Patricia MacLachlan
3) Skylark
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.
5) Wondrous rex
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan has written a magical and funny tale about the joy found in using words, sharing stories, and loving a wondrous dog: Rex. 96pp.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
A dog with unusual communication talents loses his poet owner before rescuing two children trapped in a snowstorm and leading them to the poet's cabin, where the children explore the memories that the poet has left behind.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Declan O'Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was Dona Nobis Pacem, "Grant Us Peace." His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. but a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O'Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide them through such overwhelming...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nora and Ben's younger sister Birdy loves to keep secrets ... One day Birdy watches her mother spit into a tube, ready to send it off to find out more about herself ... Birdy spits into a tube, too, when no one sees her. But when the test results come back, they are a surprise. Birdy is seemingly not related to Nora and Ben's parents. But if she is adopted, how could that have happened without the children knowing?"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old Cassie Witting is upset when she finds out that her mother, Sarah, is expecting a baby, but writing in the journal that belonged to her brother Caleb helps her sort out her feelings and understand that Sarah will always love her.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
As her family gathers for the wedding of her sister Anna, fourth-grader Cassie Whiting sees the many changes brought about by everyday life and finds comfort in the love of those around her, especially her grandfather.
11) Edward's eyes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Edward is one of a large and close family that loves baseball, music, books, and each other, and when he unexpectedly dies and his parents donate his organs, his wonderful eyes go to a perfect recipient.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Minna wishes for many things. She wishes she understood the quote taped above her mother's typewriter: Fact and fiction are different truths. She wishes her mother would stop writing long enough to really listen to her. She wishes her house were peaceful and orderly like her friend Lucas's. Most of all, she wishes she could find a vibrato on her cello and play Mozart the way he deserves to be played. Minna soon discovers that some things can't be...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's not fair, Emma thinks, for her parents to go away (for five whole days) and leave her with an aunt and uncle she hardly knows. What if they don't like children? But Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Eliot like Emma and her brother, Zachary, just fine. They also like rules. Rules about: Eating. Sleeping. Cleaning up. Messing up. Emma doesn't believe in rules. Not unless they're hers: Eating no broccoli, dead or alive. Sleeping: No sleeping in a room where...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Arthur Rasby is ten years old and having the worst summer of his life. His parents don't listen to him, so he writes everything down -- everything that's real -- in his journal. But when he goes to stay with his Great-Aunt Elda and Great-Uncle Wrisby on their farm, his world is turned upside down. For the first time Arthur wonders what's real and what's not. His aunt and uncle do things Arthur's parents would never do -- like climbing out windows...
16) Cassie Binegar
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
During her family's first summer in a weathered old house by the sea, Cassie learns to accept change and to find her own space.
17) The Truth of Me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Robbie spends the summer at his grandmother Maddy's house, he revels in his grandmother's easy, relaxed ways. Robbie has always felt as if something is missing in his life-his parents don't always act like they love him. Maddy helps him understand that an experience his mother had long ago is at the heart of the problem in his family. With this knowledge, Robbie finds the courage to try to make things right. This poignant story from beloved author...
18) Baby
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Taking care of a baby left with them at the end of the tourist season helps a family come to terms with the death of their own infant son.
20) Journey
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When their mother goes off, leaving her two children with their grandparents, they feel as if their past has been erased until Grandfather finds a way to restore it to them.