Tony Abbott
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Think your town is weird? Step into Grover's Millknown to the local kids as the Weird Zonefrom the award-winning author of the Secrets of Droon series. There's no place like home. Seriously, there's no place like the bizarre town of Grover's Mill, home to friends Liz, Holly, Sean, Jeff, and Mikebut also to aliens, monsters, dinosaurs, giant robots, and a potato capable of mind control. It could have something to do with the locationin the middle of...
2) Firegirl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
This poignant novel about a boy's friendship with a burn victim is perfect for fans of R. J. Palacio's Wonder.
From the moment Jessica arrives, life is never quite the same for Tom and his seventh-grade classmates. They learn that Jessica has been in a fire and was badly burned, and will be attending St. Catherine's will receiving medical treatments. Despite her appearance and the fear she evokes in him and most of the class, Tom slowly develops a...
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English
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Bobby and his family are visiting Civil War battlefields on the eve of the war's centenary, while inside their car, quiet battles rage. When an accident cuts their trip short, they return home on a bus and witness an incident that threatens to deny a black family seats. What they don't know is the reason for the family's desperation to be on that bus: a few towns away, their child is missing.
Lunch-Box Dream presents Jim Crow, racism, and segregation...
4) Junk Boy
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bestselling author Tony Abbott’s YA novel-in-verse is an unflinching and heartbreaking look at a boy’s junk-filled life, and the ways he finds redemption and hope, perfect for fans of The Crossover and Long Way Down.Junk. That’s what the kids at school call Bobby Lang, mostly because his rundown house looks like a junkyard, but also because they want to put him down. Trying desperately to live under the radar at school—and at the home he...
Author
Series
Copernicus legacy volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Tony Abbott returns with the next full-length book in the Copernicus Legacy series, a globe-trotting adventure packed with more riddles, puzzles, and secret histories. The hunt for Copernicus's first relic sent Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca to the far reaches of the world and put them in serious danger. But they never imagined Sara KaplanDarrell and Wade's motherwould be kidnapped by the conniving Galina Krause. Now they must race...
Author
Series
Copernicus legacy volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Tony Abbott's epic new middle grade series, the Copernicus Legacy, begins with The Forbidden Stone, a thrilling adventure packed with puzzles, intrigue, and action. Fans of Rick Riordan and Ridley Pearson will love this first book in an exciting series that takes the reader all over the globe in a race to find pieces of a mysterious hidden pastbefore it's too late. Wade, Lily, Darrell, and Becca fly from Texas to Germany for the...
Author
Series
Copernicus legacy volume 3
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When the evil Galina Krause suddenly reappears, the Kaplan family must race to find an artifact believed to be crafted by Leonardo da Vinci in their quest to uncover Galina's endgame.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Travel deeper into the mysterious world of the Copernicus Legacy with the Copernicus Archives: exciting, fast-paced novellas that get you close to the characters and the heart of the adventure. The Copernicus Archives #2: Becca and the Prisoner's Cross is studious language expert Becca's thrilling first-person account of the next stop in the Kaplans' perilous journey. As Becca and her family race through London, it's up to Becca to make sense of the...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the Weird Zone, the UFO capital of the world, where crazy is ordinary and Martians will eat your brain! Life in Grover's Mill is never boring. When best friends Liz, Holly, and Jeff arrive at the local lake one morning, they know it is only a matter of time before something weird happens. And unfortunately, they're right. When disgusting alien zombies start rising from the center of the lake, the trio must escape - or their brains will...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Liz and her friends battle a prehistoric dinosaur with a craving for junk food. Everyone knows W. Reid Elementary has the grossest lunches - and the strangest problems. When piles of junk food start disappearing from the school's cellar, Liz Duffey and her friends brush it off as another unexplainable mystery of life in the Weird Zone - their nickname for the zany town of Grover's Mill. But when a scaly beast bursts out from underneath the cafeteria,...
