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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Even though the city faces nightly air raids, in 1941 Joseph is sent to London to live with the gruff Mrs F, who teaches the angry boy how to care for the remaining animals in the city zoo, including a mighty silverback gorilla named Adonis.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Ever since her near-fatal drowning, Cassidy has been able to pull back the "Veil" that separates the living from the dead and see ghosts, not that she wants to, and she was really looking forward to a ghost-free summer at the beach; however her parents are going to start filming a TV series about the world's most haunted places, starting with Edinburgh with its graveyards, castles, and restless phantoms--and Cass and her personal ghost companion,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When two Mongolian brothers inexplicably appear one morning in her sixth grade class, Julie, who lives in a town near Liverpool, England, named Bootle, becomes their new friend and "Good Guide," navigating them through soccer, school uniforms, and British slang.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
From the publisher. Dennis was different. Why was he different, you ask?Well, a small clue might be in the title of this book...Charming, surprising and hilarious -- The Boy in the Dress is everything you would expect from the co-creator of Little Britain. David Walliams's beautiful first novel will touch the hearts (and funny bones) of children and adults alike.
45) Blood fever
Author
Series
Young Bond series volume 2
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Description
During a summer holiday in Italy, the teen-age James Bond tangles with an underground empire of criminals as he attempts the rescue of a kidnapped young girl.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Aya is eleven years old and has just arrived in Britain with her mum and baby brother, seeking asylum from war in Syria. When Aya stumbles across a local ballet class, the formidable dance teacher spots her exceptional talent and believes that Aya has the potential to earn a prestigious ballet scholarship. But at the same time, Aya and her family must fight to be allowed to remain in the country, to make a home for themselves, and to find Aya's father...
Author
Series
Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 4
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The crown jewels have been stolen and Secret agent Jack Stalwart must battle a master magician to save them before they disappear forever.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
The UK's #1 bestselling children's author, David Walliams, is back with a thrilling historical adventure with life-or-death stakes-chock-full of Walliams's unmistakable humor and perfect for fans of Stuart Gibbs and Gordon Korman.
1940. BRITAIN IS AT WAR WITH NAZI GERMANY.
Eleven-year-old Eric practically lives at the London Zoo. And there's one animal in particular he loves to spend time with: Gertrude the gorilla.
But with German bombs raining...
49) Bollywood babes
Author
Series
Bindi babes trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
The Indian-British Dhillon sisters open their home to a down-on-her-luck former movie star from India and employ her talents to raise money for their school. Those fiesty Bindi Babes are back - and someone tougher than their auntie has moved in too! Geena, Amber and Jazz throw a Bollywood party to raise funds for their school. They plan to deliver a real Bollywood actress for a live performance but their star turns out to more of a handful than they...
Author
Series
Remixed classics volume 9
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Oliver Bennet, trapped by societal expectations to live as female, discovers the possibility of love and freedom when he forms a connection with Darcy, but is faced with the choice of living a secure but inauthentic life or risking everything for true self-expression and love.
52) Rainbow garden
Author
Pub. Date
©2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When she is sent from her London home to live in the Welsh countryside with the large, boisterous Owen family, eleven-year-old Elaine feels miserable and resentful until she discovers an abandoned garden and determines to make it her secret sanctuary.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023].
Description
Susan is very young when she's evacuated from London during World War II and sent to live in the countryside with a family she has never met. Uncertain of her new surroundings and desperately missing home, she holds out little hope for the months ahead. Then, on Christmas Day, she receives a doll that she names Lizzy. It is the best present she's ever had. Only decades later, when Susan and her great-granddaughter Evie bring the precious doll in for...
54) Primrose day
Author
Pub. Date
1942.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
During World War II, seven-year-old Merry Primrose Ramsay is sent from England to live with relatives in the United States, where, despite missing her parents and feeling homesick, she has many adventures while going to school and learning to fish and knit.
55) The great escape
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
"Buster is a lively Jack Russell. Tiger is a feisty white and ginger tom. Rose is a faithful Collie. Robert and Lucy Edwards love their pets more than anything; but the threat of the Second World War forces them to flee to Devon - leaving their animals behind. And as the air raid sirens sound over London, the frightened animals are sent to be put down. Buster, Tiger and Rose make a daring escape but with danger at every turn, can the trio make it...
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