Anthea Bell
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
On a hillsdie near the cozy Irish village of Glennkill, the members of the flock gather around their shepherd, George, whose body lies pinned to the ground with a spade. George has cared for the sheep, reading them books every night. The daily exposure to literature has made them far savvier about the workings of the human mind than your average sheep. Led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill, they set out to find George's killer.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery.
4) Inkspell
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 29
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Now thirteen, Meggie "reads" herself into Inkworld, where she, her family, and the characters in the book face chaos and danger as the original creator of the world frantically tries to redirect the story.
5) Inkdeath
Author
Series
Inkheart trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 29
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
As Bluejay--Mo's fictitious double--tries to keep the Book of Immortality from unraveling, Adderhead kidnaps all the children in the kingdom, asking for Bluejay's surrender or the children will be doomed to slavery in the silver mines.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Gwen, the newest and final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve, searches through history for the other time-travelers, aided by friend Lesley, James the ghost, Xemerius the gargoyle demon, and Gideon, the Diamond, whose fate seems bound with hers.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Since learning she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, nothing has gone right for Gwen and she holds suspicions about both Count Saint-German and Gideon, but as she uncovers the Circle's secrets she finally learns her own destiny.
8) Austerlitz
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Austerlitz is the story of a man's search for the answer to his life's central riddle. A small child when he comes to England on a Kindertransport in the summer of 1939, Jacques Austerlitz is told nothing of his real family by the Welsh Methodist minister and his wife who raise him. When he is a much older man, fleeting memories return to him, and obeying an instinct he only dimly understands, Austerlitz follows their trail back to the world he left...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"An epic tale of murder, treachery, bravery, and love In 1524, in what is now Germany, hundreds of thousands of peasants revolted against the harsh treatment of their aristocratic overlords. Agnes is the daughter of one of these overlords, but she is nota typical sixteenth-century girl, refusing to wear dresses and spending more time with her pet falcon than potential suitors. There is only one suitor she is interested in: Mathis, a childhood friend...
10) The Murder Farm
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A whole family has been brutally murdered with a pickaxe at their remote farm home, now dubbed "The Murder Farm". The newspapers are full of stories and rumors about the sensational case, but the police have no firm leads an little sense of how to find the killer. The reader learns about the case when a former resident of the village returns home to collect evidence and attempt a solution to the case. Written as a collage of first-person recollections...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When he investigates the death of Monsieur Gallet, Inspector Maigret discovers that much of the man's life was a lie, and the strange behavior of his widow and son suggests that there is more to this family than meets the eye.
Author
Publisher
Alma Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This authorized biography sheds light on the person behind the politician. As well as explaining how Angela Merkel's world view was shaped and influenced by her background and ideology, Stefan Kornelius's lively account discusses her personal relations with David Cameron, Barack Obama or Vladimir Putin.
14) All for nothing
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The last novel by one of Germany's most important postwar writers, All for Nothing was published in Germany in 2006, just before Walter Kempowski's death. It describes with matter-of-fact clarity and acuity, and a roving point of view, the atmosphere inEast Prussia during the winter of 1944-1945 as the German forces are in retreat and the Red Army approaches. The von Globig family's manor house, the Georgenhof, is falling into a state of disrepair....
15) Winter's end
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Description
Fleeing across icy mountains from a pack of terrifying dog-men sent to hunt them down, four teenagers escape from their prison-like boarding schools to take up the fight against the tyrannical government that murdered their parents fifteen years earlier.
Author
Series
Asterix adventure volume 34
Publisher
Orion Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
To celebrate the birthdays of Asterix and Obelix, the village develops an elaborate celebration with games, plays, and artworks of the two warriors, and invite their enemies, the Romans, as a sign of good faith.
19) Puss in boots
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 790L
Language
English
Description
A clever cat helps his poor master win fame, fortune, and the hand of a beautiful princess.
Author
Series
Asterix adventure volume 36
Publisher
Orion Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Asterix and the Missing Scroll is the brand new book featuring the further adventures of the ever-popular Asterix and Obelix.