Level |
Title |
Author |
Points |
Description |
Pages |
Have
copy |
| 6 |
Borrowers Afloat, The |
Norton, Mary |
6 |
Mary Norton's beloved family of miniature people set out
on a voyage in a tea kettle in search of a new home. |
191 |
Y |
| 6 |
Ginger Pye |
Estes, Eleanor |
9 |
The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance
of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring excitement into the lives
of the Pye children. |
306 |
Y |
| 6 |
Caddie Woodlawn |
Brink, Carol Ryrie |
8 |
This is a story of a spirited pioneer girl's adventures on the Wisconsin
frontier. |
242 |
Y |
| 6 |
Centerburg Tales |
McCloskey, Robert |
5 |
The further adventures of Homer Price, including those in which a jukebox
sets the whole town singing against its will and in which a mad scientist
develops weeds that overrun the town. |
191 |
Y |
| 6 |
Stuart Little |
White, E.B. |
3 |
Stuart, an inventive and debonair mouse, has a great adventure. |
131 |
Y |
| 6 |
Starplace, The |
Grove, Vicki |
7 |
Thirteen-year-old Frannie learns hard lessons about prejudice and segregation
when she becomes friends with a young black girl who moves into her small
Oklahoma town in 1961. |
214 |
Y |
| 6 |
Cockroaches (The New Creepy Crawly Collection) |
Green, Tamara |
0.5 |
Examines the anatomy, behavior, and dangers of cockroaches, as well as
ways of coping with them. |
23 |
Y |
| 6 |
Cheaper by the Dozen |
Gilbreth, Ernestine/Frank |
10 |
This true-life story chronicles the adventures of twelve wonderful redheaded
rascals. |
180 |
Y |
| 6.1 |
Mosquitoes (The New Creepy Crawly Collection) |
Fisher, Enid Broderick |
0.5 |
Examines the anatomy, behavior, life cycle, and dangers of this tiny
member of the fly family. |
24 |
Y |
| 6.1 |
Butterflies (The New Creepy Crawly Collection) |
Coleman, Graham |
0.5 |
Examines the anatomy, behavior, life cycle, and legends of butterflies. |
24 |
Y |
| 6.1 |
Fog Magic |
Sauer, Julia |
4 |
Story of a Nova Scotia girl for whom the fog blowing in from the sea
had the power to transport her to her own secret world. |
107 |
Y |
| 6.1 |
High King, The |
Alexander, Lloyd |
11 |
When the sword of Dyrnwyn falls into the hands of Arawn Death-Lord, Taran
and his friends raise an army to march against him. |
304 |
Y |
| 6.1 |
Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam, The |
Nhuong, Huynh Quang |
4 |
Fifteen true stories of the author's childhood in Vietnam. |
127 |
|
| 6.1 |
Shakespeare's Scribe |
Blackwood, Gary L. |
10 |
In plague-ridden 1602 England, a fifteen-year-old orphan boy, who has
become an apprentice actor, goes on the road with Shakespeare's troupe and
finds out more about his parent's along the way. |
265 |
Y |
| 6.1 |
Real Thief, The |
Steig, William |
1 |
Gawain the Goose is guard to the Royal Treasury, and only he and the
king have keys. When money and jewels start disappearing, he is fired. Eventually
he is exonerated and welcomed back by the king. |
58 |
|
| 6.2 |
Grey King, The |
Cooper, Susan |
9 |
Will Stanton is swept into a quest to find the golden harp and wake the
Sleepers. |
165 |
Y |
| 6.2 |
Tough Winter, The |
Lawson, Robert |
4 |
The animals of Rabbit Hill survive the cold and ice of a Connecticut
winter with loving good humor in this sequel to Rabbit Hill. |
128 |
Y |
| 6.2 |
Miserable Mill, The |
Snicket, Lemony |
5 |
Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing
search for a home, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a
sinister lumbermill. |
194 |
Y |
| 6.2 |
Door in the Wall, The |
De Angeli, Marguerite |
4 |
A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns
recognition from the king. |
121 |
Y |
| 6.2 |
Calico Bush |
Field, Rachel |
9 |
Orphaned shortly after her French family arrives in the New World, twelve-year-old
Marguerite is bound by contract to live with a family of English settlers
who are attempting to make their home on an island frequented by Indians. |
201 |
|
| 6.2 |
I, Houdini |
Banks, Lynne Reid |
5 |
A boastful hamster with exceptional talent as an escape artist, recounts
his experiences chewing, wriggling, or squeezing his way out of various