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Series
Language
English
Description
It's time for the W. Reid Elementary science fair - home to the weirdest inventions ever, and a lot of trouble! Mike is sure he's going to win the school science fair with his potato-powered radio, "Potadio." But when his contraption is electrocuted to life, Mike suddenly has more to worry about than winning first prize. Potadio has a bad attitude, and he now controls the minds of the teachers and students. With his army of minions, Potadio plans...
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Series
Language
English
Description
When Devin and Frankie get stuck in a swashbuckling novel, can they defeat the evil pirates and find the treasure before they're stuck on an island forever? Once again, best friends Devin and Frankie have neglected to do their English assignment. This week, the class is reading Treasure Island, and the two friends promise their teacher that they'll be ready to give their book reports the next day. Of course, this can only mean one thing: it's time...
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English
Description
Humongous Studios makes the weirdest horror movies ever, and in its next film, the monster is a real-life threat! Sean and Holly's dad owns the wackiest business in Grover's Mill: a horror filmmaking studio. For his newest movie, their dad has decided to feature a gigantic robot octopus as the star of the show. When Holly and Sean visit the studio with their friends, they are excited to get a first-hand look at how movies are made. Unfortunately,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The quest for the relics continues. Travel deeper into the mysterious world of the Copernicus Legacy with the Copernicus Archives: exciting, fast-paced novellas that get you close to the characters and the heart of the adventure. Wade and the Scorpion's Claw picks up right where The Copernicus Legacy: The Forbidden Stone left off, with the Kaplan family seeking the next Copernicus relic. Now Wade, the curious, analytical, yet starry-eyed member of...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Aliens are literally popping out of the ground, but luckily, Jeff and Holly have a few tricks up their sleeves. Jeff Ryan and his friends want to play street hockey, but someone has stolen their puck. When the kids try to get it back, they discover the culprit is a giant mole from space. A colony of aliens has tunneled under Grover's Mill, and they want to take over the town by killing the humans - starting with Jeff's friends! With the help of a...
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Series
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English
Description
Devin and Frankie sign up for a dangerous adventure when they make a bet that they can race across the globe in only eighty days. On a class trip to the library, best friends Devin and Frankie discover that the librarian has hired someone to fix the broken security gates. There's only one problem: these "zapper" gates are have the magical power to transport people into books. If they're fixed, how are Devin and Frankie supposed to pass their English...
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English
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When Devin and Frankie are sucked into a Shakespeare play, they try to unite two young lovers from warring families. When their teacher assigns Devin and Frankie the lead roles in their class production of Romeo and Juliet, the two best friends aren't thrilled. How are they supposed to read their lines when they don't even sound like they're written in English? Luckily, the library's magic security gates come to their rescue again. Devin and Frankie...
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English
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A hidden door. A magical staircase. Discover the world of Droon!
An immortal dragon. A long hidden secret. The kingdom of Droon is at the brink of war. . .The situation in Droon has never been more desperate. The wizard Galen is missing. Eric has been forced undercover with Gethwing, the all-powerful Moon Dragon. And millions of beasts are assembling outside Jaffa City, ready to attack Droon's capital.Eric, Keeah, Neal, and Julie will do whatever...
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English
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When an old nemesis reappears, Noodle and Zeek must save their town from a band of frozen cavemen. Best friends Noodle and Zeek are on a skiing trip for Zeek's birthday when they uncover more than just snow hidden away in the mountain: The boys have stumbled across cave dwellers who are thousands of years old! But when Noodle and Zeek come across their old nemesis, the evil Mr. Vazny, the boys are shocked to learn that he plans to resurrect the cavemen...
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English
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A hidden door. A magical staircase. Discover the world of Droon!
A visitor from the future has returned to Droon. Her name is Salamandra, and she is a sorceress -- and an old foe. But Salamandra really seems to want to help Eric and his friends. She shows them a terrifying vision of the future in which Droon's capital has burnt to the ground. The kids will do anything to prevent this vision from becoming a reality. But can Salamandra be trusted?...