Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sammy meets a mysterious man who dies of a heart attack after telling her to get rid of the large amount of money he is carrying, leading her to investigate who the man was and how he came to be carrying so much cash.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran"--
4) Texas true
Author
Series
Tylers of Texas volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Widow Natalie Haskell hopes to make a happy life with cowboy and military veteran Beau, but an accusation of murder puts their love to the ultimate test.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A boy unhappily prepares for a show-and-tell presentation about his grandfather, Frank, who seems to be boring and grumpy, but he is in for a few surprises when the big day arrives.
Author
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1990, c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
181 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kelly tries to befriend Mr. Weems, a disturbed, homeless Vietnam War veteran who spends his days in her suburban library, though the man makes it clear he wants to be left alone.
9) Two roads
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.
10) Rolling Thunder
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; cm
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, a boy accompanies his grandfather on the Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom, a demonstration in Washington, DC, on Memorial Day that pays tribute to American veterans.
11) La fosa del lobo
Author
Publisher
Loqueleo
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying seems isolated at first, things quickly escalate, and reclusive World War I veteran Toby becomes a target of her attacks. While others have always seen Toby's strangeness, Annabelle...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request