Brock Cole
1) Buttons
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 850L
Language
English
Description
When their father eats so much that he pops the buttons off his britches, each of his three daughters tries a different plan to find replacements.
3) The goats
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1990.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
Stripped and marooned on a small island by their fellow campers, a boy and a girl form an uneasy bond that grows into a deep friendship when they decide to run away and disappear without a trace.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 710L
Language
English
Description
When an Ogre comes to town demanding a bride, the mayor sacrifices the homeless girl with no name that everyone thinks is a pest and a bother, but she finds a way to outwit them all.
6) Celine
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
At the request of her social worker, thirteen-year-old Linda gradually reveals how her life with her unstable mother and her younger brother led to her rape and the murder she witnessed.
10) Larky Mavis
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Language
English
Description
Having found a tiny baby in a peanut shell, Larky Mavis calls him Heart's Delight and carries him around as he grows bigger, to the confusion and anger of the adults around her.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 660L
Language
English
Description
In nineteenth-century New York City, when Pa brings home a young turkey in hopes of saving money on their Christmas dinner, his family faces all sorts of trouble--and expense--in their tiny apartment.
14) Gully's travels
Author
Publisher
Michael Di Capua Books/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Gulliver leads a life of luxury with his master. But when his master falls in love with a woman who is allergic to dogs, Gulliver is sent to a new home. He finds himself with a family of raucous human beings and three mutts. But just as Gulliver begins to make a grudging peace with his new reality, he gets swept up in a harrowing new adventure.
Author
Publisher
Farrar/Straus/Giroux
Pub. Date
1990.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
James's difficulty in adjusting to a new school and life in the Fens is further complicated by the request of an elderly neighbor to find his lucky piece, a task which puts James in some danger.
16) Standing up
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Two children are left naked on an island in a lake as a prank when they are at summer camp. Instead of returning to camp they run off together on a three day trip of self-discovery.
17) Standing up
Publisher
A.R. Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Two children are left naked on an island in a lake as a prank when they are at summer camp. Instead of returning to camp they run off together on a three day trip of self-discovery.