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2) Lost voices
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Assaulted and left on the cliffs outside of her grim Alaskan fishing village by her abusive, alcoholic uncle, fourteen-year-old Luce expects to die when she tumbles into the icy waters below, but when she instead transforms into a mermaid she is faced with struggles and choices she could never have imagined.
Author
Series
Penderwicks volume 4
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store for each Penderwick, from neighbor Nick Geiger's expected return from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go astray.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ever since her father died, Shyanna's home has been a sad place, but if the twelve-year old mermaid can conquer her stage fright before the Melody Pageant, she hopes to win the contest and bring song back to her mother's life.
9) Sid and Sam
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st Trophy ed.
Lexile measure
120L
Physical Desc
27 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sid sings a long song that drives Sam crazy.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Peep is feeling sad about not being awake early enough to audition for the lovely Dawn Chorus when he meets a fellow nightingale and learns something important about himself.
11) Sing, Sophie!
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Although no one else in her family likes her loud voice, Sophie's singing soothes her baby brother during a thunderstorm.
12) Fairest
Author
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
Author
Series
Dragon Masters volume 5
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Petra, the newest dragon master, is scared to death of the Hydra dragon she is supposed to bond with--but when the Hydra accidentally poisons the King, and then her fellow dragon master, Drake, she must find a way to connect with her dragon, because only the Hydra's song can cure them.
14) Be quiet, Pooh!
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st Random House ed.
Physical Desc
37 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rabbit, upset that Pooh's singing disturbs his sleep, makes a sign saying, "No singing in the morning."
Author
Publisher
Razorbill, a division of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this twist on "The Nightingale," Little John, despite his own poverty and grief, reaches out to Gayle, an unhappy foster child living next-door who sings beautifully and hides a great secret.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A song coming from a small, high window transforms a lonely boy, a stray cat, an elderly woman, then an entire town, so when the music stops, they come together to save it.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 570L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Henry Brown copes with slavery by singing, but after his wife and children are sold away he is left with only his freedom song, which gives him strength when friends put him in a box and mail him to a free state.
19) Singing queen
Author
Series
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kylie Jean Carter plans to sing in the annual Fourth of July Jubilee talent show.
20) La la la
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
Follows a singing girl's fruitless search for a friend in her world, until one night when her song is finally heard by someone who understands.