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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Sabina and Daphne Grimm enter the hideout of the Scarlet Hand in order to rescue their parents who had been kidnapped a year before, but their attempts are thwarted by the most famous fairy tale character in the world.
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English
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A lost classic by the author of Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon is a coming-of-age story about newly orphaned Emily Byrd Starr, who deals with the loss of her beloved father as she tries to adjust to life at old-fashioned New Moon farm with her aunts and cousin. Emily, a budding writer with a mysterious sense of the otherworldly, makes quick friends in her new home and lands in more than her share of scrapes along the way. But she remains...
5) Pollyanna
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English
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When orphaned eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.
6) Heidi
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
The beloved story of Heidi, the little girl who scrambles through mountain meadows with the goats, brings joy to a blind grandmother, helps a friend learn to walk again, and restores hope and love to a grandfather. Adapted for young children Heidi's age.
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"Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction . . . Gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work." -Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl
It's 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital, a mental institution in Asheville, North Carolina, known for its innovative treatments for nervous disorders and addictions. Taken under the wing...
8) Kim
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English
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Kim is the son of an Irish soldier born under British Imperial rule in 19th century India. Left in the care of a half-caste woman, Kim is free to explore the back allies and bazaars of Lahore .. But when he meets with his father's old regiment he trades his native clothes for European suits and abandons his free wheeling life for the trappings of a secret agent.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
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English
Description
God brings hope and healing into the lives of young quarterback Aaron Hill; his teammate Derrick Anderson, a family man looking to keep a promise he made years earlier; Cory, an orphan in the foster care system who is convinced that Hill is his father; and Megan Gunn, the woman who wants to adopt Cory.
10) Life of Pi
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
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English
Description
Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan,...
11) The bean trees
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
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English
Description
Young, bright Taylor Greer leaves her poverty-stricken life in Kentucky and heads west, picking up an abandoned Native American baby girl whom she names Turtle and finds a new home in Tucson with Mattie, an old woman who takes in Central American refugees
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 38
Language
English
Description
An American classic first published in 1985 by William Morrow and adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, The Cider House Rules is among John Irving's most beloved novels. Set in rural Maine in the first half of the twentieth century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch-saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addict and abortionist. It is also the story of Dr. Larch's favorite orphan,...
13) Brave like that
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave.
15) Defy the stars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
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English
Description
Teenaged soldier Noemi and an enemy robot, Abel, who is programmed to obey her commands, set out on an interstellar quest to save her home planet, Earth colony Genesis.
16) Stay in the game
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Contest volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Desperate for money to pay for an experimental treatment that could save his ill grandfather's life, high school senior James enters a mysterious contest that will award the winner ten million dollars.
17) Blessed child
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Caleb books volume 2
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English
Description
One orphaned boy. A desperate race to keep him alive. And powers that are beyond comprehension.
"Whoever said a straightened hand was more dramatic than a healed heart anyway?"
A young orphaned boy was abandoned and raised in an Ethiopian monastery. He has never seen outside its walls-at least, not the way most people see. Now he must flee or die.
But the world beyond is hardly ready for a boy like Caleb.
When relief expert Jason Marker agrees...
18) Surprise Island
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
Description
Henry, Jesse, Violet, and Benny Alden have a home with their grandfather—but their adventures are just beginning! They're about to spend the summer camping on their own private island. The island is full of surprises, including a kind stranger with a secret. Join the Boxcar Children in their graphic novel adventure on Surprise Island!
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