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81) The magic beans
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An easy-to-read version of Jack and the beanstalk, in which the boy's mother chops down the beanstalk so he can escape from the giant.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 43
Language
English
Formats
Description
Collection of 23 short stories--from classic horror to vampire thrillers, imitations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Raymond Chandler, a teleplay, and a non-fiction bonus, a heartfelt little piece on Little League baseball
Author
Series
Dollanganger family series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Young Bart, son of Chris and Cathy who spent their adolescence locked in an attic, trembles on the edge of madness.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne tells police the story of her life, harkening back to her violent husband, disintegrating marriage and the suspicious death of Joe Claiborne thirty years earlier. Dolores also tells of Vera's physical and mental decline and of her loyalty to an employer who has become emotionally demanding in recent years.
86) The happy prince
Author
Publisher
Creative Education
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A beautiful, golden, jewel-studded statue and a little swallow give all they have to help the poor.
Author
Series
Grimm series (Adam Gidwitz) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.
Author
Series
Weenies short story collections volume 6
Publisher
Starscape
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Thirty-three stories about stranded aliens, a horrifying cheesemaker, a boy with the power to make stars vanish, and other frightening things. Includes notes on how the author got his ideas for these stories.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but when he wears them during a royal procession, a child recognizes that the emperor has nothing on.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Have you heard about the man who marries ... a corpse?! Or what about the magic school where one student in every class is never allowed to leave? Or the beautiful rd-haired maiden whose hair is actually serpents? Many of these tales go back hundreds of years and to the farthest corners of the earth, but as diverse as they are, they also reveal one important truth: Everyone loves a scary story"--Cover verso.
91) The snow queen
Author
Language
English
Description
Describes the adventures of a boy carried away by the Snow Queen and the search of the young girl who followed him.
92) Spelled
Author
Series
Storymakers volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
©2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
As the crown princess of Emerald, Dorthea lives a charmed life full of Hans Christian Louboutin glass slippers and Glenda Original ball gowns. But when she unknowingly wishes upon a cursed star, all spell breaks loose and the rules of fairy tale disappear--taking Dorthea's parents with them.
Author
Series
Signet classic volume CE 1659
Publisher
New American Library
Language
English
Description
A collection of horror and fantasy fiction by American author Edgar Allan Poe.
95) The Snow Queen
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This classic story by Hans Christian Andersen follows two young children, Kai and Gerda, who are best friends and neighbors. When a troll's mirror that reflects the ugliness in all things shatters, Kai gets flecks of the glass in his eyes and heart, which hardens him. He leaves his friend Gerda and his family, and goes off with the Snow Queen, whose two kisses make Kai forget about Gerda and numbs him to the cold. Gerda searches for Kai, but when...
Author
Publisher
Modern Curriculum Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"An easy format retelling of the classic fairytale, Little Red Riding Hood and the encounters she has on her way to visit grandmother's house. Original edition revised with new illustrations. Includes reading activities and a word list"--
Author
Series
Time spies volume 3
Publisher
Mirrorstone
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Alex and his sisters look through a spyglass, they suddenly find themselves in a strange, mixed-up fairy tale.