Meg Rosoff
1) Just in case
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
Convinced that fate is out to get him, fifteen-year-old David Case assumes a new identity in the hope of avoiding what he believes is certain doom.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
It's summer, and the Peachey family is in crisis - again. Where will they go for their vacation? Betty Peachey thinks that camping is the best option, and Ma Peachey knows just the place. But Pa Peachey is convinced that nature is filled with terrible dangers, Ollie only wants to go if there's a dance club, and Ava would rather stay home and read German philosophy. Will rescue dog McTavish figure out how to turn the Peacheys into happy campers - and...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Pa Peachey has gotten it in his head that he is going to be the baker in the family, and the Peacheys and their dog, McTavish, are more than a little surprised. Stunned, in fact. Ever since Ma Peachey declared herself free of the cooking responsibilities, Betty, Ava, and Ollie have taken turns making inventive and delicious meals. But Pa thinks he can do better, even though his cakes are as flat as manhole covers and his cookies turn to charcoal....
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
When the beautiful Lucy prays to fall in love, God, an irresponsible youth named Bob, chooses to answer her prayer personally, to the dismay of this assistant, Mr. B who must try to clean up the resulting catastrophes.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Mila travels with her father to upstate New York to visit friends and family, who may lead them to clues to the whereabouts of her father's best friend, who has gone missing.
6) What I was
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Sailing the eastern coast of England with his godson, one-hundred-year-old H remembers his privileged teenage exploits at the side of unlikely childhood companion Finn, whose significantly different lifestyle enchants H before the pair is shattered by a painful scandal.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
"When Ma Peachey resigned from being a mother to take up yoga instead, the rest of the family took up being in crisis: no one cooked dinner, no one picked up the dirty laundry, and the children were always late for school. Ma might be off finding inner peace, but Pa Peachey, Ava, and Ollie are falling apart! Only almost-nine-year-old Betty is wise enough to know that the family needs to be rescued. Enter McTavish - a rescue dog on a mission to rescue...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Pa Peachey comes home in a happy-go-lucky mood--and singing!--the family is concerned. Pa has never not been grumpy after work! But when Ma and siblings Ava and Ollie learn that Pa has gotten a new job--which means moving to an appealing new house--they are all pretty quick to get on board. Even McTavish the dog is excited to make a canine pal in the new park nearby. Only the youngest sibling, Betty, remains out of sorts--nervous about changing...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
At the house on the beach, everything is always the same. Summer unspools in days of sticky heat and lazy beach walks, the family only reconvening for lantern-lit suppers in the garden with the sea a constant roar in the background. Predictable, familiar - and easy. But everything changes with the arrival of the Godden brothers: Kit, magnetic and lazily seductive, and Hugo, intense and unknowable. By the end of summer, nothing will be the same. --...
11) Meet wild boars
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 720L
Language
English
Description
It is very hard to be friends with wild boars because they are dirty and smelly, bad-tempered, and rude.
12) Wild boars cook
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Besides being naughty, greedy, stinky, and rude, wild boars Boris, Morris, Horace, and Doris are also very hungry and luckily Doris finds the perfect recipe for them to make.
13) Black Beauty
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.