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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior...
2) Standing up
Language
English
Description
Two children are left naked on an island in a lake as a prank when they are at summer camp. Instead of returning to camp they run off together on a three day trip of self-discovery.
3) Luca
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Set in a seaside town on the Italian Riviera, a young boy experiences an unforgettable summer. Luca shares his amazing adventures with his newfound friend Alberto, but their fun is threatened by a deeply held secret: they're sea monsters from another world just below the water's surface.
4) Storm boy
Publisher
[Reproduced by] University of Colorado Libraries Media Duplication and Conversion Services
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Mike (Storm Boy) lives with his recluse father on South Australia's lonely and beautiful coast. Here his free spirit roams with his pet pelican Mr. Percival and his secret Aboriginal friend Fingerbone Bill. He knows no other world. Suddenly there are intruders, the local school teacher who wants him to take lessons, a resentful wildlife ranger, duck shooters ... Mike is forced to choose between a life of continued isolation and the challenges...
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Awkward 13 year old David tries to save his family's farm from an ambitious land-developer using the only thing he has--his voice--to make a CD and to win the heart of Kelly, the prettiest girl in school. Through many ups and downs he learns who he can trust and who he can't as he grows from a boy into a young man."-container.
6) Tex
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video]
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A teen growing up in Oklahoma is parentless and the only one he has for guidance is his big brother. The story is based on an S.E. Hinton novel.
7) The current
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jake has big plans to be drafted by the Chicago Cubs, but his dream vanishes when he inadvertently witnesses a hold-up at a Chicago convenience store. Concerned for his family's safety, Jake's father decides to move them back to rural Minnesota. Still angry with the move, Jake befriends a father and son who God uses to transform Jake's life in unimaginable ways.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 34
Language
English
Description
With the future of the wizard world at stake, teenaged wizard Harry Potter enters into his final battle against the evil Lord Voldemort. Potter turns to friends, teachers, and other members of the Order of the Phoenix for help in defeating Voldemort's forces. The discovery of spies within the Order forces Harry and the others to choose their allies carefully.
9) Snowmen
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Three small-town boys hatch a plan to get their names in the Guinness World Records, ensuring their names will never be forgotten. Their plan: set a new record for making the most snowmen in a single day.
10) Natalie's rose
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A stray horse helps a teenage girl cope with the loss of her mother to cancer.
11) About Scout
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When two opposites meet and decides to take a journey across Texas, a convenience store robbery goes wrong and now they are on the run.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
On her first day at her new school, Chrissa is seated with three girls who greet her with teasing and tricks. They bully Chrissa in class, on the bus, online, and even at swim club. When the taunting goes too far, Chrissa must find a way to stand strong.
13) Bless Me, Ultima
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In New Mexico in the time of WWII, a young man goes to an aged medicine woman and forms a relationship which helps him challenge the fight amid the good and the evil that storms through his village.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Lord Voldemort has returned, but the ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth. They appoint Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. When Umbridge refuses to teach practical defensive magic, Ron and Hermione convince Harry to secretly train a select group of students for the wizarding war that lies ahead. A terrifying showdown between good...
15) Saving Shiloh
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old boy faces challenges at home and befriends a cantankerous old man who is thought to be beyond help.
16) Snowmen
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Ten year old Billy and his friends attempt to set a world record for making the most snowmen in one day.
17) The Jungle Book
Series
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Mowgli is a boy who has been raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. When the wolves hear that the fierce man-hating tiger Shere Khan has returned, they decide to send Mowgli to a local "man tribe" for his own safety. With the help of Bagheera the wise panther and the happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, Mowgli meets and befriends many jungle animals as he makes his way to the village.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Wind Dancer: When a riding accident leaves a young girl unable to walk, her widowed father seeks help from a beautiful therapist who uses animals to help people.
Wildfire: The Arabian Heart: Lindsey is a teenage girl who is talked into driving across country to visit her uncle in the Midwest who has never recovered from a tragedy in his past.
Misty: On an island off the Virginia coast lives a centuries-old band of wild ponies. Among them is the...
19) Neverland
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A young lad named Peter and his streetwise gang are mysteriously transported from turn-of-the-century London into an enchanting parallel world where time stands still and an adventure awaits like nothing ever before. In Neverland, no one ever ages and lost souls have been plucked out of time. The lost boys are soon caught in a war with the man who will become Captain Hook and change the fate of the mystical land forever.
20) Turning red
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Introduces Mei Lee, a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming, is never far from her daughter--an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited, she "poofs" into a giant red panda!