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Author
Series
Snow Like Ashes volume 1
Publication Date
2014
Lexile Measure
930L
Summary
Orphaned Meira, a fierce chakram-wielding warrior from the Kingdom of Winter, must struggle to free her people from the tyranny of an opposing kingdom while also protecting her own destiny.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 3
Publication Date
2000.
Lexile Measure
980L
Summary
Catastrophes and misfortune continue to plague the Baudelaire orphans after they're sent to live with fearful Aunt Josephine who offers little protection against Count Olaf's treachery.
Author
Series
Snow Like Ashes volume 2
Publication Date
2015
Lexile Measure
910L
Summary
When Cordellan debt forces the Winterians to dig their mines for payment, they unearth something powerful and possibly dangerous: Primoria's lost chasm of magic. Theron sees this find as an opportunity -- with this much magic, the world can finally stand against threats like Angra. But Meira fears the danger the chasm poses -- the last time the world had access to so much magic, it spawned the Decay.
Author
Series
Publication Date
2009
Lexile Measure
550L
Summary
A Clue found in Book 3 sends Amy and Dan jetting off to find out just what's behind the fierce rivalry between the Tomas and Ekaterina branches of the Cahill family. Was a Clue stolen from the Tomas branch? Where is it now? And most important, can Amy and Dan get their hands on it before their rivals do?
6) The BFG
Author
Publication Date
1982
Lexile Measure
720L
Summary
Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giants -- rather than the BFG -- she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that they are flush-bunking off in England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she...
Author
Series
Boxcar children mysteries volume 1
Boxcar Children volume 1
Boxcar children mysteries (Listening Library (Firm)) volume 1
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Boxcar Children volume 1
Boxcar children mysteries (Listening Library (Firm)) volume 1
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Publication Date
1950
Lexile Measure
580L
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Summary
Perfect for gift giving, this special unjacketed hardcover edition of the Boxcar Children is the ideal start to a beloved series. It includes bonus content about the books and the life of Gertrude Chandler Warner, including author photos, personal correspondences, and archival historical content. This edition of the chapter book makes a wonderful keepsake for classroom and family-read alouds and fans of all ages.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 5
Publication Date
2000.
Lexile Measure
1140L
Summary
As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf.
10) Daddy-Long-Legs
Author
Series
Daddy-Long-Legs volume 1
Publication Date
1940
Lexile Measure
920L
Summary
All sorts of things begin to happen when an orphaned boarding school student finally meets the wealthy guardian with whom she has corresponded for years sight unseen.
Author
Series
Publication Date
2013
Lexile Measure
HL 570L
Summary
After a strange new zombie attack, a terrible darkness blooms inside Alice urging her to do wicked things. She's never needed her team of zombie slayers more --including her boyfriend, Cole -- than she does now. But as Cole strangely withdraws and the zombies gain new strength, Ali knows one false step may doom them all.
12) Gathering blue
Author
Series
Publication Date
2000
Lexile Measure
680L
Summary
Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
13) The lost stories
Author
Series
Ranger's Apprentice volume 11
Publication Date
2011
Lexile Measure
810L
Summary
Will, there's something you should know. Something I should have told you long ago...There are stories about the Rangers that have never been heard before and it's time for you to hear them; stories about your parents and how you came to be an orphan; about how a Ranger's life was saved; and, about what happens next for you and your loyal friends. Are you ready to hear the truth?
Author
Series
My Life with the Walter Boys volume 1
Publication Date
2014
Lexile Measure
750L
Summary
Devastated when her parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year old Jackie moves from New York City to Colorado to live with her mother's best friend, who has twelve children, including two boys who start to show an interest in Jackie that goes beyond brotherly.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 6
Publication Date
2001.
Lexile Measure
1110L
Summary
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esmé Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.
Author
Series
Publication Date
2005
Lexile Measure
650L
Summary
In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from an abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.
18) Understood Betsy
Author
Series
Publication Date
1971
Lexile Measure
1000L
Summary
"Journey with Elizabeth Ann, a delicate, timid 9-year-old girl, as she discovers the wonders of independence and responsibility on a rural Vermont farm. Forced to leave her sheltered life with Aunt Frances and live with her Putney cousins, she blossoms into Betsy as she learns to make friends, do chores, and embrace a hearty way of living. An uplifting story celebrating growth and family bonds." -- Publisher website.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 11
Publication Date
2004.
Lexile Measure
1040L
Summary
Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.
20) Point blank
Author
Series
Publication Date
2002
Lexile Measure
670L
Summary
Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps.
