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Una novela preciosa, tremendamente humana y emocionante, que describe las peripecias de una niña alemana de nueve años desde que es dada en adopción por su madre hasta el final de la II Guerra Mundial.
Érase una vez un pueblo donde las noches eran largas y la muerte contaba su propia historia. En el pueblo vivía una niña que quería leer, un hombre que tocaba el acordeón y un joven judío que escribía bellos cuentos para escapar
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Gooney Bird volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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A most unusual new student who loves to be the center of attention entertains her teacher and fellow second graders by telling absolutely true stories about herself, including how she got her name.
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Riverman trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Along with stories, Keri Cleary records in her diary the strange and terrifying events surrounding the disappearance of Fiona Loomis and Alistair Cleary's efforts to find her in Aquavania, a world where wishes can nearly come true, as well as the repercussions of the shooting of Kyle Dwyer
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Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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As a terrible storm rages, ten-year-old Dinah and her brother and sister listen to their cousin Gage's tale of a newly-hatched, orphaned, skibberee, or tooth fairy, called What-the-Dickens, who hopes to find a home among the skibbereen tribe, if only he can stay out of trouble
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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One rainy day while his father listens to his old records, his mother polishes a silver platter, and his brother enjoys his baseball card collection, Little Bill discovers his own treasure, a talent for storytelling
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Starry River of the Sky volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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An innkeeper's chore boy discovers that a visitor's stories hold the key to returning the moon to the Starry River of the Sky.
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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"We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils...
13) Mouse tales
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Harper & Row, Publishers
Pub. Date
[1972]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Papa Mouse has a funny, exciting bedtime story for each of his seven mouse boys. "Will evoke chuckles of glee from preschool listeners and beginning readers"--Booklist. Three-color illustrations. Seven mouse boys lie awake one night, and they ask their Papa to tell them a story. Papa does better than that--he tells them seven stories, one for each boy. Amusing drawings and text provide beginner readers with a collection of tales about the adventures...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room...
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Tales of terror (Chris Priestley) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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During a visit to his eccentric Uncle Montague to hear several grisly tales behind the unique artifacts in his collection, Edgar discovers the truth about his uncle's past
17) Icefall
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Princess Solveig and her siblings are trapped in a hidden fortress tucked between towering mountains and a frozen fjord, along with her best friend and an army of restless soldiers, all awaiting news of the king's victory in battle, but as they wait for winter's end and the all-encompassing ice to break, acts of treachery make it clear that a traitor lurks in their midst
18) Zen ghosts
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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On Halloween night, Stillwater the giant panda tells Karl, Addy, and Michael a spooky and unusual story. Based on a Zen koan
19) Max's words
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Max books (Kate Banks) volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling
20) The book thief
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, Markus...
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