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 | Carlo Collodi | The Adventures of Pinocchio, also simply known as Pinocchio, is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi, written in Pescia. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Linda Sue Park | Offering a fresh look at a long-established view of history, this compelling story of resolution and persistence is told with humor, insight, and charm. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Linda Sue Park | Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered novel about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father’s shop, and making at least one friend.Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | C.S. Lewis | The story of how Caspian, the rightful heir to the throne of Narnia, escaped death and defeated his wicked uncle Miraz. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Mildred Martin | Join the Miller children as they learn about health, safety, and courtesy… from the Bible! Each story includes a Scripture passage and illustrates various aspects of prudent living. Read about the foolish joke that ended in tragedy; the embarrassing consequences of not getting enough sleep; how Timmy gets lost in… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Robert Lawson | It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since there has been a garden at the House. All the animals of the Hill are very excited about the new Folks moving in, and they wonder how things are going… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Patricia St. John | When Elaine leaves her home in London to stay with the Owen family in Wales, she feels miserable and left out. It’s only the little secret garden that she finds at the end of the rainbow that makes staying there seem worthwhile. And then something happens that changes everything. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Beverly Cleary | Ramona is back…Riding the school bus alone isn’t the only new experience making third grade exciting for Ramona Quimby. From befriending a boy called Yard Ape to delivering her book report in the style of a television commercial, Ramona’s enthusiasm for life is infectious and irresistible.That’s not to say all… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Beverly Cleary | Republication of this classic title, featuring new art and cover, celebrates the August 1999 release of the first Ramona book in fifteen years, “Ramona’s World.” Ramona likes to think she’s a fearless first-grader, but her bravery is put to the test at every turn. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Mindy and Brandon Withrow | Experience history without the wooliness, and with all the wonder in this history designed for . As the world exploded into modernity with rapid changes – in transportation, in communication, in manufacturing – people around the globe faced overwhelming new challenges. As Christians arrived for the first time in other… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Mildred D. Taylor | Why is the land so important to Cassie’s family? It takes the events of one turbulent year – the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she is black – to show Cassie that having a place of… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Elizabeth Yates | Little Sarah wanders away from her family’s cabin into the New Hampshire forest, and settlers come from all across the countryside to help find her. As the long days pass, the searchers grow desperate, but Sarah’s father’s trust in God holds firm. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Patricia MacLachlan | This Newbery Medal–winning book and children’s literature classic is perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie books, historical fiction, and timeless stories using rich and beautiful language. Sarah, Plain and Tall gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love. The 30th Anniversary edition includes author Patricia MacLachlan’s… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Mildred A. Martin | Read about Peter and the “In-Thing” (peer pressure), “The Five-Dollar Glove” (keeping agreements), “My Heart Says Amen” (death of a classmate), “The Wrath of Man” (God’s power over an angry witch doctor) and many, many more! | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Patricia MacLachlan | The second book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan.My mother, Sarah, doesn’t love the prairie. She tries, but she can’t help remembering what she knew first.Sarah came to the prairie from Maine to marry Papa. But that summer, a drought… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Jim Kjelgaard | The steel-gray husky Chiri was just a puppy when he watched the black wolf kill his mother and two brothers. Left alone in the snow-covered land of the coyote ,caribou, and grizzly, Chiri learned to fend for himself, to hunt, and to survive by his own keen instinct and natural… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Marie McSwigan | A daring adventure based on a true story about a group of Norwegian children who smuggled nine million dollars in gold past Nazi sentries during World War II. A story of courage and wits and grim determination.–The New York Times. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Patricia St. John | Hamid rubbed the light from his eyes and looked again. He was not dreaming. It was his stepfather! The man watched Kinza as a snake might watch a baby rabbit at play, waiting for the moment to strike. And for one breathless moment Hamid was sure that he would reach… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Jim Kjelgaard | Allan Marley and his father have lived together in the untamed wilderness of the Beaver Flowage all their lives. But when Mr. Marley is jailed because of a bitter feud, Allan suddenly finds himself on his own. Then he meets Stormy, an outlaw cog accused of turning on his owner… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Marguerite Henry | A raging storm slashes across Assateague and Chincoteague islands. Water is everywhere! The wild ponies and the people must battle for their lives. In the midst of the storm, Misty – the famous mare of Chincoteague – is about to give birth. Paul and Maureen are frantic with worry as… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Yoder | Children will thrill to tales of buried treasure and narrow escapes. They’ll wonder how anyone could learn a lesson from doughnut holes or hard-boiled eggs. Spellbinding bedtime stories of yesteryear. Fresh insights and truths for young listeners and readers too. Give this delightful book to a child you love. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Mildred A. Martin | Parents will find this an excellent book to read to small children, at bedtime or anytime! Children in the lower grades will be able to read the stories for themselves, and will find that the children in these pages have the same problems and pleasures they have. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Scott O'Dell | A fascinating story about Sacagawea, the Indian girl who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their famous journey. Sacagawea narrates the story, relating with ODell’s magical touch the ordeals of the trip, describing the land and Indian life, and telling of her growing feelings for Captain Clark. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | E.B. White | This is the first children’s book by the distinguished author, E. B. White. Stuart Little, the hero, is a mouse in the family of the Frederick C. Littles and is a pleasantly debonair little character, with a shy, engaging manner and a somewhat philosophical turn of mind. He is a… | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Wilson Rawls | The last thing fourteen-year-old Jay Berry Lee expects to find while trekking through the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma is a tree full of monkeys. But then Jay learns from his grandpa that the monkeys have escaped from a traveling circus, and there’s a big reward for the person who finds… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Irene Howat | Susanna Wesley ▪ Ann Judson ▪ Edith Schaeffer ▪ Ruth Bell Graham ▪ Monica of Thagaste ▪ Susannah Spurgeon ▪ Maria Taylor ▪ Katherine Luther ▪ Bethan Lloyd-Jones ▪ Sabina Wurmbrand | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Mark Twain | Hilariously picaresque, epic in scope, alive with the poetry and vigor of the American people, Mark Twain’s story about a young boy and his journey down the Mississippi was the first great novel to speak in a truly American voice. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Meet the boy who can find trouble without even looking. At school, at home, in church and outdoors, if there’s mischief afoot, Tom Sawyer will be in the thick of it! 320 pages.This edition is part of the beautiful WordCloud Classics series of imitation leather-bound classics. We believe classics deserve… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
