Wendy Tan Shiau Wei

Series

Branches
Pets rule volume 4

Pub. Date

2023.

Summary

To accomplish her evil plan to flood the town, Bubbles the goldfish has assembled an army of fish hiding in the town pipes, and it is up to Ember the Chihuahua to overcome his fear of water and rally the other pets to stop Bubbles.

2) Millie and the great drought: a Dust Bowl survival story

Author

Deen, Natasha

Series

Pub. Date

[2022]

Lexile Measure

530L

Summary

Twelve-year-old Millie's family is hesitant to leave the farm their family has owned for generations, but after Black Sunday they leave Oklahoma for California where they find a new kind of stuggle.

3) Kittens are monsters!

Author

Series

Branches
Pets rule volume 3

Pub. Date

2023.

Summary

Despite being warned that kittens are monsters, Ember the Chihuahua (who still aims for world domination) agrees to babysit a family of kittens for three days after the mother cat offers him an army in return.

4) The poodle of doom

Author

Series

Pets rule volume 2

Pub. Date

2022.

Summary

Lucy's grandmother Poh Poh and her poodle Fluffy arrive for a visit, and Fluffy immediately begins building a doomsday machine that will hypnotize humans and turn them into agents of chaos--can Ember work with the other neighborhood pets to outsmart this evil genius?

5) Maddy and the monstrous storm: a Schoolhouse Blizzard survival story

Author

Gilbert, Julie

Series

Pub. Date

[2022]

Lexile Measure

560L

Summary

Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag struggles with prairie life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dakota Territory, but on January 12, 1888, when a blizzard threatens to trap Maddy and her classmates inside their damaged schoolhouse, she finds the courage and strength to lead them to safety. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.

6) Audrey under the big top: a Hartford Circus Fire survival story

Author

Gunderson, Jessica

Series

Pub. Date

[2022]

Summary

In 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, twelve-year-old Audrey dreams of being an aerialist like her heroes, the Flying Wallendas, and so she is excited to go to Ringling Brothers circus with her six-year-old twin sisters; but at the show a fire breaks out, and as the crowd starts to panic, Audrey struggles to reach her sisters--she gets Patty out, but Charlotte, afraid of heights, refuses to jump from the higher seats, and disappears as the big top comes...

7) Essie and the march on Selma: a bloody Sunday survival story

Author

Butler-Ngugi, Anitra

Series

Girls Survive

Pub. Date

2024

Summary

"Twelve-year old Essie believes that Black people should be allowed to vote, and she's willing to march for that right. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, Essie puts on her best dress to join protesters as they plan to visit the governor in Montgomery, Alabama. But as the 600 marchers approach the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, they are stopped by angry state troopers who will do whatever it takes to stop the peaceful protesters."

8) Invasion of the pugs

Author

Series

Branches
Pets rule volume 5

Pub. Date

2024.

Summary

It is hard for Chihuahua Ember to decide which is worse: a pack of pugs who announce that they are aliens, or the dog park which is filled with large and overexcited dogs--but he is convinced that he and his animal friends must stop the pugs to save the world (for themselves).

9) Fumiko and a Tokyo tragedy: a Great Kanto Earthquake survival story

Author

Griner, Susan

Series

Pub. Date

[2023]

Lexile Measure

670L

Summary