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Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
An orphaned girl is held spellbound by the tales of a lighthouse keeper on the Scottish coast, in a novel by the Costa Award-winning author of The Passion. After her mother is literally swept away by the savage winds off the Atlantic coast of Salts, Scotland, never to be seen again, the orphaned Silver is feeling particularly unmoored. Taken in by the mysterious keeper of a lighthouse on Cape Wrath, Silver finds an anchor in Mr. Pew-blind, as old...
63) Campfire capers
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Esha and her best friends, Avery, Bree, and Jaelyn, are set for a great summer at Storm Cliff Stables improving their riding skills--until Esha tells a ghost story around the campfire that has everybody jumping at shadows, and blaming the imaginary ghost for anything that goes wrong.
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Erase una vez un mundo donde las noches eran largas y la Muerte contaba su propia historia. erase una vez una ladrona que robaba libros y regalaba palabras. En el pueblo vivia una nina que queria leer, un hombre que tocaba el acordeon y un joven judio que escribia cuentos hermosos para escapar del horror de la guerra. Al cabo de un tiempo, la nina se convirtio en una ladrona que robaba libros y regalaba palabras. Y con esas palabras se escribio una...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
After hearing a fictional tale about Hitler's daughter, Mark, an Australian boy, wonders what it would be like if someone he loved and trusted turned out to be evil.
67) The bone sparrow
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Subhi's contained world as a refugee in an Australian permanent detention center rapidly expands when Jimmie arrives on the other side of the fence and she asks him to read her late mother's stories to her"--
Author
Series
Mermaid tales volume 8
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While preparing for a unit on storytelling, the mermaids of Trident Academy learn of a legendary pirate treasure in their own city and Pearl decides to find it, despite a warning that it is guarded by a ghost.
71) My ol' man
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Drawing on the author's memories of her youth, a girl recalls the special summer spent in Michigan with her yarn-spinning father and a magic rock.
72) The rambling
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Buddy Pennington is headed to river country. No one in his village will miss him anyway -- not even his mom, after what he and his bad luck did. He'll be better off with his daddy, Davey Boy Pennington, a wandering soul who has the best luck of anyone Buddy knows. Pop might even teach Buddy his legendary skills at Parsnit, a mysterious card game of magic, chance, and above all, storytelling. No one tells a better story than Pop. But no sooner are...
Author
Series
Mother Bruce volume 10
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Bruce and the residents of Soggy Hollow tell a spooky story to get into the Halloween spirit"--
74) Sharing a Shell
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Tiddler the fish is always telling tall tales about why he is late for school, but when he is actually caught in a net and taken far from home, it is his stories that help him find his way back.
76) Tiger moon
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sold to be the eighth wife of a rich and cruel merchant, Safia, also called Raka, tries to escape her fate by telling stories of Farhad the thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their travels across India to retrieve a famous jewel that will save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a demon king.
77) The end (almost)
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Donut the bear is told his story is over and he has to leave, he employs trickery so the story can go on.
78) Nightbooks
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Alex’s original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping the witch Natacha happy, but soon he’ll run out of pages to read from and be trapped forever. He’s loved scary stories his whole life, and he knows most don’t have a happily ever after. Now that Alex is trapped in a true terrifying tale, he’s desperate for a different ending—and a way out of this twisted place. This modern spin on the Scheherazade story...
Author
Series
Tales of Sasha volume 9
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The History Day celebration is coming up in Crystal Cove, and Sasha has to pick her favorite story to read aloud. But when she unrolls the magical fabrics with the flying horse history on them, she discovers that all the words have disappeared! Can Sasha figure out what happened and find a way to return the stories to the fabrics in time for the celebration?"--
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