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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
200 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
'Seven years ago, the Ballastian sisters' parents left them in the magical Straygarden Place, a house surrounded by tall silver grass and floating trees. They left behind a warning saying never to leave the house or go into the grass. "Wait for us," the note read. "Sleep darkly." Ever since then, the house itself has taken care of Winnow, Mayhap, and Pavonine--feeding them, clothing them, even keeping them company--while the girls have waited and...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"For Annie's tenth birthday, her papa gives her a pad of paper, some colored pencils, and the Klimas family secret. It's called the nuodeema burna, or eater of sins. Every time Annie misbehaves, she has to write down her transgression and stick the paper into a hidey-hole in the floor of their house. But Annie's inheritance has a dark side: with each paper fed to the burna, she feels less guilty about the mean things she says and does. As a plague...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
246 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In the vein of When You Trap a Tiger and Shouting at the Rain, this is the story of the journey one girl undertakes to find herself. After Breda Moriarity gets caught stealing one too many times, Breda's mom sends her to Ireland, a place she has never been, to live with the grandfather she has never met. While Breda doesn't want to be in this strange land, she finally gets to meet Granda, her mom's father. He's a grumpy farmer who is also a seanchai,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"1919. Mama is ill. Father has taken a job abroad. Nanny Jane is too busy to pay any attention to Henrietta and the things she sees - or thinks she sees - in the shadows of their new home, Hope House. All alone, with only stories for company, Henry discovers that Hope House is full of strange secrets: a forgotten attic, ghostly figures, mysterious firelight that flickers in the trees beyond the garden. One night she ventures into the darkness of Nightingale...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A clue takes Amy and Dan Cahill to Egypt, where they investigate the origins of the rivalry between the Tomas and Ekaterina branches of their family and try to figure out if they can trust a message from their dead grandmother Grace.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A million dollars, or a clue? Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. There's a car and speedboat chase and an angry mob! When there's a clue on the line, anything can happen.