Jennifer Armstrong
1) Shipwreck at the bottom of the world: the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.
7) The snowball
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
A small snowball gets bumped by a skier and rolls down the hill growing in size and picking up people as it goes.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Description
After a virus destroys most of the world's adult population, a group of children are delighted to discover a colony of adult survivors in a Florida shopping mall but soon find that they are not as friendly as they appear.
10) The kindling
Author
Series
Fire-us trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In 2007, a small band of children have joined together in a Florida town, trying to survive in a world where it seems that all the adults have been killed off by a catastrophic virus.
13) Pockets
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A stranger arrives at a remote village and becomes the tailor, sewing magical embroidered scenes into the pockets of their plain clothes, which transforms their humdrum lives forever.
16) Hugh can do
Author
Pub. Date
[1992]
Description
Hugh, a poor but clever orphan, sets out to seek his fortune in the city but first he must find a way to pay the toll-taker at the bridge.
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the historical background in the Civil War of the famous speech made during the dedication of the new national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the impact it had on the United States throughout the years.