Avi
2) The barn
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
106 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
In an effort to fulfill their dying father's last request, nine-year-old Ben and his brother and sister construct a barn on their land in the Oregon Territory.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
"It's 1951, and twelve-year-old Pete Collison is a regular kid in Brooklyn, New York, who loves Sam Spade detective books and radio crime dramas. But when an FBI agent shows up at Pete's doorstep, accusing Pete's father of being a Communist, Pete is caught in a real-life mystery. Could there really be Commies in Pete's family?"--
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This heart-stopping historical mystery from plot-master Avi will reach the wide audience it deserves with its fresh and compelling new cover treatment!The night Edmund's twin sister, Sis, goes missing, the streets of nineteenth-century Providence, Rhode Island, are filled with menacing shadows. As Edmund frantically searches the city, he tries to make sense of what happened: He only left Sis alone long enough to buy bread. How did she vanish in the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Mangus the Magician and his thirteen-year-old servant, Fabrizio, are commanded to go to Venice, on pain of death, to find a book by Friar Luca Pacioli which reportedly contains a magical means of making money. But Venice is a strange and dangerous city, and someone else is also after the book. Then Mangus is arrested and taken to the prison, and Fabrizio and Bianca, an orphan he has met, must find a way to secure the book, save Mangus--and themselves....
7) The good dog
Author
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
McKinley, a malamute, is torn between the domestic world of his human family and the wild world of Lupin, a wolf that is trying to recruit dogs to replenish the dwindling wolf pack.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
viii, 182 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When their home next to a brook is destroyed by beavers, a large family of golden mice is aided by Poppy the deer mouse and her grumpy porcupine friend, who in the process forges a relationship with the son he had abandoned.
10) Poppy
Author
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Lexile measure
420L
Physical Desc
170 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A fast-paced, madcap adventure from the always surprising raconteur, Avi!
It's the spring of 1945 in Brooklyn, and while WWII rages in Europe, sixth grader Frankie Wattleson--inspired by the heroics of The Lone Ranger and other radio show idols--sets out to right the wrongs of the world. Frankie is so caught up in his superhero stories that he becomes convinced the tenant renting his brother's room is a mad scientist. Can Frankie and his trusty sidekick,...
13) Gold rush girl
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Victoria (Tory) Blaisdell longs to live a life as adventurous and independent as that of her heroine, Jane Eyre. When Tory's father loses his job and decides to seek a share of the newly discovered gold in California, Tory stows away on the westbound ship carrying her father and younger brother, Jacob. Though San Francisco is mud-caked, frenzied, and full of wild and dangerous men, Tory quickly finds friends and independence--until her father leaves...
15) Ragweed
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Ragweed, a young country mouse, leaves his family and travels to the big city, where he finds excitement and danger and sees cats for the first time.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Patryk and Jurek are as much friends as rivals in the small Russian-occupied Polish village where they live. When, in August 1914, Patryk finds an old button on the forest floor, Jurek becomes wildly jealous. Not long after, World War I comes to Poland, bringing one invading army after another to the village. Jurek devises an exciting dare among the seven boys in their pack: whoever steals the best military button will be Button King. The boys agree....
17) Loyalty
Author
Publisher
Clarion books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
341 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When his father is killed by rebel vigilantes, Noah flees with his family to Boston. Intent on avenging his father, Noah becomes a spy for the British and firsthand witness to the power of partisan rumor to distort facts, the hypocrisy of men who demand freedom while enslaving others, and the human connections that bind people together regardless of stated allegiances. Awash in contradictory information and participating in key events leading to the...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
202 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a frightening turn.
Author
Language
English
Description
Ninth grader Philip Malloy is forbidden to join the track team because of his failing grades in English class. Convinced that the teacher just doesn't like him, Philip concocts a plan to get transferred into a different homeroom. Instead of standing silently during the national anthem, he hums along. And kicks off a national scandal.