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23) The nixie's song
Author
Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
162 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Description
Eleven-year-old Nicholas Vargas only thinks his life has been turned upside down after his developer father remarries and moves his new wife and daughter into the soon-to-be completed Mangrove Hollow. But an "expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem--the huge, lumbering, fire-breathing variety--and it's up to Nick, his stepsister Laurie, and his big brother, Julian (plus a familiar face from the original Spiderwick...
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
117 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"The Underworld usually isn't really meant to be a fun place - but tell that to Hades! He loves the dark and the stinky smell of sulfur. However, there is one thing that Hades is not a fan of: dogs. And when Zeus and his fellow Olympians encounter Cerberus - a snarling, three-headed dog - Hades must conquer his fears and tame the hound so everyone can continue into the Underworld and deposit their Titan prisoner, Oceanus, back where he belongs!"--Information...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
The story of a child confronting a man-eating giant or witch is told the world over. These heroes go by many names and might be average in size or no bigger than a thumb. Though they're often scorned for being the youngest and smallest, they're well-armed with cleverness and courage --
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Description
Acclaimed author Dan Andreasen bases this folksy book on the real people believed to be history's tallest married couple. Nearly eight feet tall, Captain Bates arrives in Seville, Ohio, with his head sticking out the train window. He and his wife-who is just as tall-are tired of being in the circus and are looking for a nice place to live. But is Seville big enough? "The storytelling style and appealing subject matter make this book an excellent choice...
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
110 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
"The merciless Cronus and his Titan buddies are in hot pursuit of Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon, who plan to travel across the treacherous boiling sea in order to save a fellow Olympian. They have a boat, but they also have a problem: Poseidon can't swim and is terrified of the water (well, really of the creatures that lurk in its depths). The group faces danger after danger as they battle singing sirens, a fishy and ferocious Titan named Oceanus, and...
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
100 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
When ten-year-old Zeus is kidnapped, he discovers he can defend himself with a magical thunderbolt.
33) Calamity Jack
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
144 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
In this graphic novel interpretation of 'Jack and the beanstalk,' Jack is a born schemer who climbs a magical beanstalk in the hope of exacting justice from a mean giant and gaining a fortune for his widowed mother, aided by some friends.
Author
Series
Riders of the realm volume 2
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Description
Even though neither Rahkki nor Echofrost want to be paired as a rider and flier, they must work together to fly with the Sky Guard, free the wild herd of winged horses from the giants, and stop a plot to dethrone the queen.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[30] p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Description
A fictionalized biography of Ella Kate Ewing, born in 1872, who was eight feet tall by the age of seventeen and who became financially independent by traveling the country for nearly twenty years appearing at museums, exhibitions, and in circus shows.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Instead of returning from the fair with the goose Old Mother Twaddle told him to buy, her son Jack brings a single bean with magic properties, which grows nearly as high as the sun and which harbors a giant surprise. Adapted from The History of Mother Twaddle and the Marvelous Achievements of her Son Jack, written by B.A.T. and published in 1807 by J. Harris, London.
37) Giant island
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"Under Grandpa's watchful eye, the kids are thrilled to discover that the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and windswept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem. Are the children the first to fathom this huge secret, or does Grandpa have a secret of his own?"--
Author
Series
Mihi ever after volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
200 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"After just barely surviving their last trip to the Rainbow Realm, Mihi Whan Park and her friends Reese and Savannah know that stepping back through the library refrigerator and into the magical fairy-tale world would be a dangerous choice. But when they discover that Mihi's nemesis, Genevieve, has crossed through the fridge and into the Rainbow Realm herself, Mihi, Reese, and Savannah decide they must bring her home. Through the refrigerator they...
39) The wyrm king
Author
Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
202 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
Description
Nick,Julie, Laurie, and their friends try to prevent a hydra from destroying Florida.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
157 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Joe "Stosh" Stoshack uses his power to time travel using baseball cards to go back to 1951, when Bobby Thomson hit the famous Shot Heard Round the World home run to win the National League pennant for the New York Giants"--
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