Wells
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Description
When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that takes him to a different time and place.
Author
Series
Eddie Red undercover volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Elusive art thief Lars Heinrich returns to New York City looking to settle a score. Super sleuth seventh-grader Edmund Xavier Lonrrot will need not only his photographic mind and artistic talents, but any skill he possesses with cracking codes as a string of the city's historical monuments become potential clues in what could become one of the greatest heists in history"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and talent for drawing anything he sees. When the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case"--
Author
Series
Mackenzie Blue volume 3
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Mackenzie is determined to have a great time on the school field trip, but out in the woods everyone stops getting along and friendships are tested.
10) CHARLOTTE'S WEB
Author
Description
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
12) My friend Flicka
Author
Series
Formats
Description
It seems Ken can't do anything right. He loses saddle blankets and breaks reins . . . but then comes the worst news yet: a report card so bad that he has to repeat a grade. How can you tame the dreamy mind of a boy who stares out of the window instead of taking an exam? Enter Flicka, the chestnut filly with a wild spirit. Over the course of one magical summer, both will learn the meaning of responsibility, courage, and, ultimately, friendship. Performed...
Author
Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
On a cold day in February, a stranger arrives in the village of Iping. He wears gloves and dark glasses, even inside, and his face is covered in bandages. Soon crimes occur that cannot be explained, and the townspeople realize the unthinkable truth: the strange man is invisible--and he is slowly going mad.
17) The lightbulb
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Series focuses on inventions we often take for granted and how they have changed our lives.