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Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young boy living in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1710 enjoys imaginary adventures with make-believe pirates, until the day that real pirates come ashore for evil purposes and leave him a remarkable memento. Includes ideas for activities related to family heirlooms.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A circular tale of time travel in a picture book! Max and her dog Boomer accidentally break a vase, a treasured family heirloom-the only thing that Max's great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother managed to save when her houseboat sank. Instead of coming clean, they decide to do the next most logical thing: Build a time machine, travel back to her great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother's home, and smash the vase then so that they can't...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When the grandfather he never knew is released from prison suffering from dementia, eleven-year-old Nicholas, a mathematical and musical genius, tries to save the family's home by helping search for heirlooms Grandpa claims to have buried.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Join a pirate on a grand quest to find his family heirloom peg leg that drifted away in the night. He searches for his treasured leg by following the moving water from lakes to streams to rivers and eventually out to the ocean. Beautiful oil scenics of nature and quirky humor tell this pirate's tale of determination and show how life on earth is connected by moving water.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers—and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking… Selena Lucy Landry (named for a ship, as every sailor’s child should be) has been frightened of the water ever since she lost her father at sea. But with no one else to care for her, she’s sent to foster with the Martins—a...
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Nicholas is a math and music genius with no friends and a huge problem: His father has lost his job, and they'll have to sell their house, which holds the only memory Nicholas has of his younger brother. Just in time, Nicholas's senile grandfather arrives, filled with tales of priceless treasure he has hidden somewhere in town--but where?