Cynthia Bishop
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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"The New York Times bestseller A LONG WALK TO WATER begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan: a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, fetches water from a pond that is tow hours' walk from her home. She makes two trips to the pond every day. the boy, Salva, becomes one of the "last boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe...
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Books of Bayern volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
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On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.
5) Enna burning
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Books of Bayern volume 2
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Enna hopes that her new knowledge of how to wield fire will help protect her good friend Isi--the Princess Anidori--and all of Bayern against their enemies, but the need to burn is uncontrollable and puts Enna and her loved ones in grave danger.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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Cherished by millions of readers, this #1 New York Times bestselling novel is a powerful tale of perseverance and hope. Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park interweaves the stories of two Sudanese children who overcome mortal dangers to improve their lives and the lives of others.
A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The
...7) The Moffats
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Moffats volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
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Meet the Moffats. Even the most ordinary Moffat day is packed with extraordinary fun. Only a Moffat could turn mistakes and mischief into hilarious one-of-a-kind adventure. Enjoy the adventures and misadventures of the four Moffat children living with their widowed mother in a yellow house on New Dollar Street in the small town of Cranbury, Connecticut.
8) Forest Born
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Books of Bayern volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
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Rin has always been a quiet, helpful girl, but a secret has been eating away at her, and the solace Rin once could find among the tall trees surrounding her forest home has vanished. When she leaves home to join her older brother in the city, she finds intriguing answers to her questions, an adventure she doesn't expect, and a sense of self she never thought she would find.
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Princess Academy trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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Miri returns to Asland and calls upon all of her knowledge of rhetoric and other useful lessons learned at the Princess Academy when she and the other girls face strong opposition while working for a new, fair charter.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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Marly had been waiting a long time for this special momwnt. She sat alone in the car and stared at the lonely countryside and the small dilapidated house. It had to be the right place. All outdoors. With miracles. Not crowded and people being cross and mean. Daddy not tired all the time. Mothernot worried. She whispered, "Please let there be miracles."
11) Eyes Like Stars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
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Thirteen-year-old Bertie strives to save Theater Illuminata, the only home she has ever known, but is hindered by the Players who magically live on there, especially Ariel, who is willing to destroy the Book at the center of the magic in order to escape into the outside world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
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In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous second marriage, twelve-year-old Haoyou has life-changing adventures when he takes to the sky as a circus kite rider and ends up meeting the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan.
14) Odysseus
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The Trojan War is over, and Odysseus longs to return to wife and son on his island kingdom of Ithaca. But between hero and home stands an array of dangers unlike any ever faced by mortal man. On his epic voyage-an adventure so grand and glorious it has become the very symbol for all great journeys-Odysseus must face the monstrous cyclops, escape the enchanting nymph Circe, defy the terrors of Scylla and Charybdis, and descend to the land of the dead....
15) Hercules
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When the goddess Hera, wife of Zeus, discovers her husband's mortal son Hercules, she vows to destroy him. Thus begins Hercules's legendary and epic journey in which he is forced to take on a series of seemingly impossible tasks. He battles an array of both amazing and terrifying beasts, including the mighty Cretan Bull, the many-headed Hydra, the ferocious Nemean Lion, and the three-headed guardian of hell, Cerberus. With the help of the gods Athena...
16) Perseus
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The fourth of Geraldine McCaughrean's great quartet of novels based on the hero stories of ancient Greece chronicles the adventures of the young man who must face the gorgon, Medusa.With the renewed interest in Greek mythology, this is a must have recording for schools, libraries, and anyone who wants to know the full story of one of the greatest heroes of the era.
17) Theseus
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A brilliant retelling of one of the greatest of the Greek myths, the story of Theseus pulses with adventure, humor, and tragedy.
19) The Book of Job
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Experience all the power, poetry, and passion of one of the Bible's most moving stories as God and Satan contest for the soul of a good and faithful man-a man whose faith is about to be tested in ways most of us can scarcely imagine. This full cast recording makes the language-and the emotions-of this great text accessible in a completely new way.
20) Cyrano
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Ashamed of his ugliness, long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac, a brilliant seventeenth-century poet and expert swordsman in the French army, helps a rival woo and win Roxane, the beautiful cousin Cyrano loves in silence.