Troy Howell
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When Kat, her father, and brother visit an old gold mine that has been turned into a tourist attraction, she falls down a mine shaft and meets an ancient dragon, the last of his kind, and inadvertently triggers a twenty-first century gold rush.
3) Redwall
Author
Series
Redwall volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young Cedric is quite happy living with his widowed mother in New York and visiting with his best friend. The Cedric learns that he is Lord Fauntleroy and will one day become an Earl. But in order to claim his title, he will have to leave behind everything he knows to live with his hard-hearted grandfather in England. Can Cedric win over his grandfather? And is he the real Lord Fauntleroy?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Presents a study guide to Mary Pope Osborne's "Favorite Greek Myths," for students in grades six through nine, featuring sessions that correspond to different sections of the book, each with a synopsis, comprehension quizzes, and a preview of coming pages.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Odysseus is more desperate than ever to return home. His wife Penelope, and their son Telemachus, are warding off the men who want to marry her. Then a mysterious stranger gives Telemachus the courage to confront the suitors and to search for his father.
17) Return to Ithaca
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c.2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells part of Homer's Odyssey in which Odysseus, with the help of the goddess Athena, plans to get revenge on those who have plagued his wife and son during his absence.
18) The final battle
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents an excerpt from Homer's Odyssey where Odysseus returns to Ithaca and finds that he must fight to regain control from those who are plaguing his family.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Odysseus and his men, returning from the Land of the Dead determined to sail home to Ithaca, encounter Scylla, the six-headed monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool.