Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
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Despite the harsh treatment he has endured at the Lovell House orphanage, ten-year-old Gib Whittaker manages to maintain his hopeful outlook when he is "farmed out" to help with the horses of a wealthy banker in 1908.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
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A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
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IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
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In 1909, after spending several months back at the Lovell House Home for Orphaned and Abandoned Boys, eleven-year-old Gib returns to live on the Thornton ranch, where his natural way with horses helps to make him feel at home.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
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Halcyon House has everything: a beautiful location, incredible amenities, and life-threatening danger In the beautiful Northern California coastal town of Monterey, Halcyon House is exactly the kind of place that any kid would want to explore. It's huge, abandoned, and- rumor has it-haunted. Neely and her little brother, Grub, are determined to get inside. The two siblings climb through an open window and find an old nursery, filled with old toys...
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It's the girls against the boys when the fight for a baseball diamond erupts into an all-out war Fifth graders Eddy Wong, Carlos Garcia, and Bucky "Buckaroo" Brockhurst all live in the Castle Court apartment complex. They're part of a special club called the PROs. They plan to build a baseball diamond on the site of the deserted Dragoman property and are already picking out balls, mitts, and bats. Kate Nicely and Aurora and Athena Pappas also live...
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Finding a special place where you can be at peace is difficult-but holding onto it is even harder The last three years of Robin Williams's life have been very difficult. She's had to move with her large, poor family multiple times as her father seeks jobs as a migrant worker. Now, her father has a new job at the McCurdy Ranch and Robin often wanders off in order to cope with the constant change and difficulty surrounding her. Near the McCurdy Ranch...
8) Fool's Gold
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For as long as he can remember, people have warned Rudy not to play in the mines . . . Fourteen-year-old Rudy Drummond lives with his mother and half sisters, Margot and Moira-"the M and M's"-in Pyramid Hill, California's legendary gold rush town. But Rudy's got a secret: He's terrified of dark, closed-in places. So when his best friend, Barney, and Tyler, the new kid in town, decide to explore the abandoned Pritchard's Hole mine, Rudy has to come...
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Raamo has been chosen to rule Green-sky, but to uncover the secrets of his people, he'll have to dig deep-very deep Green-sky is an ideal place. Violence doesn't exist. Its citizens, the Kindar, glide from tree to tree and exchange happy thoughts. This is all thanks to their rulers, the Ol-zhaan. And on his thirteenth birthday, Raamo D'ok is chosen to become one of the Ol-zhaan. Raamo is surprised to be named a Chosen. He isn't a very good student-but...
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Summer is just a teenager, but sometimes she feels like the parent Fifteen-year-old Summer McIntyre lives with her mother, Oriole, and seven-year-old sister, Sparrow, in a trailer in Alvarro Bay City, overlooking the Pacific. Oriole is a Northern California flower child who fantasizes about being at one with nature and forgets about needing money. Even though she's only fifteen, Summer is good at being Mom. That is, until Oriole's new boyfriend upsets...
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Fifteen-year-old James has just discovered the magnificence of nature-but can he protect it from the phoniness of the material world? When his academic-minded parents decide to forsake civilization for a wilderness summer in the Sierra Nevada mountains, James Fielding figures he'll be counting the minutes until it's over. But in the woods one day, he comes upon a magnificent deer and becomes fascinated by its majesty and beauty. Then he meets two...
12) Ghost Invasion
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It's almost Halloween, and the Castle Court Kids are ready to raise some ghosts The old Anderson barn is haunted. According to sixteen-year-old Bettina Katzenbach, the ghosts of Addie Anderson and her bandit boyfriend return every Halloween. Enthralled by the sad story of the doomed, centuries-old romance, Kate Nicely and Aurora Pappas hatch a plot to see the phantom lovers for themselves. Their scheme is thwarted by the other Castle Court Kids, who...
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Amy's new town holds a secret far more wondrous than she could ever imagine Taylor Springs is the place where Amy's family grew up, and it felt like her hometown even before she moved there. But there is one place that her family left out of their stories: the supposedly haunted Stone Hollow, a hidden valley with an old, deserted cottage. And though Amy is curious, she can't get a straight answer about it from anyone-well, anyone except Jason. ...
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Abby doesn't want to be different, but she doesn't have a choice - she has magic, and it's not in her imagination. Abigail O'Malley resents having the psychic powers that set her apart from other kids. Even though her kindergarten teacher assured her that her visions were just her imagination (which Abby heard as "magic nation"), Abby knows they're very real. She just wants to be normal, like her best friend, Paige Borden, and grow up to be a lawyer...
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A moving coming-of-age story from three-time Newbery Medal winner Zilpha Keatley Snyder The tenth day of June in the year of Our Lord, 1907. Mehitabel Carlton Hartwick becomes invisible . . . Eleven-year-old Carly Hartwick lives a life of adventure on her family's ranch in Santa Luisa. No one has a clue about her secret life-not her strict father, her ailing, distracted mother, her older sister, or her older brother. Carly shares her adventures with...
16) The Runaways
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From three-time Newbery Medal winner Zilpha Keatley Snyder comes the story of three desperate kids who just want to run away Dani O'Donnell hates the dusty desert town of Rattler Springs and the ramshackle cabin where she lives with her widowed mother. On the eve of her thirteenth birthday, Dani hatches a plan to run away and return home to Sea Grove, California, with its palm trees and ocean breezes. But her scheme gets complicated when Stormy Arigotti,...
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Tymmon was thrown out of his kingdom, and has to make his way in the world, but unexpected help from a singing gargoyle will certainly make that easier In one night, Tymmon's life is turned upside down. His father, the beloved court jester of Austernerve, is kidnapped in a night raid. Tymmon escapes his father's fate but must find shelter in the dark, deep, and dangerous Sombrous Forest. There, he meets another kind of outcast: Troff, a fearsome-looking...
18) Season of Ponies
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The first novel from three-time Newbery Honor–winning writer Zilpha Keatley Snyder's: a mystical fairytale about a girl, a magic amulet, and one unforgettable summer Life is difficult for Pamela. She usually lives with her two aunts because her father is always traveling for work. But this summer, Pamela's father has promised to take her away with him. On the day of their departure, however, he breaks his promise. Instead, he leaves Pamela an...
19) Secret Weapons
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The Castle Court Kids are back-and this time, they're teaming up to fight the bad guys Kate Nicely and her BFF, Aurora Pappas, haven't told anyone about their top-secret science project that's going to win first place at the Annual Interschool Science Fair. Carlos Garcia, Bucky Brockhurst, and Eddy Wong are working on one, too, if they could just agree on an idea that isn't lame. But everyone could lose to Aurora's kid brother, Carson, and Eddy's...
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Harry Houdini Marco had a difficult life when he was a normal, clumsy twelve-year-old-but growing wings made things even harder Except for his unusual name, Harry Houdini Marco is unremarkable in every way. While his namesake was the greatest illusionist of all time, Harry can't even catch a ball. He is on the verge of a long, boring summer-and he is dreading every moment of it. Then he meets a mysterious traveling salesman named Mr. Mazzeeck....