Patricia Reilly Giff
3) Gingersnap
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action during World War II, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn. Includes soup recipes.
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Destiny Washington cannot think of a discovery during Discovery Week at school, she makes up a story, but finds that she cannot keep on pretending it is true.
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mitchell's father gets a new job and his family moves, he and his sister go to a new school where they must make new friends and adjust to new routines.
6) Flying feet
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlie often thinks of inventions that seldom work, but his latest idea just might be able to help Jake the Sweeper get rid of a big pile of trash and save "Come as a Character" day, too.
Author
Series
Kids of the Polk Street School volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emily Arrow has two problems, trying to work in her invention group with bossy Linda Lorca in charge and thinking of a wedding present for Ms. Vincent, the student teacher.
9) Wild girl
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.
10) Nory Ryan's song
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.
11) Soccer song
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jill's friends know that she has strong arms and hands and so when she is learning to play soccer, they help her to find a position in which she can excel.
12) Maggie's door
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the mid-1800s, Nory and her neighbor and friend, Sean, set out separately on a dangerous journey from famine-plagued Ireland, hoping to reach a better life in America.
13) Jubilee
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Judith stopped talking long ago when Mom left her in the care of beloved Aunt Cora. Going back into a regular fifth-grade classroom won't be easy, but she has her Dog and new friend who will help her through"--
14) Eleven
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sam, who can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend at school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are eventually answered.
15) A slip of a girl
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Set during the Irish Land Wars (1879-1882) this novel in verse follows Anna Mallon through a series of tragedies as her mother dies, older sibling immigrate to America, and she and her father and sister with special needs are about to be evicted from their farm"--
16) Star time
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gina wants more than anything to be the star of the show that her class will perform, but everything seems to go wrong until she makes a generous choice.
17) Shark in school
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Matthew finds out from J.P., the weird girl next door, that their teacher loves to read, he worries that everyone at his new school will know he's a terrible reader.
Author
Series
Ballet slippers volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A visit from her Irish cousin during Rosie's plans for a special ballet performance proves that not everyone is perfect.
Author
Series
Kids of the Polk Street School volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Held back for a year in second grade, Richard can't seem to help getting into trouble, until he gets really interested in reading and helps his class in a special way.