 | Joseph Bruchac | For young Samuel Russell, the summer of 1777 is a time of fear. The British army is approaching, and the Indians in the area seem ready to attack. To Stands Straight, a young Abenaki Indian scouting for King George, Americans are dangerous enemies and a threat to his family and… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Louise A. Vernon | The story of John Wycliffe, based on his own writings and histories of the time. Told from the perspective of 13-year-old Arnold Hutton. Paper. 136 pages. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Barbara Robinson | Hey! Unto you a child is born! The Herdmans are absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie and steal and smoke cigars (even the girls). They talk dirty, hit little kids, cuss their teachers, set fire to Fred Shoemaker’s old broken-down toolhouse, and take the… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Louise A. Vernon | In this highly readable biography, Vernon explains William Tyndale’s work of translating, printing, and distributing the Scripture, focusing on Tyndale’s helper, Colin, who begins his work as a carrier boy smuggling in a copy of Luther’s New Testament to Tyndale. 144 pages. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Pearl S. Buck | Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain Japan. His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing village below. Everyone, including Kino and Jiya, has heard of the big wave. No one suspects it will wipe out the whole village and Jiya’s family, too. As Jiya struggles to… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Scott O'Dell | Harvesting the biggest pearl that he and his father have ever seen from an underwater cave where a monster devilfish lurks, sixteen-year-old Ramon can not foresee the trouble that such a fabulous gem can bring. 96 pages. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | William J. Bennett & Elayne… | Help your children develop moral character with this updated, 30th anniversary edition of the perennial classic The Book of Virtues.Almost 3 million copies of the Book of Virtues have been sold since it was published in 1993. It is one of the most popular moral primers ever written, an inspiring anthology that helps children… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | William Kamkwamba | The inspiring true story of a Malawi teenager who brought electricity to his struggling village–now in the ideal classroom-ready edition.William Kamkwamba grew up in a tiny farming village in Malawi, Africa, without electricity. When a drought destroyed the crops and famine resulted, William’s family could no longer afford his school… | Biography & History ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Living History Level 65 ⋅ 65 Biographies | |
 | Elizabeth George Speare | “He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.” -from the Song of David (2 Samuel 22:35) “The Bronze Bow,” written by Elizabeth George Speare (author of “The Witch of Blackbird Pond”) won the Newbery Medal in 1962. This gripping, action-packed novel tells… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Jean Fritz | Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Mark Kurlansky, Illustrated by S… | What was it that enabled the Vikings, Christopher Columbus, and the Pilgrims to cross the cold Atlantic Ocean to America? What became a staple of the medieval diet in Europe, helped spur the American Revolution, and allowed the early New Englanders to start making money of their own?Would you believe… | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Claudia Esh | A historical fiction story about a young girl wrestling with the cost of Anabaptism in the 16th century Netherlands. | Biography & History ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Marguerite de Angeli | Ever since he can remember, Robin, child of Sir John de Bureford, has been told what is expected of him as the son of a nobleman. He must learn the ways of knighthood. But Robin’s destiny is changed suddenly when he falls ill and loses the use of his legs… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Natalie Savage Carlson | Armand, an old man living on the streets of Paris, is happy with his carefree existence, begging and doing odd jobs to keep himself warm and fed. With a life of simple pleasures, what more could he need?Then one day, just before Christmas, Armand returns to his favorite spot beneath… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Lois Lowry | Jonas’s world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns twelve he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Mildred D. Taylor | Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.A drive South becomes dangerous for ‘Lois and her family.‘Lois and Wilma are proud of their father’s brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving it all… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Kate Seredy | Jancsi is overjoyed to hear that his cousin from Budapest is coming to spend the summer on his father’s ranch on the Hungarian plains. But their summer proves more adventurous than he had hoped when headstrong Kate arrives, as together they share horseback races across the plains, country fairs and… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | C.S. Lewis | Book three of the Chronicles of Narnia. The story of a Narnian horse in Calormen and his escape with a young boy. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Sheila Burnford | Sheila Burnford’s timeless children’s classic is the courageous and heartwarming story of three runaway pets. Instinct told them the way home lay to the west, and so the brave young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese cat set out through the Canadian wilderness, risking starvation, exposure… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Rudyard Kipling | A classic story of friendship between man and beast. Saved from the jaws of the evil tiger Shere Khan, young Mowgli is adopted by a wolf pack and taught the law of the jungle by lovable old Baloo the bear and Bhageera the panther. The adventures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the snake-fighting… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Rudyard Kipling | “For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack,” –Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle BookPenned by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling in 1894, The Jungle Book is a collection of allegorical stories that take place deep in the Indian jungle. The most famous stories of The… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Louise A. Vernon | The King James Bible is surrounded by a mystery. Everyone wants to know who the secret editor is who published the work of fifty-four different translators. Before Nat Culver finds answers to his questions, he is plunged into a series of baffling incidents. Could it be another translator, jealous of… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading |