Eva Ibbotson
1) Which witch?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Deciding that he must sire a child to carry on his tradition of Loathing Light and Blighting the Beautiful, the Great Wizard Arriman announces a competition among the witches of Todcaster, one of whom will marry him.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When lonely, ten-year-old Hal learns that his wealthy but neglectful parents only rented Fleck, the dog he always wanted, he and new friend Pippa take Fleck and four other dogs from the rental agency on a trek from London to Scotland, where Hal's grandparents live.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Odge Gribble, a young hag, joins an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on a journey from their magical island kingdom to London through a tunnel which opens every nine years for nine days, to try and rescue the young prince who had been stolen as an infant nine years before.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
A century after a yeti captures Lady Agatha Farlingham and takes her to a hidden valley to raise his motherless children, tourism threatens their peaceful existence and young Con and Ellen take these educated and civilized yetis across Europe to Lady Agatha's home in England.
5) Dial-a-ghost
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"At first Tally doesn't want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. But she soon discovers that it is a wonderful place where freedom and self expression are valued. Tally organizes a ragtag dance troupe so the school can participate in an international folk dancing festival in Bergania in the summer of 1939. There she befriends Karil, the crown prince, who would love nothing more than to have ordinary friends and attend a school like Delderton....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When the Hag of Dribble, an orphan boy, and a troll called Ulf are sent to rescue a princess from an ogre, it turns out to be far from the routine magical mission they expect.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
While spending the summer with elderly relatives at Clawstone Castle in northern England, Madlyn and her brother Rollo, with the help of several ghosts, attempt to save the rare cattle that live on the castle grounds.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River.