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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Christa's plans for her favorite holiday are derailed when her parents announce their divorce and Christa spends Christmas in Europe with her mom, but even though her dad remains in Chicago, he sends Christa on a scavenger hunt made up of dares that send her all over Florence, Paris, and London.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Amelia Wishart's Christmas spirit helped Santa get the extra boost of magic he needed to make his first trip around the world. When she's sent to the workhouse, now-orphaned Amelia's hope begins to drain away. Santa sets out to find her with the help of his reindeer, a curious cat, and Charles Dickens.
Publisher
Disney Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
This treasury of 12 stories stars everyone's favorite preschool princess, Sofia the First, along with fellow Disney Junior characters, Doc McStuffins and Minnie! Each story is the perfect length for reading aloud in just around five minutes. With a padded cover and beautiful full-page and spot illustrations, this collection is great for bedtime, on the go, or any time!
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap/Penguin
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a child, Charles Dickens worked in a shoe polish factory where his gritty surroundings inspired some of the most memorable characters and settings in literary history. Known for his masterful storytelling in books like Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and A Christmas Carol, Dickens toured the globe as one of the most famous people of his era. Widely considered the greatest writer of the Victorian age, Dickenss literary masterpieces continue...
8) Farmer boy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
At the end of the nineteenth century, nine-year-old Almanzo lives with his family on a big farm in New York State where he raises his own two calves, helps cut ice and shear sheep, and longs for the day he can have his own colt.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Move over, Rudolph! It's time for the Christmasaurus to lead Santa's sleigh. The Christmasaurus is a dinosaur who lives with Santa Claus and his elves at the North Pole. More than anything, he wants to fly with Santa's reindeer on Christmas Eve! But no matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to figure out how to fly. . . . Until one Christmas Eve, when he meets a young boy in a wheelchair who has a wonderful idea. What if all the Christmasaurus needs...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"In London, at Christmas time in 1870, a strange message in the classified ads leads the three young detectives to murders that appear to be connected with the Scarlet Rose Gang, whose leader was killed years before."--Publisher.
Author
Series
Diamond brothers mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Nick and his brother, an ineffectual private detective, try to prevent the threatened murder of an international pop star in London at Christmas time.