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3) Insomnia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 39
Language
English
Description
"Ralph Roberts never expected to live out his remaining golden years mourning the death of his beloved wife. He also never expected to begin suffering from chronic insomnia for the first time in his life. Each night he wakes up a little bit earlier, until he's barely sleeping at all. During his overnight walks, he's now observing some strange things going on here in Derry, Maine--and they're more than sleep-deprived hallucinations. There's definitely...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Seven Chinese brothers elude execution by virtue of their extraordinary individual qualities. With humor and wit, internationally acclaimed author Margaret Mahy captures the courageous adventures of seven brothers who use their supernatural gifts to overpower a cruel emperor. This ALA Notable Book features beautifully executed illustrations full of historical.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Featuring commentary by "Albus Dumbledore," this collection of tales from the world of Harry Potter includes "The wizard and the hopping pot," "The fountain of fair fortune," "The warlock's hairy heart," "Babbitty Rabbitty and her cackling stump," and "The tale of the three brothers."
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers' attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to...
Author
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
[1996], c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A clever, cheerful, hard-working farmer's son wins the hand of a Chinese princess by outwitting her father the Emperor, who treasures his daughter more than all the rice in China.
Author
Series
AV2 fiction readalong volume 171
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rejected by all of the other royal families she meets, it takes an encounter with a humble court jester, who declares her the queen of his heart, for the princess to discover where her kingdom really lies.
Author
Series
Goosebumps. Original series volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
136p. Baffled at the series of strange, unexplained events taking place at summer camp in the desert wilderness, twelve-year-old Billy considers escaping the horrors forever.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this version of the classic tale, a girl climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where she uses her quick wits to outsmart a giant and make her and her mother's fortune.
13) The siren
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'You must never do anything that might expose our secret. This means that, in general, you cannot form close bonds with humans. You can speak to us, and you can always commune with the Ocean, but you are deadly to humans. You are, essentially, a weapon. A very beautiful weapon. I won't lie to you, it can be a lonely existence, but once you are done, you get to live. All you have to give, for now, is obedience and time. . .' The same speech has been...
Author
Series
Land of stories (Chapter books) volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the highly anticipated conclusion to the Land of Stories series, Conner and Alex must brave the impossible. All of the Land of Stories fairy tale characters--heroes and villains--are no longer confined within their world! With mayhem brewing in the Big Apple, Conner and Alex will have to win their biggest battle yet. Can the twins restore order between the human and fairy tale world?
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.
Author
Publisher
Prime Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"A boy's summer romance doesn't end in that god kind of heartbreak, but in blood. A girl on a fishing trip makes a friend in the woods who's exactly what she needs, except then that friend follows her back to the city. A father hears a voice through his baby monitor that shouldn't be possible, but now he can't stop listening. A woman finds out that the shipwreck wasn't the disaster, but who she's shipwrecked with. A big brother learns just what he...
19) Wolves and roses
Author
Series
Fairy tales of the Magicorum volume 1
Publisher
Monster House Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Bryar Rose has a problem. She's descended from one of the three magical races--shifters, fairies, or witches. That makes her one of the Magicorum, and Magicorum always follow a fairy tale life template. In Bryar's case, that template should be Sleeping Beauty. 'Should' being the key word. Trouble is, Bryar is nowhere near the sleeping beauty life template. Not even close. She doesn't like birds or woodland creatures. She can't...