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102) Miss Hickory
Author
Pub. Date
1946
Description
Fantasy full of the peculiar charm of the New Hampshire countryside.
Author
Pub. Date
1976 (1948)
Description
He was named “Sham” for the sun, this golden-red stallion born in the Sultan of Morocco’s stone stables. Upon his heel was a small white spot, the symbol of speed. But on his chest was the symbol of misfortune. Although he was swift as the desert winds, Sham’s pedigree would be scorned all his life by cruel masters and owners.
This is the classic story of Sham and his friend, the stable boy Agba. Their adventures take them from the sands...
Author
Pub. Date
c1969
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
A fictional retelling of the experiences of twelve-year-old Mary Jemison, who after being captured by a Shawnee war party during the French and Indian War, is rescued and subsequently adopted by two Seneca sisters with whom she ultimately chooses to stay.
106) Daniel Boone
Author
Pub. Date
1939.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
Newbery Awards.
107) Daniel Boone
Author
Pub. Date
1939
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
The story of Daniel Boone, the famous hunter and adventurer who explored and helped settle the early West, especially Kentucky.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1986, c1947
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.
110) Yo, Juan de Pareja
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Juan de Pareja, the slave who prepares the paints and canvases of the artist Velázquez, describes his work with his master and the climate of Spanish court life.
111) The secret of NIMH
Author
Pub. Date
[1982?], c1971
Description
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 6
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Description
Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.
114) Holes
Author
Pub. Date
2001, ©1998.
Description
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Author
Series
Time Quintet volume 1
Pub. Date
2007.
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Description
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.