Jane Leslie Conly
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Description
To help her deal with her separation from her family, worry about her mother's serious operation, and suspicions about a new friend's abusive father, twelve-year-old Dawn creates an imaginary world while spending the summer of 1958 with her great-aunt and uncle in rural North Carolina.
Author
Pub. Date
1988.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Sequel to: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH / Robert C. O'Brien. Timothy Frisby, a field mouse, teams up with the adventurous rat, Racso. Together they try to prevent the destruction of a secret community of rats that can read and write.
3) Crazy lady!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
As he tries to come to terms with his mother's death, Vernon finds solace in his growing relationship with the neighborhood outcasts, an alcoholic and her retarded son.
4) Trout summer
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
A sister and brother spend a largely unsupervised summer in a cabin near a river, where they befriend an elderly man with much to teach them and where they try to come to terms with their parents' failing marriage and make decisions about their own futures.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
The further adventures of the intelligent young rat Racso and his friends Christopher and Isabella as they-try to ensure the survival of their secret community in Thorn Valley after its accidental discovery by two human children.