Tim Jessell
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Relates the exploits of the four Alden children as they locate a missing man.
The Boxcar children travel to Maine, take canoes into the wilderness and live in a house exactly like the one on Surprise Island, except the Maine house is brown, not yellow. They then untangle the mystery of the two houses.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
530L
Formats
Description
Summer vacation on an almost private island gives the Aldens a challenge. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer on their own private island. There is a mysterious stranger on the island with a secret--but that's not the only surprise in store for the Boxcar Children.
3) Ginger
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Ginger the golden retriever narrates the story of her life, from her birth in a puppy mill through the various people who have "owned" her.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
"The Aldens spend the summer on their aunt's ranch! The ranch is a beautiful place, but it's also the source of trouble between Aunt Jane and Grandfather. As the Boxcar Children explore the land, they make an amazing discovery. Will it help mend Aunt Jane and Grandfather's relationship?"--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
510L
Description
A family starts out on a one-day mountain climbing excursion that becomes very exciting. In fact, it becomes an adventure for the former "boxcar" family. They unearth some mysteries and have a fine time in the process.
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Jaffa City is frozen under the spell of Lord Sparr. Eric, Julie, and Neal join with Princess Keeah to battle the enemy in the biggest snowball fight of all time!
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
When Neal and Julie agree to help Eric straighten up his basement, they never imagine that they're in for more than getting a little dusty. But as the three kids follow a soccer ball into the small room under the basement stairs, the floor suddenly evaporates to reveal a rainbow staircase to another world! Before they have a chance to look around, they are caught in the midst of a battle. Shiny red men riding giant lizards are shooting arrows straight...
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 12
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Description
The sea witch Demither is stirring up a storm in Droon. Keeah has to stop her! This mission could make or break Keeah's wizard training. And Eric, Neal, and Julie think they can help their friend, but many surprises await them in Demither's underwater world--and many secrets will be revealed.
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
An evil princess is on a hunt for the magical Dragon Ship, so Eric, Neal, and Julie must find it first.
10) The Moon Scroll
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
In order to defend himself in Lord Sparr's evil underworld, Galen needs the powerful wand of Urik, a magic tool that's been hidden for years. Keeah and her Upper World friends attempt to find the wand by following the Moon Scroll, which has the power to take anyone who reads it back through time.
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
A hidden door. A magical staircase. Discover the world of Droon!
Cats don't bark. They meow. Or at least they did before Eric used Droonian magic in the Upper World. When he cast a spell with the wand of Urik, everything got messed up - now weird stuff, like barking cats, are all over!Eric and his friends hurry down the magic staircase only to find more trouble. Earthquakes have rocked Droon; and Galen's under a nasty spell. Time for some back-up!...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
"The Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet and Dogsong shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion, intellect, intuition, and sense of adventure. Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companion: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle...
14) The golden wasp
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"A hidden door. A magical staircase. Discover the world of Droon!"Eric, Julie, and Neal have a big problem on their hands. Galen the wizard had warned them never to bring anything from Droon into the Upper World. But Julie has brought a bracelet by mistake, and it's turned Eric's dad into a ghost in Droon! Now the kids must find him. If they don't, he'll end up in the Land of the Lost- forever.
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 24
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
Ko's beasts have taken over Doobesh, a dangerous city full of thieves and pirates. Now they're hard at work in the magical forge there, creating powerful armor that will make they unstoppable. That is, unless Eric and his friends destroy the armor first. The race is on. Can the kids beat the beasts and flatten the forge in time?
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 23
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
Ko is back in power -- and nothing in Droon is safe! His beasts have found a lightning-powered submarine hidden in the secret Fortress of the Treasure Queen. Now Eric and his friends have to stop Ko before he destroys Jaffa City. But first they'll need help from their worst enemy -- Lord Sparr. If he can be trusted.
17) Racing the Moon
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Formats
Description
An adventurous new work from Newbery Honor-Winning author, Alan Armstrong.
In the spring of 1947, outer space was an unexplored realm. But eleven year-old Alexis (Alex) Heart and her impulsive brother, Chuck, believe that the stars are within reach. In the midst of building their own rocket, Alex befriends Captain Ebbs, and an army scientist who is working to create food for future space travelers, and who is also a descendent of Captain John Smith....
In the spring of 1947, outer space was an unexplored realm. But eleven year-old Alexis (Alex) Heart and her impulsive brother, Chuck, believe that the stars are within reach. In the midst of building their own rocket, Alex befriends Captain Ebbs, and an army scientist who is working to create food for future space travelers, and who is also a descendent of Captain John Smith....
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
The evil Lord Sparr has used magic to wake up a sleeping giant! Now Eric, Julie, and Neal must join forces with a brave dragon and the Oobja people of Panjibarrh to help save their Droonian friends.
19) The coiled viper
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 19
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
Magic on Main Street?!! The border between Droon and the Upper World has been crossed. And now evil Sparr is in Eric's hometown! On a search for the Coiled Viper, he's turning the Upper World inside out. Talking frogs, flying kids, a Ninn parade down Main Street. There's droon magic all over our world! Can Eric and his friends keep it secret?
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 13
Description
A hidden door. A magical staircase. Discover the world of Droon!
Move over, Lord Sparr-there's a new bad guy in town. Prince Maliban is the creepy ruler of the Turtle City. And Maliban's mysterious mask maker, Hob is crafting an awesome new mask. The mask is very cool but very powerful. So Eric, Neal, and Julie have to make sure the mask doesn't fall into the wrong hands otherwise, it could mean serious trouble for Droon. Tony Abbott is...