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1) Strange star
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told primarily by servant Felix, a former slave, Lord Byron and friends gather to tell ghost stories on a stormy night in 1816 Switzerland, but a scarred girl arrives with her own dark and dangerous tale.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
For fans of Kelly Barnhill’s The Girl Who Drank the Moon and Jack Cheng’s See You in the Cosmos, here is “a haunting and poignant exploration of family, loss, and redemption” (Booklist, Starred Review).
When Alice is suddenly bundled off to her estranged grandmother Nell’s house, there’s nothing good about it, except the beautiful Darkling Wood at the end of...
When Alice is suddenly bundled off to her estranged grandmother Nell’s house, there’s nothing good about it, except the beautiful Darkling Wood at the end of...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The race is on to be the first to discover the secret of flight! Magpie is soon caught up in a world of science, spies, and unruly animals to be the first to passenger in a hot air balloon.
Yesterday, Magpie was one of the best thieves in all of France. But an encounter with a boy dangling from the sky will change her life forever. And even though it ends in disaster, Magpie becomes enthralled by the idea of flying over the rooftops of Paris...Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
It only takes one strike . . . A powerful, beautifully illustrated feminist reworking of the classic fairy tale, from award-winning creators Emma Carroll and Lauren Child "You've got a lot to say for a little match girl." On the streets of Victorian London, Bridie uses her wit selling matches to help feed her family-but no matter how hard she works, it's never enough to stave off hunger or keep her ailing mother safe from the factory's toxins. When...