Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1) Shiloh
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum/Aladdin
Pub. Date
1998, c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness, takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
During a student exchange program, seventh-graders Ivy June and Catherine share their lives, homes, and communities, and find that although their lifestyles are total opposites they have a lot in common.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In March of 1941, when a severe blizzard suddenly hits Bismarck, North Dakota, a girl trying to save her stranded father and brother inadvertently helps the man who killed her mother four years before.
6) Sang Spell
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When his mother is killed in an automobile accident, high-schooler Josh decides to hitchhike across country, and finds himself trapped in a mysterious village somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains, among a group of people who call themselves Melungeons.