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Author
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
As James Thurber writes in his preface, "This book contains a selection of the stories and drawings the old boy did in his prime, a period which extended roughly from the year Lindbergh flew the Atlantic to the day coffee was rationed. He presents this to his readers with his sincere best wishes for a happy new world." The Thurber Carnival, which the Saturday Review called "one of the absolutely essential books of our time," was a phenomenal bestseller...
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 2
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled.
Author
Series
Tristan Strong volume 1
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it, and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a...
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 4
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
"Greek and Roman demigods from the Prophecy of Seven must work together to seal the Doors of Death--and help Percy and Annabeth escape the Underworld in the process"--
5) Fables
Author
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This collection of Aesop's fables includes both beloved tales such as "The Ant and the Grasshopper" and "The Lion and the Mouse," as well as less familiar but equally charming stories like "The Peacock and the Crane."
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.
Author
Series
Tristan Strong volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Strong family is having a reunion in New Orleans, and twelve-year-old Tristan is supposed to be keeping an eye on his younger cousin Terrance when several things happen at once: he sees his archenemy, King Cotton, and a mysterious girl grabs his magic cellphone. Her name is Seraphine, and she seems to know everything about Tristan and the god Anansi (currently inhabiting the cellphone). She has a mission for Tristan, one that is going lead to...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Silver Springs, Arizona, her mother's stories of the monstrous La Llorona are thrilling but unbelievable to science-loving Paola until she and her best friends Dante and Emma take a walk through a cactus field near the Gila River.
Author
Series
Maya and the rising dark volume 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
"A twelve-year-old girl discovers her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and The Dark, and when he goes missing she'll need to unlock her own powers and fight a horde of spooky creatures set on starting a war" -- Provided by publisher.
12) Magnolia flower
Author
Publisher
Amistad Books for Young Readers, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Born to parents who fled slavery and the Trail of Tears, Magnolia Flower is a girl with a vibrant spirit. Not to be deterred by rigid ways of the world, she longs to connect with others, who too long for freedom. She finds this in a young man of letters who her father disapproves of. In her quest to be free, Magnolia must make a choice and set off on a journey that will prove just how brave one can be when leading with one's heart.
Author
Series
Paola Santiago volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Months after confronting the legendary La Llorona, Paola starts dreaming again, this time about fantasmas that are stalking her and someone who might be even more dangerous--her estranged father.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Wampanoag children listen as their grandmother tells them the story about how Weeâchumun (the wise Corn) asked local Native Americans to show the Pilgrims how to grow food to yield a good harvest--Keepunumuk--in 1621.
Author
Language
English
Description
The author presents a collection of three animal-themed essays. In The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck, a group of complete strangers bitterly discuss the order of things within the animal kingdom. In Hello Kitty, a miserable alcoholic cat attends AA. In The Squirrel and the Chipmunk, two lovers are torn apart by their quarreling families.
Author
Series
Paola Santiago volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Paola Santiago must return to the void to rescue her best friend Dante and face her biggest foe yet : El Cucuy, the lord of nightmares"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Renata Santiago is a godborn, but she is also a bruja: the Mexica blood from her dad's side gives her the ability to manipulate shadows; her mom Pacific, a Maya goddess, gifted her a magical rope that controls time. Ren is also a girl with ordinary hopes and dreams. She is convinced that there is a connection between aliens and the Maya civilization. When an email about an alien sighting in Kansas may support her theory, Ren is soon embroiled in a...