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Charlie Small #1 - Gorilla City
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Interest: Grades 2-5. Reading Levels: 6.0. Author: Charlie Small.
No one knows the full story of Charlie Small. At least, not yet. His battered journal was found washed up on a remote, windswept shore. And at first we thought it an elaborate hoax. Surely no 8-year-old could have had so many wild adventures, witnessed so many extraordinary things, lived such an incredible life–and still only be eight.
And yet . . . there was something so vivid in the telling that we were persuaded to send the journal and some of its boggling content for analysis. And only one conclusion could be drawn. Everything in the journal of Charlie Small is true!
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Charlie Small #2 - Perfumed Pirates of Perfidy
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Interest: Grades 2-5. Reading Levels: 5.9. Author: Charlie Small.
Charlie Small’s second journal of his adventures was found encased in ice, high on a glacial plateau in the Himalayas. It details even more remarkable deeds and thrilling acts aboard the Jolly Roger with the dastardly lady-pirates of perfidy–and a lot more besides.
Charlie Small is a keen amateur explorer. His interests include climbing trees, collecting things, playing computer games, and football. He also enjoys conversing in the secret language of the gorillas.
His present whereabouts is unknown, but we understand that he’s hoping to be home in time for tea.
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London Eye Mystery, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.1. Author: Siobhan Dowd. Key Award: Red House 2008 Nominee.
Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off–except Salim. Where could he have gone? And ultimately it comes down to Ted, whose brain works in its own very unique way, to find the key to the mystery. This is an unput-downable spine-tingling thriller–a race against time.
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Dragon Spell
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Interest: Grade 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.0-5.3. Author: Donita K. Paul.
The story is set in the fictional world of Amara and focuses on a girl named Kale and a boy named Bardon and their adventures to rescue dragon eggs, free enslaved dragons, and rouse knights from chambers of sleep. They learn to hatch, bond, and release young dragons.
As their adventures take them throughout the world of Amara, Kale and Bardon grow and develop into leaders of their world.
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Dragon Light
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Interest: Grade 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.0. Author: Donita K. Paul.
As Kale and her father are busy hatching, bonding, and releasing the younger generation of dragons as helpers throughout the kingdom, the light wizard has little time to develop her skills. Her husband, Sir Bardon-despite physical limitations resulting from his bout with the stakes disease-has become a leader, serving on the governing board under Paladin.
When Kale and Bardon set aside their daily responsibilities to join meech dragons Regidor and Gilda on a quest to find a hidden meech colony, they encounter sinister forces. Their world is under attack by a secret enemy.
Can they overcome the ominous peril they can't even see?
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DragonFire
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Interest: Grade 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.1. Author: Donita K. Paul.
Three years of strife have passed since Kale and Bardon freed Paladins knights. Now, fiery dragons scorch their beautiful countryside as an evil husband-and-wife wizard duo battle one another for supremacy. The people of Amara just want to be left alone, hoping the conflict with disappear. But Paladin is dying, and Bardon and Kale,now married, must accept fateful assignments if their land is to survive.
Will their efforts turn the tide against their adversaries? They face a deadly threat, and a challenging choice
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Single Shard, A
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 6.6. Author: Linda Sue Park. Key Award: Newbery Award.
Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters’ village. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the damage by setting off on a difficult and dangerous journey that will change his life forever. This is a beautifully written book with wonderful imagery.
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Pagan's Crusade
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Interest: Grades 6-8. Reading Levels: 3.5-3.7. Author: Catherine Jinks.
The setting is during the Middle Ages around the time of the Crusades. Down on his luck and kicked in the pants one too many times, Pagan Kidrouk arrives on the doorstep of the Templar Knights in medieval Jerusalem, looking for work as a squire.
Expecting only a respite from life on the street and a few square meals, the sarcastic sixteen-year-old finds himself hard at work for Lord Roland de Bram -- a not-so-exciting life of polishing Lord Roland's armor, laundering his garments, and even training to fight by his side.
But as the Infidel Saladin leads his army to Jerusalem, it becomes more and more difficult for Pagan and Lord Roland to decide what action to take or whom to trust. Is a bloody battle for control of the Holy City inevitable?
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Wildwood Dancing
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Interest: Grades 6-8. Reading Level: 5.4. Author: Juliet Marillier.
Set in historical Transylvania and loosely based on the fairytale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses", Wildwood Dancing centres on a family of sisters who have a secret bond with the mysterious Other Kingdom, where they go to dance at every Full Moon. When their father must go away for the winter, Jena and her sisters find themselves fighting for everything they hold dear – their home, their independence and the survival of the otherworld kingdom.
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Giver, The
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Interest: Grades 6-9. Reading Level: 5.7. Mature Content. Author: Lois Lowry. Key Award: Newbery Award. Many Awards.
Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back. The book includes a reader's guide with discussion questions and an interview with the author.
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Eragon
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Levels: 4.9. Author: Christopher Paolini.
Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy—until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power.
Now his choices could save—or destroy—the Empire.
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His Dark Materials Trilogy ("The Golden Compass")
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Interest: Grade 9-12. Reading Levels: 6.2-7.1. Author: Philip Pullman. Key Awards: Carnegie Medal. Costa (Whitbread) Book Award.
"Dark Materials" refers to dust, and this series is an epic adventure of two children who wander through two parallel universes to try to stop those experimenting with "dust".
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Fahrenheit 451
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 7.0. Author: Ray Bradbury. Classic.
"The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning, along with the houses in which they were hidden." Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires. And he enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames...never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. Then Guy met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think. And Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do...
Fahrenheit 451, first published in 1953, is a classic science fiction book about dystopia (where the conditions of life in a society are miserable, and characterized by human misery, poverty, oppression, violence, disease, and/or pollution). This is one of three books considered to be the greatest books written about dystopia (the other two books are "1984" by George Orwell, and "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley).
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Eldest
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Levels: 7.0. Author: Christopher Paolini.
Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns… Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship.
Will the king’s dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life. . .
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