Donna Jo Napoli
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
Presents illustrated retellings of classic Greek myths, sharing the stories of Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Athena, Helen of Troy, Perseus, and Medusa, with sidebars for each god, goddess, hero, and monster that link the tales to constellations, history, geography, and culture, and including profiles, a family tree, and other resources.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 4
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. This book is the third in the trilogy that includes the popular National Geographic Treasury...
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, fourteen-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family's house to roam the streets of late sixteenth-century Venice and then must confront the repercussions of her actions.
7) Beast
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Elaborates on the tale of "Beauty and the Beast," told from the point of view of the beast and set in Persia.
8) Three days
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
When her father suddenly dies while on a business trip, leaving her alone on an Italian highway, eleven-year old Jackie worries what will happen when she is picked up by two men with unknown motives.
10) Stones in water
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
After being taken by German soldiers from a local movie theater along with other Italian boys including his Jewish friend, Roberto is forced to work in Germany, escapes into the Ukrainian winter, before desperately trying to make his way back home to Venice.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Ten-year-old Kepi, a young girl in ancient Egypt, embarks on a journey to save her family when she is unexpectedly taken captive, along with the baby baboon she has rescued from a crocodile. An origin tale about fairies.
12) North
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Tired of his mother's overprotectiveness and intrigued by the life of African American explorer Matthew Henson, twelve-year-old Alvin travels north and spends a season with a trapper near the Arctic Circle.
13) Hunger
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Through the eyes of twelve-year-old Lorraine this haunting novel from the award-winning author of Hidden and Hush gives insight and understanding into a little known part of history-the Irish potato famine. It is the autumn of 1846 in Ireland. Lorraine and her brother are waiting for the time to pick the potato crop on their family farm leased from an English landowner. But this year is different-the spuds are mushy and ruined. What will Lorraine...
14) Breath
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Elaborates on the tale of "The Pied Piper," told from the point of view of a boy who is too ill to keep up when a piper spirits away the healthy children of a plague-ridden town after being cheated out of full payment for ridding Hameln of rats.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"A flower-spouting princess, gobbling prince, emerald-winged fairy, foolish giants, fearsome ogres, and talking frog and fish are just a few of the captivating characters found in this anthology of beloved stories from 29 places around the world, from the Arctic to Africa to Asia to Australia to Europe to the Americas"--Provided by publisher
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In the autumn of 1846 in Ireland, twelve-year-old Lorraine and her family struggle to survive during the Irish potato famine. When Lorraine meets Miss Susannah, the daugher of the wealthy English landowner who owns Lorraine's family's farm, they form an unlikely friendship that they must keep secret due to the deep cultural divide between their two families.
17) Fish Girl
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Pub. Date
[2017].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Fish Girl, a young mermaid living in a boardwalk aquarium, has never interacted with anyone beyond the walls of her tank until a chance encounter with an ordinary girl, Livia. Their growing friendship inspires Fish Girl's longing for freedom, independence, and a life beyond the aquarium tank"--
18) Bound
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In a novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
The timeless tales from the early books of the Bible have captivated generations. In this lush storybook, the fresh voice of lyrical storyteller Donna Jo Napoli and the lavish artwork of Christina Balit bring classic stories to life for a young, modern audience. Noah's Ark, Moses, David and Goliath, the ten plagues, Daniel and the lions' den, Jonah and the giant fish, and many more of the Bible's most powerful stories--27 in all--are compellingly...