Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1) Shiloh
Author
Series
Shiloh quartet volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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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
Shiloh quartet volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
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
Series
Hatfords and Malloys volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Disgusted that a family with three girls moves into the house across the river, nine-year-old Wally and his three brothers declare a practical joke war on the girls.
Author
Series
Shiloh quartet volume 3
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him.
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Alice experiences the joys and embarrassments of seventh grade while advising her father and older brother on their love lives.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
As Halloween approaches, the three Malloy sisters find themselves continually trying to get even with the four Hatford brothers, who have been playing tricks on them since the Malloys moved from Ohio to West Virginia.
9) Alice alone
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Alice's first year in high school gets off to a difficult start when her boyfriend Patrick becomes interested in someone else, but with the help of her father, older brother, and best friends, she gains a better sense of her own self-worth.
10) The grand escape
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"A Yearling book." After years of being strictly house cats, Marco and Polo escape into the wonderful, but dangerous, outside world. Soon they are sent on three challenging adventures by a group of cats who belong to the Club of Mysteries.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
From the Newbery Award-winning author of Shiloh comes a middle-grade novel that combines adrenaline-fueled adventure with a poignant coming-of-age story about a boy who loves the challenges he faces when caving but finds daily life dealing with his stuttering problem a most difficult challenge.Buck Andersons life seems to be changing completely. His best friend, David, has moved away; his anxious parents are hounding him more than ever; he has reluctantly...
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 9
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Alice is in the eighth grade, and while she wants her life to be exciting and outrageous, she also wants to feel protected and safe.
15) The Fear Place
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
When he and his older brother Gordon are left camping alone in the Rocky Mountains, twelve-year-old Doug faces his fear of heights and his feelings about Gordon--with the help of a cougar.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Formats
Description
ryan Walker has always known what he wants to be-a cowboy, like his father was before being injured in a riding accident. But when Ryan's older brother, Gil, becomes a member of the Mountain Patriots Association, a militia group that wants to keep Wyoming free from immigrants, minorities, and government interference, Ryan finds himself questioning things he's taken for granted all his life. As tensions in the community build to inevitable violence,...
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 2
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
The summer before she enters the seventh grade becomes the summer of Alice's first boyfriend, and she discovers that love is about the most mixed-up thing that can possibly happen to you, especially since she has no mother to go to for advice.
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 12
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
During the summer between eighth and ninth grades, Alice and her friends Pamela and Elizabeth decide to improve themselves through exercise.
19) Boys in control
Author
Series
Hatfords and Malloys volume 9
Pub. Date
2008, c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Once again the Hatford brothers and the Mallory sisters find themselves pitted against each other when embarrassing pictures of the boys turn up in the girls' basement, and the boys try to figure out how to get them back.
20) Alice in April
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
While trying to survive seventh grade, Alice discovers that turning thirteen will make her the woman of the house at home, so she starts a campaign to get more appreciation for taking care of her father and older brother.