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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling." — Los Angeles Times
A bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, The Bean Trees is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver's remarkable literary career.
It is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Jack, a poor boy, trades some of his homemade bean pies for magic beans, they lead him to a strange new world above the clouds where he must must rely on his wits and cooking skills to avoid being eaten by giants. Includes puzzles and notes for adults.
5) Jelly Bean
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Series
Shelter Pet Squad volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
No pets are allowed in the apartment where Suzannah and her family live, so she volunteers at a local pet shelter and plays with the dogs and cats there--but when a child whose family is moving brings in her pet guinea pig, Jelly Bean, Suzannah promises that she will find him the perfect home.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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At the end of Shadow of the Giant, Bean flees to the stars with three of his children--the three who share the engineered genes that gave him both hyper-intelligence and a short, cruel physical life. The time dilation granted by the speed of their travel gives Earth's scientists generations to seek a cure, to no avail. In time, they are forgotten--a fading ansible signal speaking of events lost to Earth's history. But the Delphikis are about to make...
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Zoo Patrol Squad volume 3
Language
English
Description
Fennlock Fox and Penny the Pig return to Penny's home town to free it from a gang of feral cats, but first they must locate the sheriff and townsfolk.
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Series
Emmy and the Rat volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Emmy wants to be an ordinary girl, but the evil nanny Miss Barmy, now a rat, has trapped five of her former charges and when she uses them to steal jewels belonging to Emmy's parents, it is up to Emmy, Joe, and their rodent friends to stop her.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death. It's 1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball. But nothing's that easy in Penny's family. For starters, she can't go swimming because her mother's afraid she'll catch polio at the pool. To make matters worse, her favorite uncle is living in...
13) One bean
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
Describes what happens to a bean as it is soaked, planted, watered, repotted, and eventually produces pods with more beans inside.
16) Medieval Mayhem
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Series
Zoo Patrol Squad volume 4
Language
English
Description
The Renaissance Faire comes to the zoo, distracting the inhabitants--as well as Penny the Pig and Fennlock Fox--long enough to allow thieves to empty the zoo's safe and steal the deed to the zoo.
17) The Time Museum
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Series
Time Museum volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Science-loving Delia Bean is expecting to have a pretty boring summer vacation looking after her little brother. But when her Uncle Lyndon offers her an internship in his Earth Time Museum, everything begins to look a lot better!
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