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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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16 interconnected tales are set in a unified world of princes, demons and sorcerers who wage battles of good versus evil, confrontations shared by famous storyteller patrons at the Inn of the Sign of Mother Goose.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the Korean legend The tale of Shim Cheong, sixteen-year-old Mina is swept away to the Spirit Realm, where, assisted by a motley crew of demons, gods, and lesser spirits, she sets out to awaken the sleeping Sea God and save her homeland and family from deadly storms.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
At first, twelve-year-old Carol is not happy to be spending the summer helping her parents move her grandfather to an assisted living home, but as the summer wears on, she finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by his amazing stories.
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Language
English
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Selling stories is a deadly businessTanwen doesn't just tell stories—she weaves them into crystallized sculptures that sell for more than a few bits. But the only way to escape the control of her cruel mentor and claw her way from poverty is to set her sights on something grander: becoming Royal Storyteller to the king.During her final story peddling tour, a tale of treason spills from her hands, threatening the king himself. Tanwen goes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.
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Language
English
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"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu - on a five-star scale. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this...
10) Seminole
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Seminole Indians, describing where they lived, how they made their homes, what they ate, how they hunted, and the importance of storytelling and religion in their lives.
11) Cherokee
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Cherokee Indians, describing where they lived, how they made their homes, what they ate, how they hunted, and the importance of storytelling and religion in their lives.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A girl made of stone, forever twelve years old, has outlasted the father who carved her and gave her life, but now the magical marks that animate her are fading and she must leave her mountain home and find help in the valley below if she wants her story--and those of her family--to continue.--Provided by Publisher.
15) Cheyenne
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of the Cheyenne people, including their home life, religion, and first contact with European settlers.
16) The story web
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When animals in Alice's small Maine town tell her the Story Web is in danger, threatening the fabric of our world, she knows she can mend it by being honest about why her father is gone.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nothing prepares Jaya, a New York journalist, for the heartbreak of her third miscarriage and the slow unraveling of her marriage in its wake. Desperate to assuage her deep anguish, she decides to go to India to uncover answers to her family's past.
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In Animation Lab for Kids, artists, teachers, and authors Laura Bellmont and Emily Brink present exciting, fun, hands-on projects that teach kids a range of animation techniques."--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-olds Nina and Oli come from different words--she is a Lipan Apache living in Texas and he is a cottonmouth from the Reflecting World--but their lives intersect when Oli journeys to Earth to find a cure for his ailing friend and they end up helping each other save their families.
20) Apache
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of the Apache people, including their home life, religion, and first contact with European settlers.
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