Janet Taylor Lisle
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Two grieving sisters resolve to break a spell cast by evil fairies After the death of their mother, Olivia and Nellie are shipped off to their great-aunt's house for the summer. Nine-year-old Olivia is not excited about the trip-she has to keep one eye on kind but eccentric Aunt Minty and the other on her younger sister, Nellie, who's been behaving oddly. But the summer takes an interesting turn when Olivia discovers an old fairy tale: the story of...
Author
Pub. Date
1989
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
122 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Will Hillary uncover the secret of the elf village in Sara-Kate's backyard? No fourth grader trusts Sara-Kate Connolly. Her boots are dirty, her clothes are weird, and she's so maladjusted that the school had to hold her back a grade. But Hillary is her next-door neighbor, and can't say no when the unusual loner invites her over to play. In Sara-Kate's overgrown backyard, Hillary will find proof of a world of magic-the kind that can only blossom between...
Author
Pub. Date
1985
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
169 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After their violin teacher is attacked, two sisters stumble on dark secrets from her girlhood in France during World War II Elsie and Mary's lives are changed when they meet Miss Fitch, a fascinating Frenchwoman who makes her living teaching children the violin. She seems to be everything an instructor should be: stern when her students are slacking; inspiring when they lose heart. She knows how to make her young players believe in themselves. Mary...
4) Forest
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
150 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
War is coming, and it will take two very unusual friends to avert a showdown in the town of Forest Upper Forest is the kingdom of an ancient clan of squirrels. For years they have lived and died in the trees, building an elaborate civilization high above the earth. Since man came to Forest, the trees have been thinned, but there are still enough thick groves where the squirrels can run from branch to branch, going days without touching the ground....
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
161 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On the unforgiving coast of Twill, a boy is sucked into a fantastic adventure The country of Twill has a notoriously treacherous coastline: rough, rocky, and primed for shipwrecks and drownings. In the salt-scarred port town of Twickham, the locals are dependent on fishing. Everyone pitches in, devising new ways to catch fish and crabs without falling prey to the dangerous rocks and waves. Of all the fish that dart around their deadly shore, none...
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
207 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1942, Robert and his cousin Elliot uncover long-hidden family secrets while staying in their grandparents' Rhode Island town, where they also become involved with a German artist who is suspected of being a spy.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
240 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jessie spends the summer with her family on Quicksand Pond, a New England vacation spot, where she develops a star-crossed friendship with independent Terri, and meets a reclusive old lady whose connection to a murder that took place decades ago still informs her present--and affects Terri in ways that Jessie gradually comes to understand the more time they spend together.
9) Highway cats
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
118 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A hard-bitten group of mangy highway cats is changed forever after the mysterious arrival of three kittens.
10) Black duck
Author
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.