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21) Wing nut
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Grady and his mother relocate yet again, they find work taking care of an elderly man, who teaches Grady about cars, birds, and what it means to have a home.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Henrietta the chicken loves to read so much that she decides to write a book herself, but first no one will publish a book written by a chicken, and then, when she publishes it herself and it gets a terrible review in "The Corn Book," Henrietta is devastated.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When a terrible accident partially disables Kevin and makes his mother overprotective of him, his best friends Ryan and Mooch decide that the only way to liberate him is to kidnap him.
25) The latchkey dog
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Sam's efforts to help his dog Amber adjust to being home alone all day cause his mother to worry that Sam is spending too much time by himself.
26) Guitar boy
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano/Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After his mother is severely injured in an accident and his father kicks him out of the house, thirteen-year-old Travis attempts to survive on his own until he meets a guitar maker and some musicians who take him in and help him regain his confidence so that he can try to patch his family back together.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Branded the class loser, twelve-year-old Basil reluctantly becomes friends with a bossy new girl who, like Basil, has synesthesia and comes to Basil's aid when his estranged mother returns and turns his life upside down.
28) The road to home
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1817, after her mother has died and her father abandoned his children, thirteen-year-old Mem searches for a new home for Joshua, herself, and their little sister.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Henrietta is a reader and a writer, unusual traits for a chicken, but when her book is published and she is invited to the Children's Book Festival, only the local librarian believes she is the author.
31) Troll teacher
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth tries to tell her family that there is something wrong with her new teacher, but they cannot see it, even though Miss Turtledove has orange eyes, eats desks, and throws fruit at the students.
32) Dumbstruck
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Ivy's parents disappear on the darkest night of the year, she tries to find them with the help of an orphan and her eccentric Aunt Zilpa.