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List: Fountas and Pinnell W


A photo of The castle of Llyr

The castle of Llyr

When Princess Eilonwy is sent to the Isle of Mona for training, she is bewitched by the evil enchantress Achren, so Taran and other friends must try to rescue her.

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A photo of Crispin : the cross of lead

Crispin : the cross of lead

Also available in Overdrive. Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.

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A photo of Blood on the river : James Town 1607

Blood on the river : James Town 1607

Also available in Overdrive. Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe.

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A photo of The city of Ember

The city of Ember

Also available in Overdrive. In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

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A photo of Mockingbird : mok'ing-bûrd

Mockingbird : mok'ing-bûrd

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.

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A photo of Ghost knight

Ghost knight

Also available in Overdrive. Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft and new friend Ella summon the ghost of Sir William Longspee, who may be able to protect Jon from a group of ghosts that threatens him harm from the day he arrives at Salisbury Cathedral's boarding school. Includes historical notes.

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A photo of Hoot

Hoot

Also available in Overdrive. Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

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A photo of The apothecary

The apothecary

Also available in Overdrive. Follows a fourteen-year-old American girl whose life unexpectedly transforms when she moves to London in 1952 and gets swept up in a race to save the world from nuclear war.

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A photo of The higher power of Lucky

The higher power of Lucky

Also available in Overdrive. Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.

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A photo of Family ties : the theory, practice, and destructive properties of relatives

Family ties : the theory, practice, and destructive properties of relatives

Also available in Overdrive. "'I'm the greatest family member you'll ever meet.' Kevin Spencer has a history of big ideas going completely awry. This time around, it's personal--suddenly he's kind of in charge of a double wedding in his backyard, and a whole tribe of wacky relatives is crowding him out of his own house"--

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A photo of Maniac Magee : a novel

Maniac Magee : a novel

Also available in Overdrive. He came into this world named Jeffrey Lionel Magee, but when his parents died and his life changed, so did his name. And Maniac Magee became a legend.

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A photo of Blizzard of glass : the Halifax explosion of 1917

Blizzard of glass : the Halifax explosion of 1917

Recounts the story from World War I in which two towns were leveled and almost two thousand people killed following the collison of two warships in Halifax Harbour and a blizzard that dumped over a foot of snow in the area.

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