Pauline Francis
1) A world away
Author
Publisher
Usborne/EDC Publishers
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Taken from her mother and shipped to England as an exhibit for Sir Walter Raleigh, Nadie, a Native American, is thrust into the boiling pot of brutish Tudor life. Her only protector is Tom, a young blacksmith who falls in love with her. Too soon, however, Nadie is forced back to her exotic lands to help the English colonize her people.
3) White fang
Author
Publisher
Skyview Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book tells of the adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.
Author
Publisher
Usborne/EDC Publishers
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The life of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Day Queen, is all too often remembered as just a line in a history book, but this stunning novel reveals the full fascinating and tragic story -- a tale of treachery, power struggles, and religious turmoil in the Tudor court.
Author
Series
Publisher
Skyview Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Professor Hardwigg, his nephew Harry, and their guide Hans explore a volcanic crater in iceland that leads them to the center of the Earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries.
10) Kidnapped
Author
Series
Publisher
Skyview Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, 16-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders under English rule.
Author
Series
Publisher
Skyview Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, Lord and Lady Greystoke, is adopted by an ape, whose own infant has died, and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being.
14) Black beauty
Author
Series
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A horse in 19th century England recounts his experiences with good and bad masters.
15) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Publisher
Skyview Books
Pub. Date
©2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This is a retelling of the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practive thievery and live a life of crime in ninteenth-century London.
16) The Odyssey
Author
Series
Publisher
Skyview Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book tells of Odysseus' long journey home from the Trojan War and the unusual encounters he has with the Sirens, the cyclops, and Circe the enchantress.
17) Little women
Author
Series
Publisher
Skyview Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This is a retelling of the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.