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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
NC 1140L
Language
English
Description
Deep in the pages of the Jungle Book romps a boy raised by wolves, a mongoose who raises up against a deadly cobra, & a young seal who raises the question: What's out there in the great wide world? Rudyard Kipling's enduring collection of adventurous tales are written with warmth, wit, & a gentle wisdom for readers of all ages.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Out there is chaos, the collapse of society, and so much to be afraid of. All that matters is freedom. That's what Remy Blake has been taught by his survivalist father. Raised off the grid in the middle of nowhere, his own survival skills not yet honed, Remy is days shy of his eighth birthday when his father unexpectedly dies ... He is found--near feral, silent, and terrified--in the small rural town of Blaire. To Anne, a nurturing mother of two...
Author
Series
Posthumanities volume 21
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
"Miss Penelope Lumley embarks on an investigation into the mysteries surrounding the Incorrigible children, Lord Ashton, the forests of Ashton Place, and her own past"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Miss Penelope Lumley assuages the disappointments of her sixteenth birthday by accepting an invitation to speak at her former school, the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, which will be closed if she cannot prove the academic progress of her incorrigible charges.
10) The good dream
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Denounced by her 1950 Tennessee community as an old maid, 30-something Ivorie Walker hides her loneliness and grief over her mother's death behind good-humored independence before advocating on behalf of a feral boy who has been stealing vegetables from her garden.
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a governess trained at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, takes the three Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place to London, England, and learns they are under a curse.
12) Mama
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the feral boy known as the Savage of Aveyron, discovered in the mountain wilderness of Southern France in the late 18th century, and describes the attempts led by Paris physician Jean Marc Gaspard Itard to civilize him.
15) The unmapped sea
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Determined to break the wolfish curse that is threatening her charges and their unborn baby sibling, Miss Penelope Lumley takes a seaside holiday in the hope of gaining answers from an aging mariner.
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer+Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Unhappy Penelope Lumley is trapped in unhappy Plinkst! Even the beets for which Plinkst is inexplicably famous fail to grow in this utterly miserable Russian village. Penelope anxiously counts the days and wonders how she will ever get back to England in time to save all the Ashtons--who, she now knows, include herself and the Incorrigible children, although their precise location on the family tree is still a mystery--from their accursèd fate....
18) The jungle books
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Description
"The story of the man-cub Mowgli, who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, guided by his mentors Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and the ancient python Kaa, and who confronts his archenemy Shere Khan the tiger, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. Mowgli's adventures are juxtaposed with other animal stories set in the British Empire, ranging from the heroic battle of "Rikki-tikki-tavi" and the Himalayan pastoral "Purun...
19) The wild kid
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
450L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sammy, who is mildly retarded, runs away from home and becomes a prisoner of Kevin, a wild kid living in the woods.
20) Alabama moon
Publisher
Distributed by Team Marketing
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven-year-old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
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