Kathleen Olmstead
2) White Fang
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.
3) Moby Dick
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A renewed interest in "Moby-Dick" in the early 20th century would help to establish it as an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance, firmly placing it amongst the greatest of all American novels. Based on the real life events depicted in the "Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex" and the legend of "Mocha Dick", an albino sperm whale, whose killing is described in the May 1839 issue...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Enjoy the classic rising-from-adversity tale of the little boy who only wants more.
A favorite among young readers and adults alike, Charles Dickens' second novel, Oliver Twist, was first published in 1838 and has been made into a number of stage, television, and film adaptations, including the 1968 Academy Award-winning film.
Oliver Twist tells the tale of the orphan Oliver, who is sent from the miserable conditions of a workhouse to work for an...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
6) Pollyanna
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.