Madeleine L'Engle
5) Many waters
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
1986
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The fifteen-year-old Murry twins, Sandy and Dennys, are accidentally sent back to a strange Biblical time period, in which mythical beasts roam the desert and a man named Noah is building a boat in preparation for a great flood.
10) Meet the Austins
Author
Series
Austin Family Chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
216 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The life of the Austin family is changed by the arrival of self-centered young Maggy Hamilton, orphaned by the sudden death of her pilot father.
11) Troubling a star
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
296 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
As she tries to stay alive after being left on an iceberg in the Antarctic, sixteen-year-old Vicky recalls the series of events that brought her to the bottom of the world and involved her in a dangerous mystery.
12) The Joys of Love
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
255 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After graduating from college in 1941, Elizabeth Jerrold pursues her dream of becoming a stage actress, landing a position as an apprentice in a summer theater company where she hones her acting skills and falls in love with an aspiring director.
Author
Series
O'Keefe Family volume 3
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
1984
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
307 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While working at a conference in Cyprus, sixteen-year-old Polly tries to come to terms with the emotionally tumultuous events preceding her arrival on the island and her relationships with old and new friends.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
343 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Polly's visit to her grandparents in Connecticut becomes an extraordinary experience as she encounters old friends and mysterious stangers and finds herself traveling back in time to play a crucial role in a prehistoric confrontation.