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(0)Gail Carson Levine
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my nose. 'My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child.' I stopped. So begins this richly entertaining story of Ella of Frell, who wants nothing more than to be free of Lucinda's...
2) Fairest
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
4) The wish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
When granted her wish to be the most popular girl in school, Wilma, an eighth grader, forgets that she will graduate in three weeks and her popularity will vanish.
5) Ever
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kezi and Olus, Akkan god of the winds, fall in love and together try to change her fate--to be sacrificed to a Hyte god because of a rash promise her father made--through a series of quests that might make her immortal.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
From age seven, Loma relishes traveling with her beloved grandfather across fifteenth-century Spain, working to keep the Jews safe, but soon realizes she must also make sacrifices to help her people. Includes historical notes, recipe, glossary, and a link to a bibliography.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
In this humorous retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea, " Lorelei must pass many difficult tests in order to prove that she is a true princess and win the hand of Prince Nicholas.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
After a hurricane injures the fairies' godlike Mother Dove, whose magical feathers and precious egg are of powerful importance to both fairies and Neverland itself, it falls to newcomer Prilla and two companions to set things right.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
When visited by a fairy, fifteen-year-old Peregrine learns she is not Lakti-born, so she begins to free her people from tyranny, even if it means fighting monsters--both magical and human.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In this humorous retelling of Andrew Lang's "Puddocky, " a young maiden who has been transformed into a toad by a jealous fairy relies on her newly honed magical abilities to charm a prince into marriage.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, Princess Sonora, who is ten times smarter than anyone else, vows to choose for herself the best time to be pricked by the spindle.
18) Dave at night
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance. The next song was slow, and the trumpet was more important than the piano. I closed my eyes. The trumpet purred and hummed, and sometimes it sang so sweetly it could have been a lullaby. I leaned my head back against the wall behind my chair. I wondered if Irma...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, the fairy Ethelinda rewards one twin sister for good behavior and punishes the other for bad, only to discover that her punishment is more pleasing than her reward.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass a nearly impossible test and win the hand of the neighboring princess.
