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42) A thousand steps
Author
Language
English
Description
"A Thousand Steps is a beguiling thriller, an incisive coming-of-age story, and a vivid portrait of a turbulent time and place by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker. Laguna Beach, California, 1968. The Age of Aquarius is in full swing. Timothy Leary is a rock star. LSD is God. Folks from all over are flocking to Laguna, seeking peace, love, and enlightenment. Matt Antony is just trying get by. Matt...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.
44) Mountain born
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A boy in a family of sheep farmers raises a black lamb to be the leader of the flock.
45) Belfast
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Kenneth Branagh, Belfast is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy's childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s. Buddy's family lives in a largely Protestant district with a few Catholic families but one day his community and everything he thought he understood about life is suddenly turned upside down. Buddy's family gets caught in the mayhem and must decide to stay...
46) The bumpy ride
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
41 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack is going horseback riding, and it's going to be awesome, but then he has to ride the slowest pony. How can he pretend he's a cowboy now?
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Published in 1850, David Copperfield is Charles Dickens' eighth novel and the one that most closely follows the author's own life. A coming of age story, it describes David's life from childhood with a difficult stepfather, his schooling, his entry into the workforce, his courtship and marriage(s) and his eventual success as an author. Filled with colorful characters like Wilkins Micawber and Betsey Trotwood, and unforgettable villains like Uriah...
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
c1956
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
103 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shan's quest to save Weldon Castle takes him as far as Camelot and into the court of the great King Arthur. Will Shan ever return to the courtyard of the mighty tree to reclaim his father's sword and his rightful place as heir of Weldon Castle?
51) The Pentagon Spy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Valuable antique weathervanes are being stolen in the Pennsylvania Dutch country. A Navy employee removes a top secret document from the Pentagon. The Hardy brothers try to solve these two mysteries.
Author
Series
Justin Case volume 2
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st Square Fish ed.
Physical Desc
179 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Justin is going to start fourth grade, but first he has to survive the summer. He "gets" to go to camp every day on a bus. He "gets" to experience all sorts of new things: Bugs. Mess hall food. Flip-flops (they hurt the space between his toes and they're hard to walk in). And (gulp!) swimming.
53) Boy of mine
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
A bedtime lullaby that celebrates the attributes of a little boy.
54) Come back, Ben
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A balloon takes Ben on an adventure.
56) The iron tree
Author
Series
Crowthistle chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 26
Physical Desc
399 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jarred is a young boy who has grown up among his mother's peaceful desert people. While Jarred loves his mother, he longs to know the history of his father, a journeyman who left years earlier, promising to return for his wife and infant son. A broken promise but a token left behind-an amulet for Jarred that he has worn always. Some say it brings more than a bit of good luck his way, for no harm has ever befallen the boy.
When Jarred comes to manhood,...
58) The best of Iggy
Author
Series
Iggy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates three times that nine-year-old Iggy got into trouble, two of which he does not regret and one for which he is very, very sorry.
59) Benji's doll
Author
Publisher
NubeOcho
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Benji wants a doll more than anything in the world. When he finally gets one, he can´t wait to take it to the park to show his friends… An up-lifting story to remind us that there are no toys for boys and toys for girls – there are just toys.
