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1) The giver
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal–winning classic, twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community.
Life in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Designated birthmothers produce newchildren, who are assigned to appropriate family units. Citizens are assigned their partners and
...Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The unforgettable Newbery Medal–winning novel from Lois Lowry. As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen's family takes in Annemarie's best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family.
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people,
...4) Messenger
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.
5) Son
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A most unusual new student who loves to be the center of attention entertains her teacher and fellow second graders by telling absolutely true stories about herself, including how she got her name.
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 5
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When her second-grade classmates are envious of the three students who are going away on winter vacation, the creative and ingenious Gooney Bird Greene thinks of a geography activity to cheer them all up.
10) All about Sam
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sam Krupnik finally gets to tell his version of life with his big sister, Lowry's popular Anastasia Krupnik.
11) Anastasia again!
Author
Series
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
1982, c1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Anastasia is horrified at her family's decision to move from their city apartment to a house in the suburbs.
12) Switcharound
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Caroline and J.P.'s father has asked them to come visit him and his new wife in Des Moines, Iowa. They don't really want to go, but they also don't have a say in the matter. Upon arriving, they discover they each have unexpected and unpleasant responsibilities. Caroline has to babysit their baby twin sisters and J.P. is forced to coach baseball to a bunch of six-year-olds. The two decide to call a truce in their continual sibling warfare and help...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dell Pub
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Ready for romance, thirteen-year-old Anastasia answers an ad in the personals with an exaggerated description of herself but soon runs into trouble when the unknown man turns up at a friend's wedding.
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class studies poetry and her students write haiku, couplets, free verse, and finally, a tribute to Mrs. Pidgeon's mother organized by the irrepressible Gooney Bird Greene.
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Gooney Bird Greene takes charge of a class project as she and her fellow students in Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class learn about fables by each making up their own based on an animal that begins with the same letter as their first name.
Author
Publisher
Clarion
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.
18) The Giver
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
1999, c1954
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Golding's classic, startling, and perennially bestselling portrait of human nature remains as provocative today as when it was first published. This beautiful new edition features French flaps and rough fronts, making it a must-have for fans of this seminal work.