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61) Wishful thinking
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
As Jinns plot to wage war against their age-old enemies, the humans, Ben and his mentor Thom try to negotiate peace, but Penelope and Rottenjaw work against them and war seems inevitable, causing Ben and his friends to seek two magical weapons that can help protect Wishworks from destruction.
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English
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When an archaeologist's priceless jewel goes missing during a 1906 ocean liner voyage to Europe, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover which of the first-class passengers is the thief. Includes French glossary and historical information on travel and archaeology in the early twentieth century.
63) Pollyanna
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna, who comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, bringing happiness to her aunt and other members of the community through her philosophy of gladness.
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Bloody Jack volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
In 1806, the exploits of Jacky Faber continue as she heads west to avoid capture by the British and discovers adventure aboard a keelboat on the mighty Mississippi River.
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Bloody Jack volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 18
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English
Description
While trying to run a respectable shipping business in 1806, teenaged Jacky Faber finds herself in France, spying for the British Crown in order to save her friends.
66) Oliver Twist
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English
Description
Oliver Twist is an orphan who runs away to London to escape a harsh life in a workhouse. That life is full of danger, but Oliver ultimately finds safety with a loving family.
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Tangled in time volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
Description
Forced to abandon Princess Elizabeth when Mary ascends the English throne, Rose sews elaborate gowns for Mary's upcoming coronation before violently escalating attacks on Protestants compel her to escape into her own time.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In 1881, the scrappy, rough-and-tumble baseball team in a California mining town enlists the help of a quick-witted twelve-year-old orphan and the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid to win a big game against the National League Champion Chicago White Stockings.
69) City Of Magic
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Series
Midnight Magic volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Mangus the Magician and his thirteen-year-old servant, Fabrizio, are commanded to go to Venice, on pain of death, to find a book by Friar Luca Pacioli that reportedly contains a magical means of making money; but Venice is a strange and dangerous city, and someone else is also after the book--then Mangus is arrested, and taken to the prison, and Fabrizio and Bianca, an orphan he has met, must find a way to secure the book, save Magnus, and themselves....
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Pellinor volume Bk 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
A manuscript from the lost civilization of Edil-Amarandah chronicles the experiences of sixteen-year-old Maerad, an orphan gifted in the magic and power of the Bards, as she escapes from slavery and begins to learn how to use her Gift to stave off the evil Darkness that threatens to consume her world.
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The Boxcar Children Great Adventure volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Following clues provided by the secretive Reddimus Society, the four Alden siblings travel to a dingo sanctuary in Australia and to Shakleton's hut in Antarctica to deliver the fifth and sixth artifacts, and then they work to unmask the traitor traveling with them.
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Pellinor volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 24
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English
Description
The bard Maerad and her brother Hem hold the key to the mysterious Singing, and each of them must overcome terrible obstacles before they can unite and together unlock the Tree of Song, release the music of the Elidhu, and defeat the Nameless One.
73) The bag of bones
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"... the beady-eyed, green-tongued witch Truda Hangnail spreads evil along her path to succeed Queen Bluebell, enlisting the kingdom's rats and shrinking the good witches of Wadingburn to pave her way to the throne. Luckily, a sweet-natured orphan named Loobly is witness to Truda's evil spells and sets off to fetch help."--Jacket flap.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
Description
Teen misfit Alfred Kropp, the last descendant of Sir Lancelot, is once again in danger as he tries to uncover who is behind a top secret project called SOFIA, while eluding a new enemy who seems determined to kill him.
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Boxcar Children Great Adventure volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In this all-new very special mini-series, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations--all around the world! The Aldens arrive in Egypt but the agent they're supposed to meet has gone missing! With the help of a puzzle in a papyrus scroll, they figure out their next mission--to deliver a tiny ancient pharaoh statue to an archaeologist at the Pyramids! Along the way they outwit...
78) The Unadoptables
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In all the years that Elinora Gassbeek has been matron of the Little Tulip Orphanage, not once have the Rules for Baby Abandonment been broken. Until the autumn of 1880, when five babies are left in outrageous circumstances; one in a tin toolbox, one in a coal bucket, one in a picnic hamper, one in a wheat sack, and finally, one in a coffin-shaped basket. Those babies were Lotta, Egg, Fenna, Sem, and Milou. And although their cruel matron might think...
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Series
The Boxcar Children Great Adventure volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
After solving riddles from the secretive Reddimus Society to figure out their destination, the four Alden siblings fly to China, where they deliver an artifact at the Great Wall, but when they are next rushed to an elephant sanctuary in Thailand, the Aldens suspect they have been tricked and take extra precautions against their enemies.
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American Girl Samantha volume 1
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English
Description
"Her grandmother is raising her as a proper young lady with the best of everything. Still, Samantha is lonely. When Uncle Gard comes to visit with his new friend, Miss Cornelia Pitt, and a special gift for Samantha, it doesn't go well. Even worse, Samantha isn't allowed to play with Nellie, the girl next door, because Nellie is a servant. So Samantha decides to help Nellie learn to read. Through her forbidden friendship with Nellie, Samantha learns...
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