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Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st Scholastic ed.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When college student David Rain rents a room in an unusual boardinghouse full of clay dragons, he has no idea that they, along with some lively squirrels, will help jump start his writing career.
2) Fire star
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Hardcover ed.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
549 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
David Rain is faced with the most perilous task yet when Gwilanna returns, this time determined to resurrect the dragon Gawain on the ice cap of the Tooth of Ragnar, unless David and her friends can stop her.
Author
Series
House of furies volume 1
Lexile measure
HL 810L
Language
English
Description
After escaping a harsh school where punishment was the lesson of the day, seventeen-year-old Louisa Ditton is thrilled to find employment as a maid at a boarding house. But soon after her arrival at Coldthistle House, Louisa begins to realize that the house's mysterious owner, Mr. Morningside, is providing much more than lodging for his guests. Far from a place of rest, the house is a place of judgment, and Mr. Morningside and his unusual staff are...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside--and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they wanted to be principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she also has great allies: the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Teenage Bina runs away to New York City's Catherine House, a young women's residence in Greenwich Village with a tragic history and dark secrets, where she is drawn to her mysterious downstairs neighbor Monet.
Author
Series
Carter House girls volume 6
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Life at the Carter house is in an uproar, with Taylor coming home from rehab treatment, Kriti developing a possible eating disorder, and Eliza creating competition between the girls for the New York debut at Spring Fashion Week.
Author
Series
Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
164 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Junior sleuth Maisie Hitchins, who lives in her grandmother's boarding house in Victorian London, uncovers an intriguing plot involving stolen sausages, pilfered halfpennies, and a fast-paced bicycle chase.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016].
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
169 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Junior sleuth Maisie Hitchins, who lives in her grandmother's boarding house in Victorian London, investigates the theft of a rare and valuable tribal mask from the Amazonian rainforest" --
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
419 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After the frightful events of last autumn, seventeen-year-old Louisa Ditton has settled into her role as a maid at Coldthistle House, but she has not settled into what that means for her humanity. As Louisa struggles to figure out whether she is worthy of redemption, the devilish Mr. Morningside plans a fete--one that will bring new guests to Coldthistle House. From wicked humans to Upworlders, angelic beings who look down upon Mr. Morningside's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014].
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
161 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Maisie sets out to uncover the true identity of the new lodger at her gran's boarding house and uncovers a more complicated--and dangerous--mystery than she could have imagined"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
179 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Theo leaves everything behind to live with his Uncle Chester, a Vietnam War veteran and loner, in Destiny, Florida, but he is drawn to play the piano in Miss Sister's dance school and soon makes friends with the feisty Anabel, a baseball fanatic who invites Theo to help solve a mystery.
12) Icefire
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st Scholastic pbk. ed.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
421 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
While researching the existence of dragons for an essay that could win him a trip to the Arctic, Chris opens himself to the possibility that a great, ancient treasure exists there, guarded by bears, and that he has some role in its protection.
13) Finding Fortune
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Angry with her mother, twelve-year-old runaway Ren finds an unusual boarding house in a nearby ghost town, Fortune, where she meets some interesting people and learns of a forgotten treasure from when the town was famous for buttons made of Mississippi River shells."
14) Nancy and Plum
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Alfred A. Knopf ed.
Lexile measure
1020L
Physical Desc
222 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Two orphaned sisters are sent to live at a boarding home run by the cruel and greedy Mrs. Monday, where they dream about someday having enough to eat and being able to experience a real Christmas.