closed areas in his quest for the great outside. |
127 |
|
| 6.2 |
Call It Courage |
Sperry, Armstrong |
3 |
This is the inspiring story of a youth who overcomes his fear of the
sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe. |
116 |
Y |
| 6.3 |
Reptile Room, The |
Snicket, Lemony |
5 |
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count
Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist
with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time. |
190 |
Y |
| 6.3 |
Libby on Wednesday |
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley |
8 |
Having been put ahead in an accelerated eighth-grade program by her bizarre
and creative family, precocious eleven-year-old Libby hates her "socialization"
process until she makes some highly original friends in a writing workshop. |
196 |
|
| 6.3 |
Wide Window, The |
Snicket, Lemony |
5 |
Catastrophes and misfortune continue to plague the Baudelaire orphans
after they are sent to live with fearful Aunt Josephine, who offers little
protection against Count Olaf's treachery. |
214 |
Y |
| 6.4 |
Egypt Game, The |
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley |
7 |
It is only a game for six children, until an oracle tells the truth and
a murderer appears. |
215 |
Y |
| 6.4 |
Gib and the Gray Ghost |
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley |
9 |
In 1909, after spending several months back at the Lovell House Home
for Orphaned and Abandoned Boys, eleven-year-old Gib returns to live on
the Thornton ranch, where his natural way with horses helps to make him
feel at home. |
230 |
Y |
| 6.4 |
Bad Beginning, The |
Snicket, Lemony |
4 |
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children
must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant
relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means
necessary to get their fortune. |
162 |
Y |
| 6.5 |
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon |
Mukerji, Dhan Gopal |
6 |
Gay-Neck, a carrier pigeon, is trained by his owner and has many courageous
and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the
Himalayas, and finally on the French battlefield on World War I. |
191 |
Y |
| 6.5 |
I, Juan de Pareja |
Borton de Treviħier pigeon, is trained by his owner and has many courageous
and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the
Himalayas, and finally on the French battlefield on World War I. |
7 |
After the slave Juan de Pareja is willed to the great Spanish painter
Velßs and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in
the Himalayas, and finally on the French battlefield on World War I. |
180 |
Y |
| 6.5 |
Adam of the Road |
Gray, Elizabeth Janet |
9 |
This story, set in thirteenth-century England, is about a boy's search
for his father and lost dog. |
317 |
Y |
| 6.5 |
Amos Fortune, Free Man |
Yates, Elizabeth |
5 |
This true story details the life of an African prince who was captured
by slave traders at age fifteen and brought to America. At age sixty, he
bought his freedom, then married and started his own tannery business. |
181 |
Y |
| 6.5 |
Blue Willow |
Gates, Doris |
6 |
A family forced to become migratory workers finally finds a permanent
home again. |
172 |
Y |
| 6.5 |
Reluctant Dragon, The |
Grahame, Kenneth |
1 |
A young boy and St. George find a way to calm frightened townspeople
and spare the life of a harmless dragon. |
55 |
Y |
| 6.6 |
Up a Road Slowly |
Hunt, Irene |
8 |
Julie lives with Aunt Cordelia and forms an attachment with both her
aunt and her new home. |
186 |
Y |
| 6.6 |
Homer Price |
McCloskey, Robert |
4 |
Ingenious young Homer Price captures thieves, solves mysteries, and helps
people in trouble. |
149 |
Y |
| 6.6 |
Ersatz Elevator, The |
Snicket, Lemony |
7 |
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf
discovers their whereabouts at EsmT Squalor's seventy-one-bedroom penthouse
and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune. |
259 |
Y |
| 6.6 |
Single Shard, A |
Park, Linda Sue |
6 |
Tree-ear, an orphan in Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village,
