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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Sent to America at age nine with nothing but an old guitar, Frankie Presto achieves success on the mid-twentieth-century music scene before becoming overburdened by his ability to affect people's futures through his music.
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English
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1932, Minnesota. The Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O'Banion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendent's wrath. Forced to flee, he and his brother Albert, their best friend Mose, and a little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call...
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English
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"Abandoned by her mother at age seven, Alexandra Winslow took solace in the mystery stories she read with her devoted father--and soon she was writing them herself, slowly graduating to dark, violent, complex crime stories that reflected skill and imagination far beyond her years. After her father's early death, at fourteen Alex is taken in by the nuns of a local convent, where she finds twenty-six mothers to take the place of the one she lost, and...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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"A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel...
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English
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"When orphaned Seren Rhys boards a train to Wales, the only magic she hopes to find is that of a family. But when a mysterious package containing a bad-tempered clockwork crow ends up in her care, Seren realizes that nothing about her new life will be as she expected. For all Seren's daydreams of befriending Tomos, her guardians' son, the boy is nowhere to be found. The few servants who now keep the empty manor house of Plas-y-Fran running whisper...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Surviving a panther attack that kills her mother and leaves her with scars, a tenacious young woman resolves to find and kill the unusually aggressive cat with the assistance of a charismatic Mexican-American, a haunted preacher, her traumatized half-brother, and an old hunting dog.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Melody Bird has discovered an old, abandoned building on the edge of town...
It's a dark, creepy place, but she can't resist its pull. When she goes to explore, she finds a boy hiding out there. Hal tells Melody that he is a spy-in-training, using the house as a base for his undercover surveillance of a nearby suspected criminal. He's very secretive about the details, but Melody trusts him and starts bringing him blankets and sneaking him food. She...
Author
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (11 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
Chloe Neill brings her trademark wit and wild sense of adventure to a stunning seafaring fantasy starring a dauntless heroine in a world of magic and treachery.
Kit Brightling, rescued as a foundling and raised in a home for talented girls, has worked hard to rise through the ranks of the Isles' Crown Command and become one of the few female captains in Queen Charlotte's fleet. Her ship is small, but she's fast-in part because of Kit's magical affinity...
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Publisher
OrangeSky Publishing by Findaway
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (30 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mary Lennox is a sad and sickly girl. She acts bitter to everyone around her and doesn't mind that she doesn't have friends; she doesn't need them. When she moves to a dark, gloomy manor to live with her uncle, she has no interest in exploring her new home -- until she learns that there is a secret, locked garden somewhere on the grounds. In this new adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved novel, The Secret Garden is a beautiful story of...
10) Paradise on fire
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Bronx middle-grader Addy, who struggles with a family tragedy by drawing maps and studying mazes, joins other city youngsters on a wilderness adventure in California that turns deadly when wildfires erupt.
11) Baker's Magic
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 8 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
Bee is an orphan, alone in a poor, crumbling kingdom. In desperation, she steals a bun from a bakery. To Bee's surprise, the baker offers her a place at his shop. As she learns to bake, Bee discovers that she has a magical power. When a new friend desperately needs her help against an evil mage, Bee wonders what a small orphan girl with only a small bit of magic can do. Bee's journey to help her friend becomes a journey to save the kingdom, and a...
12) The weeping tide
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Lore Keeper apprentice Barclay helps his teacher investigate a carnivorous algae bloom and its possible connection to recurring attacks by the Legendary Beast of the Sea.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Seeking revenge against the wily crook who betrayed him, Jem Barbary becomes an apprentice to Alfred the bogler before becoming embroiled in an underground war in a city where orphans have been disappearing.
Author
Series
York volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Abandoned in a Chicago orphanage with her sister, Frankie endures injustice, poverty, and violence while struggling to survive in the years leading up to World War II.
15) Enchantee
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 13 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
"When smallpox kills her parents, seventeen-year-old Camille must find a way to provide for her beloved younger sister while managing their volatile brother. Relying on magic, Camille painstakingly turns scraps of metal into money to buy the food and medicine they need. But when her brother disappears with the family's savings, Camille pursues a richer, more perilous scheme at the glittering court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Using dark magic...