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IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
Companion book to: The Giver, Messenger, and Son.;Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
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When Mary Lennox is sent from India to the moors of England to live with her uncle after losing her parents, not only does she discover a secret garden, but she also discovers the true meaning of family, friendship, and perseverance. This magical, timeless classic, originally published in 1911, is by the author of A Little Princess and Little Lord Faunteleroy.
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Avery has just one chance to save her life — and the lives of her friends.
The king is very ill and in a hurry to hand over his power to a new generation when rumors begin to circulate through the kingdom. It appears the king is unaware of the queen's sinister plot against the thirteen-year-old orphans, as she wants to ensure her child becomes rightful heir to the throne.
Avery weighs the pros and cons of seeking an audience with...
The king is very ill and in a hurry to hand over his power to a new generation when rumors begin to circulate through the kingdom. It appears the king is unaware of the queen's sinister plot against the thirteen-year-old orphans, as she wants to ensure her child becomes rightful heir to the throne.
Avery weighs the pros and cons of seeking an audience with...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
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One by one, distress calls start coming in from around the globe. Cahills are being kidnapped by a shadowy group known only as the Vespers. Now Amy and Dan have only days to fulfill a bizarre ransom request or their captured friends will start dying.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
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"Amy and Dan were devastated when the Vespers kidnapped seven Cahills around the world, holding them hostage until Amy and Dan delivered an impossible ransom. But at least the hostages were Cahills, members of the world's most powerful family, trained to face all odds. Now the Vespers have gone too far. They've kidnapped Atticus, an innocent 11-year-old boy and Dan's only friend. Now Dan and Amy are in the struggle of their lives. Because if they...
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Legend of the animal healer volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
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After a fire kills her parents, eleven-year-old Martine must leave England to live with her grandmother on a wildlife game reserve in South Africa, where she befriends a mythical white giraffe.
7) Winterhouse
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Winterhouse volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
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Orphan Elizabeth Somers's malevolent aunt and uncle ship her off to the ominous Winterhouse Hotel, owned by the peculiar Norbridge Falls. Upon arrival, Elizabeth quickly discovers that Winterhouse has many charms-most notably its massive library. It's not long before she locates a magical book of puzzles that will unlock a mystery involving Norbridge and his sinister family. But the deeper she delves into the hotel's secrets, the more Elizabeth starts...
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Printer's devil trilogy volume 1
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[2006]
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This entertaining novel is right at home alongside Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and Leon Garfield's Smith. In Victorian London, 12-year-old orphan Mog Winter prints wanted posters about all the dangerous villains. When a brute named Cockburn escapes prison, the ink on the posters is barely dry before Mog gets caught up in the criminal underworld. Soon thieves, crooked schemers-even murderers-are hunting Mog, but he doesn't know why.
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[2012]
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Of especially naughty children it is sometimes said, "They must have been raised by wolves." The Incorrigible children actually were. Since returning from London, the three Incorrigible children and their plucky governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, have been exceedingly busy. The children have taken up bird-watching, with no unfortunate consequences--yet. And a perplexing gift raises hard questions about how Penelope came to be left at the Swanburne...
10) Heidi
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Orphaned Heidi is sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Alps, but soon grows to love the mountains. When she is taken to Frankfurt, her homesickness and a new friendship with a disabled girl called Clara lead to an extraordinary turn of events"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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As soon as Anne Shirley arrived at the snug, white farmhouse called Green Gables, she knew she wanted to stay forever. But would the Cuthberts send her back to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they expected -- a skinny girl with decidedly red hair and a temper to match. If only she could convince them to let her stay, she'd try very hard not to keep rushing headlong into scrapes or blurt out the very first thing she had to say. Anne was...
12) The BFG
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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The Big Friendly Giant is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and it's lucky for Sophie that he is. If she had been carried off by any of the other giants she would have been breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are headed to England to steal some little children, she and the BFG decide they must stop them once and for all.
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A series of unfortunate events volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 6
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On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.
14) Oliver Twist
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements...
15) Maniac Magee
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might havelived a normal life if a trolley accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run-- and not just run away, but run. And this is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his amazing and legendary feats.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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Don't even think of starting this book unless you're sitting in a comfortable chair and have lots of time. A fast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan Peter and his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They set sail aboard the Never Land, a ship carrying a precious and mysterious trunk in its cargo hold but the journey quickly becomes fraught with excitement and danger. Discover richly developed...
18) The Outsiders
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
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The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society. When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever. Puffin is proud to publish...
19) The reptile room
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A series of unfortunate events volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 5
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After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.
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Sisters Grimm volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
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Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead and find out that they must take on the family responsibility of being fairy-tale detectives.