Patricia MacLachlan
2) Skylark
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While spending Christmas at their grandparents' farm, Lily becomes convinced that her younger brother Liam is right about White Cow being lonely and helps him seek a companion for her, leaving little time for Christmas preparations or reading.
9) Chicken talk
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When the chickens start leaving messages for the farmer, they create chaos on the farm.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Eight-year-old Cassie Witting is upset when she finds out that her mother, Sarah, is expecting a baby, but writing in the journal that was her brother Caleb's helps her sort out her feelings and she finally learns that Sarah will always love her.
12) My life begins!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Dubbing his new triplet sisters "the Trips," nine-year-old Jacob studies them for a science project by watching them grow and realizes they aren't just "the Trips" anymore, but individuals he has come to love.
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Series
Boxcar children volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard.
14) The Poet's Dog
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Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
" ... a poignant story about two children, a poet, and a dog and how they help each other survive loss and recapture love"--Dust jacket.
From Newbery Medal winner Patricia MacLachlan comes a poignant story about two children, a poet, and a dog and how they help one another survive loss and recapture love.Teddy is a gifted dog. Raised in a cabin by a poet named Sylvan, he grew up listening to sonnets read aloud and the comforting clicking of a keyboard....
15) Baby
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Twelve-year-old Larkin returns home to discover a baby sitting in a basket in the driveway of her family's home. A note with the baby's name and age, saying the mom would come back was the only clue.
16) Wondrous Rex
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Grace's aunt is a writer. She works with words every day and teaches Grace interesting words like "melancholy" and "delirious." But Lily is often "flummoxed" by her writing. Her stories don't go anywhere, her desk is a mess, and her writer's group can't help. So Lily posts an ad for an assistant: A writer of books needs an assistant, a coach, a helper, for inspiration and some magic! The next day, Grace opens the door, and there is Rex: a Labrador...
19) The sick day
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Share the comforting rituals, tender care, and unexpected laughter that fill a child's sick days.