Mary Casanova
1) Frozen
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Sadie Rose hasn't said a word in eleven years—ever since the day she was found lying in a snowbank during a howling storm. Like her voice, her memories of her mother and what happened that night were frozen.
Set during the roaring 1920s in the beautiful, wild area on Rainy Lake where Minnesota meets Canada, Frozen tells the remarkable story of Sadie Rose, whose mother died under strange circumstances
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Seattle fourth-grader McKenna Brooks' cast comes off she dives back into gymnastics training in hopes of making the competitive team, but after volunteering at a therapeutic horseback riding center, she considers broadening her interests.
3) McKenna
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
124 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seattle fourth-grader McKenna Brooks, who lives for gymnastics, struggles with school work until Josie, a tutor confined to a wheelchair, helps her with reading comprehension and much more.
Author
Series
Girl of the year volume 2
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Inspired by her grandparents' bakery and her recent visit to Paris, nine-year-old Grace leads her friends in starting La Petite Patisserie, making and selling French pastries at school and special events, but they soon discover that starting a new business is not always easy--or fun.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
186 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Grace is crushed to learn that her grandparents' bakery might close after thirty years and wonders how her own business, which they inspired, can survive if theirs cannot, but she and her friends use their talents and newly-acquired business skills to try to save the day.
7) Chrissa
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
132 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chrissa Maxwell moves to a new school in the middle of the year, and the girls in her fourth-grade class are decidedly unfriendly. On the advice of her grandmother, Chrissa tries first to be nice, and then to ignore the mean girls. But they just won't quit, and when the teasing turns into serious bullying, Chrissa must find the courage to stand strong and speak out.
8) Grace
Author
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Grace likes having a plan but she must find a way to be flexible and open to new ideas when she goes to Paris with her mother and has trouble getting along with her cousin, while at home her friends start the business she proposed without her.
9) Cecile
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
123 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As Chrissa and her friends practice so they can try out for the swim team in the fall, someone starts sending them mean text messages and emails, and then Chrissa's brother Tyler has a terrible accident.
11) Some cat!
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Violet the cat is adopted she has trouble sharing her new kingdom with the family dogs until they save her from some home invaders.
12) Jess
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
126 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Jess McConnell meets a new friend on her trip to the ancient Maya ruins in Belize, she is invited on an eco-adventure and makes some real discoveries--about the dangers in the Belizean jungle, about the people who have lived there since long ago, and about herself.