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Caddy's World

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Copies: 7

In Caddy's world, things are always changing. People vanish for days, come to live in your bedroom, hide under tables for hours and hours, count pennies in jam jars until they have enough to buy bread, and then the next day gild halos for the school play with real gold leaf. Caddy's home is a turmoil of piled possessions, lost belongings, and unexpected adventures. Her one constant is her three best friends, a charmed circle that she never wants to leave.

Author:

Hilary McKay

Lexile:

770L

Zero the Hero

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Copies: 7

Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada. That’s what all the other numbers think of Zero. He doesn’t add anything in addition. He’s of no use in division. And don’t even ask what he does in multiplication. (Hint: Poof!) But Zero knows he’s worth a lot, and when the other numbers get into trouble, he swoops in to prove that his talents are innumerable.

Author:

Joan Holub

Tom Lichtenheld

Lexile:

450L

The Perfect Present

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Copies: 7

From the moment Spot answered Henry's ad in the newspaper, the two have been inseparable. But then on Henry's birthday, he gets a dog--the pet he's always wanted! Feeling left out, Spot leaves for his old home, and gets caught in a terrible storm. Henry is devastated when he finds Spot missing and is quickly hot on his trail. With the help of his new dog, Henry saves him and Spot finds out that even with a new pet in his life, Henry would never let his best friend go.

Author:

Fiona Roberton

Mr. Putter & Tabby Ring the Bell

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Copies: 7

Dong! Dong! Dong! The school bell is ringing. The fall wind is blowing. Mr. Putter wishes he could go back to school—even for just one day. Then he has an idea: How about a visit during show-and-tell with his fine cat, Tabby? And Zeke and Mrs. Teaberry? The teacher agrees, but there’s one problem. She and the students expect pet tricks. Will Tabby and Zeke be able to deliver?

Author:

Cynthia Rylant

Arthur Howard

Lexile:

370L

Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea: A Fairly Fabricated Story of a Pair of Pants

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Copies: 7

What’s a California miner to do when gold dust sifts right out of his holey pockets? With such a raggedy wardrobe, he may as well be mining in the vanilla (that is, his birthday suit)! Good thing Levi Strauss is out west, ready with his needle and a head full of bright ideas. With some quick thinking, quicker stitching, and handy arithmetic, Levi keeps all the gold rushers clothed—and becomes a modern American hero. A Wild West tall tale, Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea celebrates creativity, innovation, and the ubiquitous item that fills the closets of grateful jeans wearers worldwide.

Author:

Tony Johnston

Lexile:

AD610L

Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea: A Fairly Fabricated Story of a Pair of Pants

The Money We'll Save

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Copies: 7

When Pa brings a turkey poult home to fatten for Christmas dinner, he assures Ma that it will be no trouble since it can live in a box by the stove and eat table scraps--and just think of the money we'll save! But it's not quite so simple to raise a turkey in a tiny flat in a nineteenth-century New York City tenement. Can Pa and the children manage the willful and growing Alfred and keep the neighbors happy until Christmas? Pa finds a solution for every difficulty--until he encounters one that threatens to ruin Christmas completely.

Author:

Brock Cole

Lexile:

AD780L

Leviathan (Unabridged)

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It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. The Leviathan is a living airship, the most formidable airbeast in the skies of Europe.

Author:

Scott Westerfeld

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

790L

Length:

08:16

So Yesterday (Unabridged)

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Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people on the very cusp of cool. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque's job is finding them for the retail market.

Author:

Scott Westerfeld

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

770L

Length:

06:33

The Son of Neptune: The Heroes of Olympus, Book Two (Unabridged)

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In The Lost Hero, three demigods named Jason, Piper, and Leo made their first visit to Camp Half-Blood, where they inherited a quest:

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

Author:

Rick Riordan

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Lexile:

640L

Length:

13:28

The Son of Neptune: The Heroes of Olympus, Book Two (Unabridged)

The Mark of Athena: The Heroes of Olympus, Book 3 (Unabridged)

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Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy - after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera - it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can't blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon.

Author:

Rick Riordan

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Lexile:

690L

Length:

15:09

The Mark of Athena: The Heroes of Olympus, Book 3 (Unabridged)

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