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1) The shadows
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Believing that his new home is perfect, with just enough room for his things, Mouse becomes concerned about the growling sounds over by the piano, snapping noises in the bathtub and someone sliding down the banister before the little house becomes full to bursting with animal friends.
8) Home
Author
Description
A whimsical tribute to the myriad possibilities of home depicts homes in different real-world environments as well as fantastical settings.
10) Whose house?
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Find out who lives in a hive, a shell, a garage, and a hangar in this lovely rhyming book by Curious George creator H. A. Rey. Each spread features a four line poem and an image of a particular "house" with a big, sturdy flap to lift to reveal who or what lives inside! It's all saturated in Rey's familiar, classic color palette and makes for a multi-sensory read-aloud experience for little ones who love animals or transportation--or both."--Amazon.com....
12) The second spy
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
After plummeting through a hole in her backyard and finding herself once again in the room of mysterious jars, eleven-year-old Olive unwittingly releases two of Elsewhere's biggest, most cunning, most dangerous forces.
13) Timescape
Author
Series
Dreamhouse Kings volume 4
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
David, Xander, Dad, and Keal discover that Taksidian wants their house for himself in order to use the time portals to build an empire, and unless they can find his weakness in time, the future of the world itself may be in danger.
15) Where she fell
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Teenager Eliza and her friends are going to explore a cave near their upstate New York home, but first her friends insist on dragging her to Drowner's Swamp, a bog legendary for its dangerous sinkholes, and a place which her mother has frequently warned her about; Eliza does not want to go, and when the earth opens up and swallows her she finds herself in a system of caves--and what she finds living there is strange and dangerous beyond anything the...
17) House of Secrets
Author
Series
House of secrets (Chris Columbus) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic.
18) The strangers
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 4
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"When something crucial goes missing, eleven-year-old Olive and her friends must decide how to get it back--put their faith in a strange and dangerous magic, their odd new neighbors, or someone more uncertain and terrifying than both"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Brian can think of a few places he'd rather spend his summer than with his aunt and uncle in Boring, Illinois. Jail, for example. Or an earplug factory. Anything would be better than doing summer school on a computer while his scientist dad is stationed at the South Pole. Boring lives up to its name until Brian and his cousin Nora have a fight, get lost, and discover a huge, wooden house in the forest. With balconies, turrets, and windows seemingly...
20) Gatekeepers
Author
Series
Dreamhouse Kings volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
With their mother still missing after going through a Civil War time portal in their spooky house, and their father in jail under a false accusation, Xander, David, and their younger sister continue to try to bring their mother back, now with the help of an old relative who has turned up unexpectedly.