf stolen from her African home, and David, the circus impresario and magician, who adopts, trains, and ultimately liberates her in a tale freely inspired by actual events"--
37) Un mal principio
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 1
Publisher
Editorial Lumen
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
Español
Formats
Description
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
Author
Series
The Uncommoners volume 1
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Ivy Sparrow and her big brother Seb discover a city beneath London where ordinary objects have magical powers.
Author
Series
League of Seven volume 1
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2014-
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When an alternate 1875 steam-driven America rediscovers electricity, the lifeblood of the Mangleborn monsters, and the secret society to protect humanity from the Mangleborn is compromised, twelve-year-old Archie must assemble a team of seven young heroes to save the world.
40) Grumpy Goat
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Goat is the grumpiest animal at Sunny Acres farm until he remembers that there is more to life than eating and being alone.