Holly Goldberg Sloan
2) Short
Author
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she'll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn't ever thought of herself as a performer, but when the wonderful director of Oz casts her as a Munchkin, she begins to see herself in a new way. As Julia becomes friendly with the poised and wise Olive--one of the adults with dwarfism who've joined the production's motley crew of Munchkins--and with...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Raised by an unstable father who keeps constantly on the move, Sam Border has long been the voice of his younger brother, Riddle, but everything changes when Sam meets Emily Bell and, welcomed by her family, the brothers are faced with normalcy for the first time.
Author
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Unhappy about being sent to the same summer camp after their fathers start dating, Bett and Avery, two girls, age eleven, eventually begin scheming to get the couple back together after a break-up. Told entirely through letters, emails and text messages.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Missing her mother who has returned to Turkey to resolve an immigration problem, sixth-grader Sila welcomes a very large distraction in her life when she helps a surprising new friend rescue a circus elephant.
It's been almost a year since Sila's mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to secure the immigration paperwork that would allow her to return to her family in the United States. The long separation is almost impossible...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"What good was thinking the future only held cloudy skies? Wasn't the reality that pieces of blue were always there, waiting to break through? When Paul Hill drowns in a surfing accident, he leaves his wife, Lindsey, and their three children with broken hearts and a mountain of debt. Once Paul's life insurance finally comes through, Lindsey impulsively uses the money to buy a charmingly ramshackle motel in Hawai'i, hoping for a fresh start. Teenage...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The happily-ever-after that teenagers Sam and Emily envisioned for themselves is turned on its head when Sam's unstable father makes a jailbreak and comes after his sons and Emily for revenge.
Author
Publisher
Océano Exprés
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Primera edición en Océano exprés.
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
Willow Chance es una niña superdotada de doce años de edad, obsesionada con la naturaleza y el diagnóstico de enfermedades, y a quien le encanta contar de siete en siete. Nunca le ha resultado fácil congeniar con otras personas que no fueran sus padres adoptivos, sin embargo, eso no le había evitado llevar una vida tranquila y feliz... hasta ahora. De repente, el mundo de Willow cambia trágicamente cuando sus padres mueren en un accidente de...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015] ;
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
274 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A young possum strikes out on her own and winds up trapped in a human house before her brothers can rescue her.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
20 books (296, 19 pages ; 20 cm), in a cloth bag ; 38 x 46 cm
Language
English
Description
"Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she'll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn't ever thought of herself as a performer, but when the wonderful director of Oz casts her as a Munchkin, she begins to see herself in a new way. As Julia becomes friendly with the poised and wise Olive--one of the adults with dwarfism who've joined the production's motley crew of Munchkins--and with...
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Whispers, an innocent baby elephant who's just learning to walk on his own four feet, finds himself separated from his mother Gentle Heart. In his desperate search to find her, he meets the cynical loner Groove, an outcast from her own herd who never wanted to be a mother. Together, this unlikely pair braves danger after danger on their journey to find water and Whispers' mother.
13) Collision course
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Steve attempts to relocate a hugh crocodile to save him from poachers. But what Steve doesn't know is that the big croc has swallowed a top-secret U.S. satellite beacon ... making them both targets of the U.S. special agents assigned to retrieve the beacon.