Katherine Applegate
1) Willodeen
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Willodeen adores the strange, and sadly, hated beasts known as “screechers,” so when a gift brings unexpected magic to Willodeen and her new friend, Connor, she is determined to speak up for the animals she loves and uncover the mystery of the missing hummingbears.
2) The Only
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Series
Endling volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The thrilling conclusion to the epic middle grade fantasy trilogy from Katherine Applegate, the New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning author of The One and Only Ivan (now a major motion picture!), The One and Only Bob, Wishtree, and Crenshaw!
In the beginning, Byx's original quest was to discover if there were more of her kind, or if she was destined to become an endling—the last dairne alive. She did
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
5) Odder
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
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Description
"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--
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Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Roscoe cannot wait to tap dance in the school talent show until some older boys make fun of him and say that tap dancing is just for girls.
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Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Roscoe is determined to guess the weight of a giant pumpkin in order to win books for his school library and candy for himself, but is overwhelmed by superstitions, especially about a certain black kitten.
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When first-grader Roscoe Riley goes on a school field trip to an apple orchard carrying his sister's fortune-telling ball, the outlook is cloudy.
11) Sharing Sam
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Language
English
Formats
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From the author of the New York Times Bestseller Crenshaw
How can you take the guy your best friend loves . . . when your best friend’s going to die?
Alison Chapman has always believed she’d fall in love hard. And she does—with Sam Cody, a new guy with a gorgeous face and brooding eyes, a guy who’s impossible to resist. When Sam asks her to the Valentine’s Day dance, Alison is elated . . ....
How can you take the guy your best friend loves . . . when your best friend’s going to die?
Alison Chapman has always believed she’d fall in love hard. And she does—with Sam Cody, a new guy with a gorgeous face and brooding eyes, a guy who’s impossible to resist. When Sam asks her to the Valentine’s Day dance, Alison is elated . . ....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a spare, powerful text and evocative illustrations, the Newbery medalist Katherine Applegate and the artist G. Brian Karas present the extraordinary real story of a special gorilla.
Captured as a baby, Ivan was brought to a Tacoma, Washington, mall to attract shoppers. Gradually, public pressure built until a better way of life for Ivan was found at Zoo Atlanta.
From the Congo to America, and from a local business
...13) The Invasion
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Series
Animorphs The Graphic Novel volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jake, an average suburban kid, is confronted one night by a creature from space who teaches him how to morph into the forms of other creatures. This fantastic, unpredictable, edge-of-your-seat series can best be described as an "X-Files" for kids--plus a whole lot more! Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Tobias, and Marco are the Animorphs--five kids who can change into any animal they touch. The bottom of each page is animated with "flip-book" images, so as kids...
Author
Series
The One and Only Ivan volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby’s caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories - both happy and sad - of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savannah to Ivan and Bob.
15) The First
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Endling: The First is the second book in an epic middle grade animal fantasy series by Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only Ivan, Wishtree, and Crenshaw! To learn if she truly is the last dairne in the world--the endling--Byx and her friends must travel into the snow-covered mountains of the country of Dreyland, where they hope to uncover the truth behind the legend of a hidden dairne...
16) The mutation
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Series
Animorphs volume 36
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Morphing into killer whales, the Animorphs discover a whole new world where humans with gills exist in the deep waters below.
17) The Illusion
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Series
Animorphs volume 33
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Tobias and the other Animorphs discover that the Yeerks, a parasitic alien race bent on enslaving Earth, plan to test a device that could put an end to the Animorphs' fight against the Yeerks.
18) The weakness
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Series
Animorphs volume 37
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
19) The Stranger
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Series
Animorphs volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
20) The Separation
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Series
Animorphs volume 32
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Rachel morphs into a starfish she has the ability to regenerate her limbs, but when she demorphs back to being Rachel there is more to her than when she started out, a twin who is super strong and even nastier than she is.
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