Troy Howell
1) Redwall
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Redwall volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
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When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
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Young Cedric is quite happy living with his widowed mother in New York and visiting with his best friend. The Cedric learns that he is Lord Fauntleroy and will one day become an Earl. But in order to claim his title, he will have to leave behind everything he knows to live with his hard-hearted grandfather in England. Can Cedric win over his grandfather? And is he the real Lord Fauntleroy?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
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When Kat, her father, and brother visit an old gold mine that has been turned into a tourist attraction, she falls down a mine shaft and meets an ancient dragon, the last of his kind, and inadvertently triggers a twenty-first century gold rush.
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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An abridged version of the tale of the four Musketeers' final adventure during which they plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
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Presents a study guide to Mary Pope Osborne's "Favorite Greek Myths," for students in grades six through nine, featuring sessions that correspond to different sections of the book, each with a synopsis, comprehension quizzes, and a preview of coming pages.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
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"Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend to it, a change comes over her and her life. She meets and befriends a local boy, the talented Dickon, and comes across her sickly cousin Colin who had been kept hidden from her. Between them, the three children work astonishing magic in themselves and those around...
12) The comeback dog
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Daniel, a Midwestern farm boy, finds a battered dog in a ditch and nurses it back to health, but is disappointed when the dog doesn't immediately respond to his gestures of affection.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Odysseus is more desperate than ever to return home. His wife Penelope, and their son Telemachus, are warding off the men who want to marry her. Then a mysterious stranger gives Telemachus the courage to confront the suitors and to search for his father.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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As soon as Anne Shirley arrived at the snug, white farmhouse called Green Gables, she knew she wanted to stay forever. But would the Cuthberts send her back to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they expected -- a skinny girl with decidedly red hair and a temper to match. If only she could convince them to let her stay, she'd try very hard not to keep rushing headlong into scrapes or blurt out the very first thing she had to say. Anne was...
19) The final battle
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents an excerpt from Homer's Odyssey where Odysseus returns to Ithaca and finds that he must fight to regain control from those who are plaguing his family.
20) Return to Ithaca
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Retells part of Homer's Odyssey in which Odysseus, with the help of the goddess Athena, plans to get revenge on those who have plagued his wife and son during his absence.