and longs to learn how to throw the celadon ceramics himself. |
152 |
Y |
| 6.7 |
Gathering of Days, A |
Blos, Joan W. |
5 |
When Catherine's mother dies in childbirth and her father decides to
remarry, Catherine must face painful changes. |
144 |
Y |
| 6.7 |
Vile Village, The |
Snicket, Lemony |
7 |
Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village
to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire
town, with disastrous results. |
256 |
|
| 6.7 |
Austere Academy, The |
Snicket, Lemony |
6 |
As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are
shipped off to a miserable boarding school, and find that they have been
followed by the dreaded Count Olaf. |
221 |
Y |
| 6.7 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Rowling, J.K. |
18 |
When Harry and his best friends go back for their third year at Hogwarts,
an escaped mass murderer is on the loose, and the sinister prison guards
of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school. |
433 |
Y |
| 6.7 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
Rowling, J.K. |
14 |
When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from
a dark power that has once more been released on the school. |
341 |
Y |
| 6.7 |
Sponges: Filters of the Sea |
Llamas, Andreu |
0.5 |
Examines the different types of sponges as well as its enemies, habitat,
and ancestors. |
32 |
Y |
| 6.8 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
Rowling, J.K. |
32 |
In this fourth novel of Harry Potter's training as a wizard and his coming
of age, Harry wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately,
he is not normal -- even by wizardry standards. In his case, different can
be deadly. |
734 |
Y |
| 6.8 |
Rays: Animals with an Electric Charge |
Llamas, Andreu |
0.5 |
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and life cycle
of these flat fish, some of which have organs that can produce energy. |
32 |
Y |
| 6.9 |
Ben and Me |
Lawson, Robert |
3 |
Amos the mouse observes and records the life of his great friend, Benjamin
Franklin. |
113 |
Y |
| 6.9 |
Stormy |
Kjelgaard, Jim |
6 |
Story of loyalty and determination as a boy and his dog weather several
different kinds of storms. |
150 |
Y |
| 6.9 |
Hostile Hospital, The |
Snicket, Lemony |
6 |
On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire
orphans find themselves in Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in
close pursuit. |
255 |
Y |
| 7 |
Hero and the Crown, The |
McKinley, Robin |
15 |
A return to the kingdom of Damar where the girl-warrior, Arien, wields
the power of the Blue Sword. |
227 |
Y |
| 7 |
Mussels: Hard-Shelled Mollusks |
Llamas, Andreu |
0.5 |
Describes the physical characteristics and habits of mussels and other
mollusks. |
32 |
Y |
| 7.1 |
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution |
Fritz, Jean |
1 |
Describes how the constitution came to be written and ratified. Also
includes the full text of the document produced by the Constitutional Convention
of 1787. |
64 |
Y |
| 7.1 |
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years |
Field, Rachel |
11 |
Hitty is a doll of great charm and real character whose memoirs are full
of her thrilling adventures on land and sea. |
235 |
Y |
| 7.3 |
Anne of Green Gables (Unabridged) |
Montgomery, L.M. |
17 |
This is the first novel in the Anne series that has delighted millions
of young readers since its publication in 1908. Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley
wins the heart of her foster mother. |
446 |
|
| 7.6 |
Incredible Journey, The |
Burnford, Sheila |
5 |
Three house pets migrate through the wilderness to find their family. |
145 |
Y |
| 7.7 |
Daniel Boone |
Daugherty, James |
4 |
Life on the frontier with Daniel Boone, includes exploring the wilderness
and many adventures along the way. |
95 |
Y |
| 7.7 |
Black Beauty (Unabridged) |
Sewell, Anna |
11 |
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both
good and bad masters. |
240 |
Y |
| 7.7 |
Lincoln: A Photobiography |
Freedman, Russell |
5 |
Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President. |
150 |
Y |
