Sally Wern Comport
1) Mark Twain
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
A simple retelling of five stories by Mark Twain, in which he pokes fun at newspapers, Victorian manners, obedience to one's parents, the British, and perceptions of reality.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
An ancient and terrifying Narragansett native-American legend begins to come true for a teenage long-distance runner, whose recovery from the accident that killed her parents has stunned everyone, including her guardian aunt in Providence, Rhode Island.
3) Bearwalker
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although the littlest student in his class, thirteen-year-old Baron Braun calls upon the strength and wisdom of his Mohawk ancestors to face both man and beast when he tries to get help for his classmates, who are being terrorized during a school field trip in the Adirondacks.
Author
Series
Skeleton Man (Joseph Bruchac) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
When Molly and her parents attend a conference at Mohonk Mountain House, Molly begins to fear that she is being watched by the very man who kidnapped and tried to kill them all the previous year.
5) Night wings
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
After being taken captive by a band of treasure seekers, thirteen-year-old Paul and his Abenaki grandfather must face a legendary Native American monster at the top of Mount Washington.
Author
Series
Zayd Saleem chasing the dream volume 1
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Zayd yearns to play basketball on the Gold Team, but when he skips orchestra rehearsal to practice, his parents forbid anything basketball-related, and tryouts are coming soon.
9) The great expedition of Lewis and Clark: by Private Reubin Field, member of the Corps of Discovery
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An account, told in the words of one participant, of the difficulties and wonders that were part of the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the land obtained as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
13) Brave Margaret
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of an Irish folktale, a brave young woman battles a sea serpent and rescues her true love from a giant.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The twelve scientists who are profiled here are women from all sorts of backgrounds who are currently rocking science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each of them has a different story to tell about how she got to where she is today, but the one thing they have in common is that they are truly wonder women of science. Around the world there are many more women doing incredible work and breaking new ground in STEM fields--not to mention...
15) On point
Author
Series
Zayd Saleem chasing the dream volume 2
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Zayd is so excited to finally be on the Gold Team in basketball but when the team starts struggling and his best friend quits to play football he must step up for his team"--
17) Bounce back
Author
Series
Zayd Saleem chasing the dream volume 3
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When an injury sidelines new captain Zayd, he must find another way to be a leader for his basketball team.
20) Nile crossing
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Khepri, who lives in ancient Egypt, begins to feel nervous as he and his father travel to Thebes for Khepri's first day of scribe school"--