A child's great-great-grandmother's diary reveals the story behind a fallen elm tree, "rescued" pumpkins, and an unusual pig who saves the Cobtown Harvest Festival in 1845.

4) The emperor's new clothes

Author

Metaxas, Eric

Pub. Date

2005

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1

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Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child whispers that the emperor has nothing on.

5) The Firebird

Author

Kessler, Brad

Pub. Date

2005

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1

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With the aid of his magical Horse of Power, a young archer fulfills the increasingly difficult requests of Tsar Ivan and wins the hand of Princess Vasilissa.

6) A Cobtown Christmas: from the diaries of Lucy Hart

Author

Van Nutt, Julia

Series

Cobtown story volume 1

Pub. Date

[1998]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1

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In 1845, Cobtown's Christmas is affected by the failure of the organ at the party being given to feed the residents' pets and by the arrival of a mysterious blind man who does not speak English.

7) The junior thunder lord

Author

Yep, Laurence

Pub. Date

[1994]

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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1

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Yue, a Chinese merchant, discovers the wisdom in passing along kindness, when Bear Face, the huge hairy man Yue has befriended, saves his life.

8) The mystery of Mineral Gorge: a Cobtown story from the diaries of Lucky Hart

Author

Van Nutt, Julia

Series

Cobtown story volume 2

Pub. Date

1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1

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In Cobtown in 1845, ten-year-old Lucky describes in her diary how mysterious and terrifying screams lead to the discovery of a little striped piglet whom the townspeople name Oinkey.