Wendell Minor
2) Shane
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
In the summer of 1889, a mysterious and charismatic man rides into a small Wyoming valley, where he joins homesteaders who take a stand against a bullying cattle rancher, and where he changes the lives of a young boy and his parents.
5) Julie
Author
Series
Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When Julie returns to her father"s Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.
Author
Series
Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Continues the story of Julie and her wolves in which Kapu must protect his pack from famine and disease while uniting it under his new leadership.
7) Heartland
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Evokes the land, animals, and people of the Middle West in poetic text and illustrations. Lyrical celebration of the Midwest.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When her older siblings go on an adventure without her, little Tickles the bunny reads from her book, "How to Be a Bigger Bunny," and winds up on an adventure of her own before she is challenged to summon up the courage to save her family.
13) Everglades
Author
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the Florida Everglades, the evolution of this unique area, and the impact humans have had on its once-abundant life forms.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
An account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane. Includes a brief biography of the aviator.
15) Arctic son
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A baby boy is given an Inupiat name to go with his English one and grows up learning the traditional ways of the Eskimo people living in the Arctic.
16) Mojave
Author
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Evokes the land and animals of the Mohave Desert in poetic text and illustrations.
17) Snow bear
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Bessie and a polar bear cub named Snow Bear play on the ice, while her older brother and the mother bear watch to make sure that everyone is safe.
20) Christmas Tree!
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Christmas trees come in all shapes and sizes and can be found in almost any setting, but there is only one "best" Christmas tree.