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(0)Kelly Murphy
Author
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage for another night. But when an attempted escape through the stovepipe doesn't go as well as she'd hoped, Mary fears she'll be stuck in the Buffalo Asylum for Young Ladies forever. The very next day, a mysterious woman named Madame Z appears at the orphanage requesting to adopt Mary, and the matron's all too happy to get the girl off her hands. Soon, Mary is fed a hearty meal, dressed in a clean,...
2) Masterpiece
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Author
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
223 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A very small mouse of unknown origins runs away from school in the Royal Mews of Buckingham Palace shortly before the celebration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, celebrating her sixty years on the British throne.
Author
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1887, the social-climbing Cranstons voyage from New York to London, where they hope to find a husband for their awkward older daughter, secretly accompanied by Helena and her mouse siblings, for whom the journey is both terrifying and wondrous as they meet an array of titled humans despite their best efforts at remaining hidden.
Author
Series
Nathaniel Fludd beastologist volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
149 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The continuing adventures of beastologist-in-training, Nathaniel Fludd, as he accompanies his intrepid Aunt Phil on a dangerous mission across West Africa to find a deadly basilisk that is missing and begins to find clues relating to the mysterious disappearance of his parents.
7) Fiona's luck
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
AD 810L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The greedy Leprechaun King has locked away all the luck in Ireland and the whole country has fallen in to despair. Through clever charades, Fiona outwits the Leprechaun King and restores luck to the land.
Author
Series
Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume no. 2
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Spotting a ghostly girl in the park who resembles the Wollstonecraft Detective Agency's new client, Lady Ada and Mary discover links between the girl and a case involving a hospital, a missing will, a hasty engagement, and a devious servant.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 370L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When a bad storm drives all of the farm animals into the barn, can they set aside their fears and welcome wild animals, too?
Author
Series
Masterpiece adventures volume 5
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
102 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
James invites Marvin and his cousin Elaine on a trip to the country, and it proves to be a very exciting adventure for the forever friends.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
In this variation on the folk song "Over the Meadow," the occupants of a medieval castle spend their day spinning, cleaning, cooking, and dancing, until they receive a special surprise from their dragon neighbors.
Author
Series
Masterpiece adventures volume 4
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Square Fish edition.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
James's father, Karl, and Christina, his friend from the museum, are getting married! James is the ring bearer and he is excited but also nervous. He loves Christina yet he is worried about losing his dad to a different family and a different life. And what if, at the wedding, James drops the ring? His beetle best friend Marvin promises to help him, but Marvin ends up with an even more critical job when something goes wrong. Will the whole wedding...
Author
Series
Masterpiece adventures volume 3
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
104 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Marvin the beetle finds adventure when his human friend James takes him to school.
Author
Series
Masterpiece adventures volume 1
Publisher
Square Fish, an imprint of Macmillan
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Square Fish edition.
Lexile measure
510L
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When his best friend, a human boy named James, goes on vacation, Marvin the beetle stays home and gets into adventures with his cousin Elaine. Marvin wonders if James will still be his best friend when he returns" --
Author
Series
Masterpiece adventures volume 2
Publisher
Square Fish, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Square Fish edition.
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
104 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Joining his family to collect discarded things that they can put to use, little Marvin the beetle enlists James' help to save an injured Uncle Albert.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
AD 510L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this adaptation of the Chicken Little story, Loony Little, worried that the polar ice cap is melting, sets out to tell the Polar Bear Queen, gathering animal friends as she goes--but, as Sealy Sally warns them, the Polar Bear Queen is more interested in making a lunch of Loony Little and her friends." --
Author
Series
Nathaniel Fludd beastologist volume 4
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
153 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Beastologist-in-training Nathaniel Fludd and his Aunt Phil nurse a mysteriously ill unicorn, try to stop Obediah from taking the unicorn's horn, and finally get a solid lead on the whereabouts of Nathaniel's parents.
Author
Series
Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume no. 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
193 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a dinosaur fossil hunter is blackmailed by kidnappers who need her to fake a validation in return of her beloved pooch, Ada and Mary are given three days to find the offenders and save the scientist's reputation.
Author
Series
Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume no. 1
Pub. Date
2016
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
219 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Imagines an alternate 1826 London, where Ada Lovelace (the world's first computer programmer) and Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) meet as girls and form a secret detective agency. Their first case involves a stolen heirloom, a false confession, and an array of fishy suspects"--
