Sara Cassidy
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Evelyn befriends Queen, the new boy in town, who does not seem to get fazed by bullies and lives by his own rules, and soon begins to learn new things about the world and herself.
2) Black gold
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
Cyrus and Rudy spend the last days of summer selling dahlias, blackberries and tomatoes at their roadside stand. When a neighbor drops off a bin full of red wrigglers, California earthworms that turn compost into fertilizer, Rudy and Cyrus become worm moguls as they discover just how in demand the Eisenia fetida are.
3) Double play
Author
Series
Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Allie loves baseball. It's the one thing that has been consistent in her lately complicated life. Allie's father left recently, and now Allie has a new family -- her mother's new girlfriend, Phyllis, and son Miles have moved in. It's taking some adjustment, mostly because Miles seems determined to get under her skin. Things start looking up when Allie gets invited to join the boy's baseball team as their new pitcher. But then Miles announces he's...
5) Skylark
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
6) Windfall
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Liza, grieving the loss of a local homeless man and her family's apple tree, seeks healing through gardening.