Ann Cameron
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Seven-year-old Juan, abandoned by his parents, lives with his grandmother in Guatemala. Because his family is so poor, his grandmother puts him to work. But when his dream of going to school comes true, Juan turns out to be a brilliant student who makes his grandmother proud.
Author
Series
Julian books volume 1
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Relates episodes in seven-year-old Julian's life which include getting into trouble with his younger brother Huey, planting a garden, what he did to try to grow taller, losing a tooth, and finding a new friend.
Author
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
The biography of Olaudah Equiano, the young African boy who was kidnapped, hidden in an enormous sack, and carried off into slavery, and his struggle with injustice, heartbreak, and his own despair as well as his triumph because of his courage, intelligence, love of adventure, and his unconquerable faith.
5) Colibrí
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.
Author
Series
Julian books volume 4
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Julian, his little brother Huey, and their friend Gloria decide to be "crime busters," they find themselves in one adventure after another.
Author
Series
Julian books volume 2
Pub. Date
[1986]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
More episodes in the life of Julian including a bet with his best friend Gloria, a secret project, and what happens when his brother Huey decides to be Superboy.
Author
Series
Julian books volume 3
Pub. Date
2001, c1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When his best friend, Gloria, receives a new bike, seven-year-old Julian spends the summer avoiding her because of his fear of bikes.
9) Gloria's way
Author
Series
Julian books volume 8
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Gloria shares special times with her mother and father and with her friends Julian, Huey, and Latisha.
10) Spunky Tells All
Author
Series
Julian books volume 10
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Called a troublemaker by his human family, a reflective dog defends himself and then relates the family's adoption of an aristocratic but incompetent cat, who gives him a life purpose and and new way of looking at his world.