Donna Jo Napoli
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
From the mighty Zeus, King of the Gods, to the beautiful Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Beauty, the tales in this volume will take you from the birth of the Olympian gods to the action-packed Trojan War. As you journey through the pages of this book, you'll find: stories of gods, goddesses, heroes, and monsters; artwork that brings the stories and the characters vividly to life; a family tree of the gods and goddesses; sidebars that put stories into...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Formats
Description
Upon returning to Italy, fourteen-year-old Roberto struggles to survive, first on his own, then as a member of the resistance, fighting against the Nazi occupiers while yearning to reach home safely and for an end to the war.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
Talullah, Louisiana. 1899.
Calogero, his uncles, and cousins are six Sicilian men living in the small town of Tallulah, Louisiana. They work hard, growing vegetables and selling them at their stand and in their grocery store.
To 14-year-old Calogero, newly arrived from Sicily, Tallulah is a lush world full of contradictions, hidden rules, and tension between the Negro and white communities. He’s startled and thrilled by the danger of a...
Calogero, his uncles, and cousins are six Sicilian men living in the small town of Tallulah, Louisiana. They work hard, growing vegetables and selling them at their stand and in their grocery store.
To 14-year-old Calogero, newly arrived from Sicily, Tallulah is a lush world full of contradictions, hidden rules, and tension between the Negro and white communities. He’s startled and thrilled by the danger of a...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"When a young Japanese girl moves into her new house, she is happy to see a girl her age playing in the snow just outside her window. The only problem is the Japanese girl doesn't speak English and the American girl doesn't speak Japanese. But each girl's love of the snow teaches them that they don't need to speak the same language to have fun!"--
10) Hotel Jungle
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When the manager's great-aunt decides to take everyone at Hotel Jungle on a week-long cruise, a troop of local baboons explores the empty hotel with surprising results for a newly-arrived family on vacation.
12) Ready to dream
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While drawing pictures of the animals she sees on her trip to Australia, a young girl named Ally meets Pauline, an aborigine woman and fellow artist, from whom Ally learns that art is not always created with just paper and paints, and that mistakes are actually happy accidents.
13) The crossing
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In 1805, Sacagawea, a woman of the Shoshoni tribe, helps Meriwether Lewis and William Clark find a passage to the West Coast, in this story told through the eyes of the baby boy on Sacagawea's back.
14) A single pearl
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A simple grain of sand undergoes an inspiring transformation"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
p2016
Description
Classic stories and dazzling illustrations of gods, goddesses, heroes and monsters come to life in a stunning tableau of Norse myths, including those of the thunder god Thor, the one-eyed god and Allfather Odin, and the trickster god Loki. The lyrical storytelling of award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli dramatizes the timeless tales of ancient Scandinavia.