Sid Fleischman
Author
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws. Forced to serve as whipping boy to the arrogant and spiteful Prince Brat, Jemmy plans to run away, but on the night of his escape, he and the Prince have a climactic confrontation. Prince Brat decides to run away from home, taking his much abused whipping boy, Jemmy, with him, but their roles are reversed when...
Author
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926. Profiling his early years, personal life, and great accomplishments in show business, the story of the famous magician, Harry Houdini, comes to life through a review of his greatest tricks and most amazing feats, complete with index, photos, and author's notes.
Author
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
One of Newbery Medalist Sid Fleischman's most beloved books, this rip-snortin' saga of a young man and his butler bound for California during the great Gold Rush was just made to be read by a full cast. Our collection of coots, codgers, geezers, and outlaws will have you laughing out loud-when you're not holding your breath in suspense!
4) Jim Ugly
Author
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
The adventures of twelve-year-old Jake and Jim Ugly, his father's part-mongrel, part-wolf dog, as they travel through the Old West trying to find out what really happened to Jake's actor father.
5) Jingo Django
Author
Pub. Date
1971
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
172 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Jingo Hawks is out of luck when Mrs. Daggatt from the orphan house hires him out as a chimney sweep to the awful General Dirty-Face Scurlock. But it's gypsy luck that puts Jingo into the right chimney and then into the care of the mysterious Mr. Peacock, who claims to know Jingo's scoundrel father. Together they set out on a treasure hunt for buried gold. But, they are not alone. Those nasty gold diggers Mrs. Daggatt and General Scurlock are hot on...
Author
Pub. Date
1978
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
149 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Humbug Mountain. Little did Wiley, the son of a traveling newspaperman, imagine that the search for his grandfather would lead him into the hands of those nasty villains of the West-Shagnasty John and the Fool Killer. Using their newspaper, The Humbug Mountain Hoorah, Wiley and his sister and mother go about outwitting the outlaws in their scheme to ambush Grandfather's new boat and its cargo of gold.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1050L
Physical Desc
xiii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Here, in high style, is the story of a wisecracking adventurer who came of age in the untamed West. A rebel who surprised himself by becoming the most famous American of his time.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
180 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
A struggling American ventriloquist in post-World War II Europe is possessed by the mischievous spirit of a young Jewish boy killed in the Holocaust. Author's note details the murder of over one million children by the Nazis during the 1930s and 1940s.
18) McBroom's zoo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1972
Physical Desc
46 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
19) The scarebird
Author
Pub. Date
1988
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 660L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A lonely old farmer realizes the value of human friendship when a young man comes to help him and his scarecrow with their farm.