Susan Cooper
1) The boggart
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A strange boy and dog remind Will Stanton that he is an immortal, whose quest is to find the golden harp which will rouse others from a long slumber in the Welsh hills so they may prepare for the ultimate battle of Light versus Dark.
7) Greenwitch
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Jane's invitation to witness the making of the Greenwitch begins a series of sinister events in which she and her two brothers help the Old Ones recover the grail stolen by the Dark.
8) Frog
Author
Publisher
Margaret McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A young boy learns how to swim by watching a small frog that makes its way into the family swimming pool.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
A celebration of the winter solstice and the Yuletide season. As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering if the sun would ever rise again. Written for a theatrical production that has become a ritual in itself, Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day" captures the magic behind...
10) Ghost Hawk
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the end of a winter-long journey into manhood, Little Hawk returns to find his village decimated by a white man's plague and soon, despite a fresh start, Little Hawk dies violently but his spirit remains trapped, seeing how his world changes.
11) Matthew's dragon
Author
Publisher
M.K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
The dragon in Matthew's picture book comes to life and takes himfor an amazing nocturnal ride.
12) The selkie girl
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
14) King of shadows
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
While in London as part of an all-boy acting company preparing to perform in a replica of the famous Globe Theatre, Nat Field suddenly finds himself transported back to 1599 and performing in the original theater under the tutelage of Shakespeare himself.
15) Rude awakening
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The tenth Milt Kovak mystery from this best-selling author . . . - Strange things are happening in Prophesy County. First, Deputy Dalton Pettigrew disappears on a mysterious date in Tulsa. His sister goes to rescue him, only to disappear herself. She'd left her middle child, Eli, in the care of Jean, the sheriff's wife, but now he's missing too. Who is the mysterious Dr. Emil Hawthorne, and why is he out to get Jean? Can Milt Kovak find Eli before...
16) Dawn of fear
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three English children, fascinated by the war air raids, gradually become aware of true fear and horror when they seek vengeance on an opposing gang that destroyed their hideaway.
17) Dead weight
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
E.J. Pugh's Weight Watchers' group is supposed to help members lose pounds – not their lives...- When Berta Harris of E.J.'s Weight Watchers' group succumbs to an untimely death, amateur sleuth E.J. is puzzled. Why was Kerry Killian, the realtor selling Berta's house, was murdered the day after E.J. questioned her? What does this have to do with Berta's mysterious death? And why would anyone in the group want to put on weight? As E.J. immerses herself...
18) Dark waters
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
“Characters and dialogue as American as apple pie, a keep-’em-guessing plot, and laugh-aloud humor. A downright good read.” —Booklist
When Oklahoma sheriff Milt Kovak wins a seven-day cruise for four to Puerto Rico, he takes his family—wife Jean and son Johnny Mac, plus Johnny Mac’s best friend, Early Rollins. It’s spring break and the ship is running over with children—and...
When Oklahoma sheriff Milt Kovak wins a seven-day cruise for four to Puerto Rico, he takes his family—wife Jean and son Johnny Mac, plus Johnny Mac’s best friend, Early Rollins. It’s spring break and the ship is running over with children—and...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1983.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young Welsh boy is rewarded for his beautiful harp playing with a silver cow, the gift of the magic people living in the lake.The cow makes his family rich but when his father becomes greedy the magic people take their revenge.
20) Vegas nerve
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Sheriff Milt Kovak, having joined his psychiatrist wife on a trip to a conference in Las Vegas, expects a welcome vacation, inspecting the casinos. He has left a capable second-in-command to watch over his small town in Oklahoma, but almost as soon as they arrive, Milt gets an S.O.S. call from his cousin Maida. Her pregnant daughter has been beaten by her husband, and Maida's husband, Burl, has thoroughly trounced his son-in-law. The young man is...