John Rocco
1) Blackout
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
When young Fu is challenged to a duel by the warrior Chang, Fu panics. His only hope is that the Master will train him, just as he's trained all the warriors of the village. But instead of teaching Fu to fight, the Master teaches him... to pour tea. Fu learns purpose, flow and patience in the process, but will it be enough to defeat the mighty Chang?
3) Blizzard
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"After a massive blizzard, a boy becomes a hero when he manages to walk to the local store and bring supplies back to his neighborhood which has been snowed in for days. Based on the author's childhood experience"--
5) Hurricane
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After a devastating hurricane, a young boy asks for help rebuilding the neighborhood dock, his favorite place in the world, but finds that his neighbors need help first.
7) Wolf! Wolf!
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A retelling of the classic tale about the boy who cried wolf, set in ancient China, in which a hungry wolf wonders if the boy is inviting him over for lunch.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When his dad goes missing in a fishing-boat accident, 14-year-old Jake refuses to think he may have lost his father forever. And nothing else seems certain in Jake's future, either, as his mother struggles with depression and loan sharks threaten to repossess the family diner.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Appears on list
Description
"Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect." -- from front jacket flap.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 20
Description
Who cut off Medusa's head? Who was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus? It takes a demigod to know, and Percy Jackson can fill you in on the all the daring deeds of Perseus, Atalanta, Bellerophon, and the rest of the major Greek heroes. Told in the funny, irreverent style readers have come to expect from Percy and enhanced with vibrant artwork by Caldecott honoree John Rocco. Covers larger-than-life personalities from the classic Greek stories...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Desribes the life of the children's book author and illustrator, conveying her life at Folly Cove, her love of dance, and how she was able to create images of machinery, including those used in her book, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.
Author
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Loco for locomotives? Get your ticket ready - here is everything you need to know about finding, keeping and training your very own pet train. Finding advice on caring for a dog, a cat, a fish, or even a dinosaur is easy. But what if somebody's taste in pets runs to the more mechanical kind? What about those who like cogs and gears more than feathers and fur? People who prefer the call of a train whistle to the squeal of a guinea pig? Or maybe dream...
15) Camp Tiger
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Every year, a boy and his family go camping at Mountain Pond. Usually, they see things like an eagle fishing for his dinner, a salamander with red spots on its back, and chipmunks that come to steal food while the family sits by the campfire. But this year is different. This year, the boy is going into first grade, and his mother is encouraging him to do things on his own, just like his older brother. And the most different thing of all... this year,...
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Series
Rocket and Groot volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Stranded on a planet filled with dry cleaners, nail salons, and chain restaurants, Rocket and Groot face killer robots bent on customer service and raccoon-eating toilets.
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 19
Formats
Description
At the conclusion of The Mark of Athena, Annabeth and Percy tumble into a pit leading straight to the Underworld. The other five demigods have to put aside their grief and follow Percy's instructions to find the mortal side of the Doors of Death. If they can fight their way through Gaea's forces, and Percy and Annabeth can survive the House of Hades, then the Seven will be able to seal the Doors on both sides and prevent the giants from raising...
Author
Series
Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Formats
Description
Magnus and his friends set sail for the farthest borders of Jotunheim and Niflheim in pursuit of Asgard's greatest threat, Loki's demonic ship full of zombies.