Jennifer Armstrong
1) Shipwreck at the bottom of the world: the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.
2) Steal away
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In 1855 two thirteen-year-old girls, one white and one black, run away from a southern farm and make the difficult journey north to freedom, living to recount their story forty-one years later to two similar young girls.
4) The kiln
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
After a virus destroys most of the world's adult popoulation, a band of children travels in search of an explanation for the dark mystery that forms the heart of their existence.
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Description
"An uproarious behind-the-scenes account of the creation of the hit television series describes how comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld dreamed up the idea for an unconventional sitcom over coffee and how, despite network skepticism and minimal plotlines, achieved mainstream success, "--NoveList.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Description
After a virus destroys most of the world's adult population, a group of children are delighted to discover a colony of adult survivors in a Florida shopping mall but soon find that they are not as friendly as they appear.
13) The snowball
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Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
A small snowball gets bumped by a skier and rolls down the hill growing in size and picking up people as it goes.
14) The kindling
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Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In 2007, a small band of children have joined together in a Florida town, trying to survive in a world where it seems that all the adults have been killed off by a catastrophic virus.
19) Pockets
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Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A stranger arrives at a remote village and becomes the tailor, sewing magical embroidered scenes into the pockets of their plain clothes, which transforms their humdrum lives forever.