Neil Gaiman
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed - within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it. His only defense is three women, on a farm at the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life. But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow?s best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling...
4) Anansi boys
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
336 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
His past marked by his father's embarrassing taunts and untimely death, Fat Charlie meets the brother he never knew and is introduced to new and exciting ways to spend his time.
5) Stardust
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Living in a Victorian countryside town overshadowed by an imposing stone barrier, Tristran is compelled to retrieve a fallen star for the woman he loves and crosses to the wondrous other side of the barrier, where he encounters dangerous rivals for the star.
6) Instructions
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Outlines the rules to follow for navigating one's way safely through the world of a fairy tale.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
During the coldest season, when the world feels scary -- what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different memories to answer the question, 'what do you need to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In a society in which books are outlawed, Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom.
9) The dark
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Laszlo is afraid of the dark which lives in the same big, creaky house as him, until one night the dark pays him a visit.