Paul O. Zelinsky
1) Rapunzel
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 700L
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
When four brothers and sisters discover a Psammead, or sand-fairy, in the gravel pit near the country house where they are staying, they have no way of knowing all the adventures its wish-granting will bring them.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow and Company
Pub. Date
1983.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
7) Swamp Angel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 960L
Language
English
Description
Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.
9) Strider
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school. Strider has a new habit. Whenever we stop, he places his paw on my foot. It isn't an accident because he always does it. I like to think he doesn't want to leave me. Can a stray dog change the life of a teenage boy? It looks as if Strider can. He's a dog that loves to run because...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Neither accepted nor beloved, Eugenides is the uneasy linchpin of a truce on the Lesser Peninsula, where he has risen to be high king of Attolia, Eddis, and Sounis. As the treacherous Baron Erondites schemes anew and a prophecy appears to foretell the death of the king, the ruthless Mede empire prepares to strike.
13) Z is for Moose
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
130L
Language
English
Description
Moose, terribly eager to play his part in the alphabet book his friend Zebra is putting together, then awfully disappointed when his letter passes, behaves rather badly until Zebra finds a spot for him.
16) Dust devil
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 900L
Language
English
Description
Having moved to Montana from Tennessee in the 1830s, fearless Angelica Longrider--also known as Swamp Angel--changes the state's landscape, tames a wild horse, and captures some desperadoes.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Language
English
Description
In 1912 New York, Gertie feels left out while Mama and her four older sisters cook Hanukkah dinner, but Papa comes home and asks her help with an important task.