Robert Papp
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
While spending two days touring a zoo to see the baby animals, the four Alden children, aged six to fourteen, help catch an escaped monkey, participate in a photography contest, and investigate a missing camera.
5) Lanie
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Lanie Holland loves science and nature, and so she wants to go camping and have adventures in the wilderness, while her family wants to stay home, but Lanie finds someone else who loves the outdoors when her Aunt Hannah visits.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Lanie Holland, who loves science and nature, starts a wild flower garden to attract butterflies, it brings her into conflict with a neighbor who calls it a "weed garden" that should be replaced and uses pesticides in her own garden.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When a local radio station holds a detective contest, the Aldens enthusiastically sign up, but when some of the clues turn out to be fake, they have a real mystery on their hands.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Caroline and her mother make a dangerous trip across Lake Ontario to the British fort where her father is a prisoner. When Mama isn't allowed to see Papa, it's up to Caroline to deliver a secret message to him--right under the nose of a British guard.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When the Aldens help a friend of their grandfather's to build the world's largest yo-yo, they soon discover that more than one person is trying to prevent them from finishing the job--and for more than one reason.
10) Bravo, Mia!
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Mia has been training for a year to prepare for the Regionals, but her sportsmanship, not her skill, is tested when a family crisis threatens to pull her from the competition.
Author
Series
The boxcar children mysteries volume 108
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Aldens visit Grandfather's friend at the Ogopogo Retreat and aided by puzzling clues, embark on a treasure hunt to prevent the retreat from being sold.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Gabe enlists in the Union Army in Pennsylvania along with his older brother Davy and, as bugler, does his best to protect Davy during the Battle of Gettysburg.
17) Jess
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 110
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Aldens investigate when an old wooden mask they have found is stolen.
Author
Series
Boxcar children mysteries volume 116
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While visiting the Diamond Drive-In with their grandfather, the Boxcar Children investigate a series of pranks and ghost sightings at the outdoor theater.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A letter arrives for Caroline, asking her to come help her uncle Aaron and cousin Lydia on their new farm for the summer. Although Caroline is reluctant to leave her family, she's eager to lend a hand. So when she suspects that a thief has been stealing much-needed food from the farm, Caroline helps keep watch to guard against the uninvited visitor. Then she makes an unexpected discovery - and learns that some things are not as simple as they seem....