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Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Mary Beth Latham is first and foremost a mother, whose three teenaged children come first, before her career as a landscape gardener, or even her life as the wife of a doctor. Caring for her family and preserving their everyday life is paramount. And so, when one of her sons, Max, becomes depressed, Mary Beth becomes focused on him, and is blindsided by a shocking act of violence.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When eighteen-year-old Tommy Baxter declares to his family that he wants to be a police officer after graduation, his mother, Reagan, won’t hear of it. After all, she’s still mourning the death of her own father on September 11 and she’s determined to keep her son safe from danger and disaster. But Tommy’s father, Luke Baxter, is proud of Tommy’s decision, even arranging for his son to take part in a ride-along program with the Indianapolis...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
The existence of Vours, supernatural creatures who feast on fear and attack on the eve of the winter solstice, becomes a terrifying reality for fifteen-year-old Reggie when she begins to suspect that her timid younger brother might be one of their victims.
Author
Series
Cul-de-sac kids volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dunkum tries to hide his fear from the other Cul-de-sac Kids when they spend the night at their teacher's house.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Inchworm overhears Mama Bug tell Baby Bug that she eats like a monster, he cries out in fear and sets off a chain reaction of animals trying to hide from the horrible beast they believe is coming.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Splat does not want to have a playdate with Spike and both are afraid to learn how to swim. When the rest of their classmates rush straight into the pool, Splat and Spike find that they may have more in common than they thought.
9) King Teddy
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Accompanied by her protective teddy bear, Valery spends the night at her grandmother's house.
Author
Series
Charlie Bumpers volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Halloween nears, Charlie and Tommy hope to get out of taking their little sisters trick-or-treating and go by themselves to Alex's upscale neighborhood instead, then attend a sleepover at Alex's house, but when Charlie learns that partygoers will be watching a very scary horror movie he panics.
12) Dinosaur thunder
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Brannon is afraid of thunder until his older brother compares thunder to one of Brannon's favorite subjects--dinosaurs.
13) First shot
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
David Crandall suspects his father murdered his mother when he see him bury a rifle.
18) Jason's bears
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Jason's enthusiasm for bears is dampened when his big brother tells him that they are going to eat him up.
19) White water
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Greg confronts his own fears and assumes a leadership role when his father is bitten by a rattlesnake during a white-water rafting trip.
20) Lizzy and Skunk
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Lizzy's favorite puppet is lost, she overcomes her fears to find him.
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