Katherine Applegate
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
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Description
Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or...
2) Wishtree
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
"A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"--
"Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"--People write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say that Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
In this novel-in-verse that picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob, Ruby recounts her life before the circus when her caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa comes for a visit.
Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob . Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
5) Crenshaw
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A story about a homeless boy and his imaginary friend that proves in unexpected ways that friends matter, whether real or imaginary"--
6) Odder
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--
7) The last
Author
Series
Endling volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Byx is the youngest member of her dairne pack. Believed to possess remarkable abilities, her mythical doglike species has been hunted to near extinction in the war-torn kingdom of Nedarra. After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species. The Endling. So Byx sets out to find safe haven, and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true. Along the way, she meets new allies--animals and humans alike--who...
8) The solution
Author
Series
Animorphs volume 22
Publisher
Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
David, the newest Animorph, is not what he appears. His need to control the other Animorphs and Ax is all he thinks about. And the things he does are starting to break up the group.
9) The first
Author
Series
Endling volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
"Endling: The First is the second book in an epic middle grade animal fantasy series by Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only Ivan, Wishtree, and Crenshaw! To learn if she truly is the last dairne in the world--the endling--Byx and her friends must travel into the snow-covered mountains of the country of Dreyland, where they hope to uncover the truth behind the legend of a hidden dairne...
10) Dogtown
Author
Series
Dogtown volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
"Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have outgrown them. Chance, a real dog, has been in Dogtown since her owners unwittingly left her with irresponsible dog-sitters who skipped town. Metal Head is a robot dog who dreams of being back in a real home. And Mouse is a mouse who has the run of Dogtown, pilfering kibble, and performing clever feats to protect the dogs he loves. When Chance and Metal...
11) The visitor
Author
Series
Animorphs volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Description
If someone told you Earth was under a silent attack, there's a good chance you'd think they were pretty strange. If that same person said Earth's only means of defense depends on the actions and powers of five kids, you'd probably start to look for a quick exit. Guess what? It's all true. Rachel and her friends knew they were in for some pretty strange stuff from the very beginning. How often do you run into a dying alien who gives you the power...
12) The message
Author
Series
Animorphs volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
We can?t tell you who we are. Or where we live. It?s too risky, and we?ve got to be careful. Really careful. So we don?t trust anyone. Because if they find us . . . well, we just won?t let them find us. The thing you should know is that everyone is in really big trouble. Yeah. Even you. It all started with the dreams. But Cassie didn't pay much attention to them. She and her friends had all been having weird dreams ever since they'd first learned...
13) The encounter
Author
Series
Animorphs volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
Tobias stayed in his morph for too long and is now a hawk forever. Can he and his friends still save the human race?
14) The warning
Author
Series
Animorphs volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
Jake's made a pretty amazing discovery. It seems like there may be other people who know about the invasion. Others who know about the Yeerks. Jake finds a Web site devoted to the Yeerks. And Jake, the other Animorphs, and Ax aren't sure it's too good to be true. But if they try to investigate the site and it's a trap, there's no way the Yeerks won't find out who they are. If they don't check it out, they'll never know if they're the only ones fighting....
15) The reaction
Author
Series
Animorphs volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
The Animorph, Rachel can't control her morphing.
16) The threat
Author
Series
Animorphs volume 21
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
The newest Animorph may prove a greater threat to the team than the Yeerks who are again threatening the world.
There is a new Animorph. And he's arrived just in time, because the Yeerks are preparing their biggest takeover ever. The ultimate target: the world's most powerful leaders gathered together in one place. What better way to get into the minds of humans? Literally. At first, David joins the fight with a vengeance. But there is definitely...
17) The only
Author
Series
Endling volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A trilogy conclusion finds Byx and her friends discovering that the same extinction facing the dairnes is threatening all living species, prompting the team to recruit creatures throughout the world into their revolution.
Author
Series
Animorphs.Megamorphs volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
19) The illusion
Author
Series
Animorphs volume 33
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Description
The Yeerks possess a weapon that could be the biggest threat to the Animorphs yet. The anti-morphing ray transforms a person in a morph back to natural form. Unless they find and destroy the top-secret ray, the Animorphs could be expose for good.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Description
"The true story of Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, who lived alone in a small cage for almost 30 years before being relocated to the gorilla habitat at ZooAtlanta."--