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221) Born of illusion
Author
Series
Born of illusion volume 1
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Anna Van Housen has a secret. A gifted illusionist, Anna assists her mother, the renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen, in her stage show and séances, easily navigating the underground world of magicians, mediums, and mentalists in 1920's New York. As the illegitimate daughter of Harry Houdini -- or so Marguerite claims -- sleight of hand illusions have never been a challenge for Anna. The real trick is keeping her own gifts secret from her opportunistic...
222) Where the heart is
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"It's the first day of summer and Rachel's thirteenth birthday. She can't wait to head to the lake with her best friend, Micah. But as summer unfolds, every day seems to get more complicated. Her "fun" new job taking care of the neighbors' farm animals quickly becomes a challenge, whether she's being pecked by chickens or having to dodge a charging pig at feeding time. At home, her parents are more worried about money than usual, and their arguments...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Description
"It's 1941, and tensions are rising in the United States as the Second World War rages in Europe. Eleven-year-old Gusta's life, like the world around her, is about to change. Her father, a foreign-born labor organizer, has had to flee the country, and Gusta has been sent to live in an orphanage run by her grandmother. Nearsighted, snaggletoothed Gusta arrives in Springdale, Maine, lugging her one precious possession: a beloved old French horn, her...
224) Monstergarten
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Feeling that he is not ready to start monster kindergarten, Patrick practices roaring, sneaking up on people, and baring his teeth despite his parents' reassurances that he need only be himself in school.
Author
Series
Sprinkle Sundays volume 9
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Sierra is tired of being known as "the sweetest girl in the ice cream shop," but she still wants everybody to like her! Can she spice up her personality (and learn to say no occasionally), and still keep all her friends? Sierra decides to pour her feelings into an original song--and through music, she's able to find her voice. --from Amazon.
226) Cazadora
Author
Series
Wolves of no world volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Tras los hechos acontecidos en Lobizona, Manu y sus amigos cruzan la mística frontera hacia Kerana, un reino maldito en Argentina, en busca de aliados y de un sitio donde esconderse. Mientras intentan descubrir el paradero del Aquelarre (una mítica manada de la resistencia que quizás ni siquiera existe), los Cazadores siguen los pasos de Manu, poniendo trampas para capturarla y arrestarla. Pero cuando parece que ya la tienen acorralada, el Aquelarre...
227) On the Jellicoe Road
Author
Series
Pub. Date
p2006
Description
Taylor Markham is now a senior at the Jellicoe School, and has been made leader of the boarders. She is responsible for keeping the upper hand in the territory wars with the townies, and the cadets who camp on the edge of the school's property over summer. She has to keep her students safe and the territories enforced and to deal with Jonah Griggs, the leader of the cadets and someone she'd rather forget. But what she needs to do, more than anything,...
228) Lumberjackula
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Jack is in a pickle. His lumberjack mom wants him to go to Mighty Log Lumberjack Prep to learn how to chop wood and wear flannel. His vampire dad wants him to go to Sorrow's Gloom Vampire School to learn how to turn into a bat and drink blood-orange juice. And Jack has a secret: what he really wants to do is dance. When he finds out about Tip Tap Twinkle Toes Dance Academy from new friend Plenty, Jack feels he's finally found the place where he can...