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Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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 the secrets of the cursed house.
62) Jackaby
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings, and she helps him delve into a case of serial murder which, Jackaby is convinced, is due to a nonhuman creature.
Author
Series
W.A.R.P volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
In Victorian London, Albert Garrick, an assassin-for-hire, and his reluctant young apprentice, Riley, are transported via wormhole to modern London, where Riley teams up with a young FBI agent to stop Garrick from returning to his own time and using his newly acquired scientific knowledge and power to change the world forever.
Author
Publisher
Switch Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
By day Rémy Brunel is a daring circus acrobat, by night she is an equally talented jewel thief currently assigned to steal a famous diamond in Victorian London--but when the theft goes wrong she finds herself allied with a young policeman as they try to find the elusive gem.
Author
Series
Mo and Dale Mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Kathy Dawson Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When Miss Lana accidentally buys a haunted inn at the Tupelo Landing town auction, Desperado Detectives--aka Mo LoBeau and her best friend Dale--opens up a paranormal division to solve the ghost's identity before the town's big 250th anniversary bash"--Provided by publisher.
67) Making the cut
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Young Readers, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In this compilation of four separately published books, sixteen-year-old Chloe Montgomery gets a chance to travel from Santa Cruz to New York City to compete in Teen Design Diva, a competitive game show for aspiring teenage fashion designers.
Author
Series
Books of Ember volume 4
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
2008.
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
After obtaining an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember seeking the machine described in the book that might be able to aid their new community, Sparks, through the winter.
69) Scaredy cat
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 9
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"As a prize for reading the most books, Stella's class wins a sleepover in the school library. But after some strange occurrences, including finding a book written by an author who has the same name, Stella realizes she's not as brave as she thought"--Provided by publisher.
71) Stormspeaker
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Fall of the beasts volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Framed for a crime they didn't commit, four fugitives travel the deserts of Nilo looking for a secret library that houses the wisdom of Erdas and is guarded by their old friends.
72) Finding Langston
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Discovering a book of Langston Hughes's poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
Author
Series
How to be a supervillain volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old do-gooder Victor Spoil gets a job at the library, he uncovers a plot by the librarians to hypnotize all the adults of the world.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Luke looks on at the pigeons in Central Park, while Dad is lost in "boring Daddy talk," and before you know it - Luke is on the Loose! He's free as a bird, on a hilarious solo flight through New York City. Harry Bliss, the renowned illustrator of many bestselling children's books, finally goes on a solo flight on this own with a soaring story that will delight any young reader who has ever felt cooped up.
Author
Series
39 clues. Doublecross volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"With one disaster behind them, siblings Dan and Amy Cahill and their friends have just days to discover what the Outcast's next move will be. Their frantic search seems to be pointing toward a terrifying air disaster: the explosion of the Hindenburg airship. But no one travels by airship anymore--what do the Outcast's cryptic messages mean? The young Cahills must split up and take to the skies to try to find the answer before their whole world comes...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
While his father works two jobs, seventh-grader Efrén Nava must take care of his twin siblings, kindergartners Max and Mia, after their mother is deported to Mexico. Includes glossary of Spanish words.
Author
Series
The Boxcar Children volume 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
The New York Times -bestselling tale of four orphaned siblings who will do anything to stick together, featuring more than thirty original illustrations. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden take care of one another. They have no parents, no other family-except for a grandfather they don't care to see-and no home . . . until the night they find the boxcar. Old, rusty, lonely, and abandoned in the woods, it's the perfect home for four brave children...
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