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1) On the run
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Twelve-year-old Ben, who aspires to be a police officer, struggles to do the right thing when his parents suddenly take him and his little sister "on vacation, " and he learns they took a large amount of money that was mistakenly deposited in their bank account.
2) Bob
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2010, c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When the robber who has kidnapped Sam Fox and his two-year-old cousin Nissa crashes his car into the Crocodile River, Sam struggles to protect himself and Nissa from the danger all around them.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Thirteen-year-old Rob, a painfully shy wallflower, receives a series of mysterious text messages challenging him to leave his comfort zone as he tries to impress new student Destry Camberwick.
Author
Series
Middle school novels volume 9
Publisher
JIMMY Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
The trip to Australia Rafe has won starts badly, but after connecting with a group of misfits he finds a way to do what he does best--create mayhem.
Author
Series
Animorphs volume 44
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Formats
Description
When her parents and the other quiet, shy wombats of the Northern Forest are captured by the traitorous, carnivorous Tassie devils, Lola Budge, a talkative, adventure-seeking young wombat, embarks on a rescue mission, joined by a swamp water rat and a baby penguin.
10) Toad away
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In his third adventure, Limpy the cane toad goes to the Amazon to learn the secret of living in harmony with humans.
11) The Bone Sparrow
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, Subhi has only ever known life behind the fences. But his world is far bigger than that -- every night, the magical Night Sea from his mother's stories brings him gifts, the faraway whales sing to him, and the birds tell their stories. And as he grows, his imagination threatens to burst beyond the limits of his...
12) Kira down under
Author
Series
Girl of the year. Kira volume 1
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Kira Bailey is living her dream: Cuddling koalas and bottle-feeding baby kangaroos. Kira and her mom are spending the summer at a wildlife sanctuary in Australia helping her aunt Mamie, a veterinarian, care for the animals. When Kira falls in love with an orphaned koala joey, her joy is complete--until a health emergency pulls Aunt Mamie away. Suddenly Kira can't seem to do anything right. She's put the wombats and her beloved koala joey in danger,...
13) Bushfire rescue
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010, c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
After trying to save a prize bull from being stolen by rustlers, Sam Fox finds himself trapped in the moutains as a bushfire rages and he has to rely on Chainsaw, a rodeo bull, to find his way out.
14) Toad rage
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Determined to understand why humans hate cane toads and to improve relations between the species, Limpy embarks on a dangerous trek from his swamp to the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Author
Series
Adventures down under volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 1868, after their father is wrongfully convicted and deported on the last prison ship to Australia, twelve-year-old Patrick and the rest of the McWaid family determine to stay together and follow him to the far-off continent.
Author
Series
Adventures down under volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In Australia, having settled with their family in a kind but mysterious riverboat captain's shantyhouse, twelve-year-old Patrick and his older sister Becky are captured by bushrangers. Bushrangers take Patrick's sister hostage, then Patrick is captured. Can they find a way to stop the bounty hunters' terrible plan?
17) Pie in the sky
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Sometimes life isn't a piece of cake... When Jingwen moves to a new country, he feels like he's landed on Mars. School is torture, making friends is impossible since he doesn't speak English, and he's often stuck looking after his (extremely irritating) little brother, Yanghao. To distract himself from the loneliness, Jingwen daydreams about making all the cakes on the menu of Pie in the Sky, the bakery his father had planned to open before he unexpectedly...
18) Number 8
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
While hiding out from the mob in the suburbs with his mother, a singer, Jackson uses his fascination with math and numbers to make friends, but strange phone calls and even greater threats endanger not only Jackson and his mother, but his new girlfriend, as well.
Author
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Twelve-year-old Olive, an only child who lives with her high-powered lawyer-mother in a ramshackle house at the beach in Australia, does not fit in at the Joanne d'Arc School for Girls, so when her best friend drops her for a more popular girl and Olive suddenly meets her own, more confident twin sister, the two of them go in search of their long-lost father.
20) Toad heaven
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Despite the opposition of Ancient Eric and Malcolm, Limpy goes on a quest to find a place where cane toads can be safe from humans and live in harmony. In the hysterically funny sequel to Toad Rage, Limpy is on a quest to find toad heaven. A place where cane toads won't be blown up with bike pumps or bashed over the head with folding chairs. Limpy's determined to find this place if it takes him the rest of his life, but his plans are waylaid when...
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