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Author
Series
Eddie Dickens trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When eleven-year-old Eddie Dickens's ill parents become "a bit crinkly round the edges," he is taken by his great-uncle and great-aunt, Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maude, and embarks on adventures that involve strolling actors, St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and a carnival float shaped like a giant cow.
Author
Series
Eddie Dickens trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Leaving his parents, his Mad Uncle Jack, and his Even Madder Aunt Maud at home at Awful End, Eddie Dickens, along with the color-blind Lady Constance, boards the ship the Pompous Pig on a mission to America.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 5
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Description
"What would you do to inherit a billion dollars? Jason Stevens is about to find out when his uncle Red dies and the members of his family recieve their millions. But a different fate awaits young Jason."--Syndetic Solutions.
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When his great-uncle Daney comes to live with Cole's family after being crippled in a logging accident, the two work together all summer to find a way to make enough money to buy feed so they can keep Daney's old horse.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"The Irish dialect and vivid watercolor illustrations integrated throughout the story add richness to this charming tale."
-Children's Literature
"Lucky O'Leprechaun is a beautifully illustrated, bright and lively tale."
-The Midwest Book Review
"An entertaining addition for the holiday shelves."
-School Library Journal
Legend has it that most leprechauns are content spending their days counting their gold and playing tricks on unsuspecting...
7) Mountain dog
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Eleven-year-old Sam finds himself involved in a dangerous adventure when he and his new friends, brother and sister Ben and Zara, set off for the Arctic to try and rescue the siblings' great-uncle and five other professors from the mad scientist holding them prisoner.
11) Dreadful acts
Author
Series
Eddie Dickens trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Eddie Dickens survives encounters with an escape artist in a runaway hearse's coffin, a hot air balloon bearing the escape artist's lovely assistant, a gas explosion, and a jewel thief on the run.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
"Xavier Moon is not one to steal the show. He’s perfectly content to play video games and sit at his bedroom window watching the neighborhood talk outside. But for Xavier’s twelfth birthday, he receives a pair of funky socks and a challenge from his great-uncle, Frankie Bell, saying it’s time to swag out and speak up. First on the list: get into the legendary Scepter League. Xavier’s grandfather, great-uncle, and father were all invited to...
15) Fort
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"A middle-grade summer adventure about two boys who build an awesome fort and tangle with two older bullies"--
16) Chico and Dan
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When eleven-year-old Dan Deweese leaves home to work on his great-uncle's ranch in Nevada in 1915, he forms an attachment to a wild colt and uses that relationship to try to reclaim six steeldust mares which get stolen by a wild mustang.