Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
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Description
A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
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Description
The first novel from three-time Newbery Honor–winning writer Zilpha Keatley Snyder's: a mystical fairytale about a girl, a magic amulet, and one unforgettable summer
Life is difficult for Pamela. She usually lives with her two aunts because her father is always traveling for work. But this summer, Pamela's father has promised to take her away with him. On the day of their departure, however, he breaks his promise. Instead, he leaves...
Life is difficult for Pamela. She usually lives with her two aunts because her father is always traveling for work. But this summer, Pamela's father has promised to take her away with him. On the day of their departure, however, he breaks his promise. Instead, he leaves...
4) The runaways
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Twelve-year-old Dani hates living in the small desert town of Rattler Springs, Nevada, but her plans to run away get complicated when a pesty young boy and an imaginative new girl decide they want to go along.
8) The Unseen
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Feeling angry and out-of-place in her large family, twelve-year-old Xandra finds a magical key to a world of ghostly, sometimes frightening, phantoms that help her see herself and her siblings more clearly.
11) Cat running
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When eleven-year-old Cat Kinsey builds a secret hideout to escape her unhappy homelife, she slowly gets to know a poor family who have come to California after losing their Texas home to the dust storms of the 1930s.
12) The Trespassers
Author
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
It all starts the summer Neely and her little brother, Grub, accidentally find a way to sneak into Halcyon House. It's a magnificent mansion that was deserted years ago. Inside they discover a playroom full of wonderful old-fashioned toys. Despite the spookiness of the house and the rumors about the ghost that haunts it, and despite the fact that they don't belong there, the playroom becomes their secret hideaway.
13) The velvet room
Author
Pub. Date
1988, c1965
Description
Robin and her family have spent several years moving from place to place, trying to find work and a place to live. When Robin's father finds a job, all are happy but Robin. She explores the countryside near her home, meets new friends, and discovers a secret.
14) Fool's gold
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Description
Reluctant to admit that he suffers from claustrophobia and anxious not to alienate his friends, Rudy tries to find a way to distract them from pursuing their plan of exploring an abandoned gold mine.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Determined to be as strong and powerful as the first Harleigh, who built the rambling Weatherby Hall, twelve-year-old Harleigh Fourth and an equally diminutive new friend try to foil the plans of a distant relative who is seeking the long-lost Weatherby fortune.
Author
Pub. Date
c1966
Description
Harry Houdini Marco had a difficult life when he was a normal, clumsy twelve-year-old-but growing wings made things even harder Except for his unusual name, Harry Houdini Marco is unremarkable in every way. While his namesake was the greatest illusionist of all time, Harry can't even catch a ball. He is on the verge of a long, boring summer-and he is dreading every moment of it. Then he meets a mysterious traveling salesman named Mr. Mazzeeck....
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Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 1938, twelve-year-old William has already decided to leave home when his younger sister informs him that she and their brother and sister are going too, and right away, but complications arise when an acquaintance decides to "help" them.
19) The bronze pen
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
With her father's failing health and the family's shaky finances, twelve-year-old Audrey's dreams of becoming a writer seem very impractical until she is given a peculiar bronze pen that appears to have unusual powers.