Sarah L. Thomson
Author
Series
Secrets of the seven volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Sam (a puzzle master) and Martina (a history whiz) become involved in a dangerous quest to find seven keys left behind by Benjamin Franklin and a secret society of descendants, which, when gathered together, unlock a powerful weapon, so the middle schoolers must solve the puzzles, find the artifacts before the bad guy does, and save the nation.
Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Describes large and small dinosaurs, meat and plant eaters, and other information about dinosaurs based on questions from kids, and includes an interview with a paleontologist, a time line and a glossary, and links to Smithsonian websites.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Kata has been training to be a deadly flower--a female ninja--nearly her entire life. She knows the rules a ninja must live by better than she knows her own heart. But when she learns that her first mission is to assassinate a ten-year-old boy, she doesn't expect to also have to outwit and outrun a warlor's samurai and a host of supernatural creatures, who are all after her and the power she carries--a power she doesn't know she holds. --Publisher...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This introduction to pandemics and their history shows readers how to stay safe, and also includes a glossary, an infographic on how the coronavirus spreads, a handwashing diagram and a timeline showing the pandemics of the past.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Traces how Mortenson, having been rescued and resuscitated by Himalayan villagers after a failed attempt to climb K2, worked to build schools that would benefit the young girls who were forbidden an education by Taliban restrictions.
Compact disc, Spoken word.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Presents a young reader's version of a story in which Molly, close to aging out of the foster care system, takes a position helping an elderly woman named Vivian and discovers that they are more alike than different as she helps Vivian solve a mystery from her past.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"In this special illustrated edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, young readers will learn about the life and political philosophy of one of our Founding Fathers"--
12) Imagine a night
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a night when imagination takes over and gravity does not work quite as expected.
13) Cub's big world
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this picture book about exploring the big snowy world, a tiny polar bear learns that she can be brave--especially with Mom close by"--