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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
3) Hugo
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This videodisc tells the tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones SM
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
Español
Description
Huérfano, relojero y ladrón, el muchacho Hugo vive entre los muros de una estación parisina de ferrocarriles. Si quiere sobrevivir, nadie debe saber de su existencia. Sin embargo, un día tiene un descuido y es descubierto por una excéntrica chica, amante de los libros, y por un viejo y amargado juguetero. Y ya nada será como antes.
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station...
5) Wonderstruck
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.
6) Kaleidoscope
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
An astounding new feat of storytelling from Brian Selznick, the award-winning creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck. A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and dreams. At the center of their relationship is a mystery about the nature of grief and love which will look different to each reader. Kaleidoscope...
7) Wonderstruck
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Tells the tale of two deaf children separated by fifty years. In 1927 New York City, Rose searches for the actress who's life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977 in the Midwest, Ben runs away from home to find his father. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Brian Selznick, which is the predecessor to his screen-adapted novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
8) Hugo
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
An orphan boy lives a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy. Special features: featurettes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Schoolyard rivalries. Baking disasters. Puffed sleeves. Explore the violet vales and glorious green of Avonlea in this spirited adaptation.
The spirit of Anne is alive and well in Mariah Marsden's crisp adaptation, and it's a thrill to watch as the beloved orphan rushes headlong through Brenna Thummler's heavenly landscapes. Together Marsden and Thummler conjure all the magic and beauty of Green Gables. Like Anne herself, you won't want to leave.
-...
10) BIG TREE
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
The fate of all life on Earth may depend on the bravery of two little seeds in this epic adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling creator and Caldecott Medalist of The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
"The tale of the natural world is the greatest story we have to tell, and Brian delivers a brilliant chapter of that tale throughout the pages of Big Tree." - STEVEN SPIELBERG
"We need brave,
...11) Sheets
Author
Series
Sheets volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen-year-old in charge of the family laundry business, her daily routine features unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the fastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying everything she's worked for" --
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
The spirit of Anne is alive and well in Mariah Marsden's crisp adaptation, and it's a thrill to watch as the beloved orphan rushes headlong through Brenna Thummler's heavenly landscapes. Together Marsden and Thummler conjure all the magic and beauty of Green Gables. Like Anne herself, you won't want to leave.
— Brian Selznick, author/illustrator of "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" and "The Marvels"
The magic of L.M.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Brian Selznick, author and illustrator of the award-winning novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Readers will learn about Selznick's childhood in New Jersey and his arrival in New York, his early interest in film and drawing, his exposure to children's publishing while working at Eeyore's Books for Children and his big break into the industry with The Houdini Box. Easy-to-read text highlights Selznick's childhood,...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Loyalties are tested in this sequel to Orphans of the Tide, a smart, unique middle grade read perfect for fans of Wildwood or The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Ellie and Seth know more than most people do about living amongst gods. Ellie, an inventor with a tragic past, was once forced to become the human Vessel for the most wicked god of all, the Enemy; Seth, a mysterious boy with no memories, has just discovered that he's actually a god himself.
So...
15) The Marvels
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The Invention of Hugo Cabret meets True Grit in this heartfelt novel of resilience, hope, and discovering a family where you least expect it, from award-winning author Robert Sharenow.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, thousands of immigrants are arriving in the promised land of New York City. Twelve-year-old Sarah has always dreamed of America, a land of freedom and possibility. In her small village she stares at a postcard of the Statue of...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
After witnessing a troupe of pickpockets pull off an incredible robbery in a busy Marseille square, Charlie Fisher agrees to protect one of the thieves if they teach him their ways, leading him into a world of adventure with global stakes.
18) Show me a sign
Author
Series
Show me a sign volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
A school for incredibly gifted orphans. A genius kid inventor. A subterranean maze. And a mechanical monkey. What could go wrong?
A "lifer" at the secluded Academy of Florence, Leo has never met his parents ... or anyone in his family for that matter. He spends most of his time tinkering with inventions that never work (or work disastrously) and making trouble with his infinitely more charming friend and fellow lifer, Savvy. After Leo's latest experiment...
20) Riding Freedom
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Language
English
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Description
A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive new author treatment.In this fast-paced, courageous, and inspiring story, readers adventure with Charlotte Parkhurst as she first finds work as a stable hand, becomes a famous stage-coach driver (performing brave feats and outwitting bandits), finds love as a woman but later resumes her identity as a man after the loss of a baby and the tragic death of her husband, and ultimately...