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41) Coraline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others
42) Scaredy squirrel
Author
Series
Scaredy Squirrel volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meet Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there." But then, something unexpected happens that may just change his outlook
43) Swimmy
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies
44) Bright star
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--
Author
Publisher
Balance, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Fear is unpleasant: It can make us sick-mentally and physically. Most of us spend our lives trying to avoid the feeling, allowing our fears to dictate our choices and limit what we feel comfortable doing. Scott Simon has found an ingenious way to harness fear; through his organization Scare Your Soul he has developed an inspiring, accessible method: "fear-chasing." Courage is like a muscle-the more you exercise it, the stronger it will be. With writing...
48) The hunters
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Determined to recover the Adomal and to prevent the pirate Zavac from doing more damage, Hal and his brotherband crew pursue Zavac to the lawless fortress of Ragusa where, if Hal is to succeed, he will have to go beyond his brotherband training and face the pirate one-on-one in a fight to the finish
49) Brave Irene
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball
Author
Series
Little Frog (Jane Yolen) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's Little Frog's first autumn, and she doesn't like it one bit. It is not the green world she loves so much, but something scarier and ominous, filled with red and gold and yellow. And noise! WHIRRRRR. CHIRRRR. BAROOOOOOM. But encouraged by her Mama, who reminds her that "Most things that are scary are just new," Little Frog bravely sets out into this world. When her courage waivers, she starts to run and soon is lost, miserably lost. She finds...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The tenth children's book by the #1 New York Times bestselling team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell celebrates the extraordinary, everyday bravery of trying new things for the very first time." -- Jacket flap
52) The farm team
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
53) I'm a shark!
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A boastful shark is not afraid of anything, which impresses his underwater friends until they ask about spiders
56) A little chicken
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dot is scared of lots of things: wolves, bears, the occasional lawn ornament. But when one of her mother's eggs rolls out of the nest, this nervous chick must find the courage to save the day--and her new sibling! So she bravely ventures down the steep hill, into the deep pond, and into the dark woods. Perfect for any kid who needs a little encouragement to face the challenging world, this story proves that sometimes a big hero is just a little chicken...
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After Lars the Little Polar Bear rescues a scared hare from a hole in the ice, the two new friends share an adventurous day, during which each discovers just how much courage he has
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"By Pushcart award-winning poet Maggie Smith, a collection of quotes and essays on facing life's challenges with creativity, courage, and resilience"--
When poet Smith started writing daily Twitter posts in the wake of her divorce, they unexpectedly caught fire. Here she writes about new beginnings as opportunities for transformation. Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with gold, she celebrates the beauty and strength on the...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Raised in a wealthy family in Sepphoris with ties to the ruler of Galilee, Ana is rebellious and ambitious, a relentless seeker with a brilliant, curious mind and a daring spirit. She yearns for a pursuit worthy of her life, but finds no outlet for her considerable talents. Defying the expectations placed on women, she engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes secret narratives about neglected and silenced women. When she meets the eighteen-year-old...
60) The Line
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rachel thinks that she and her mother are safe working for Ms. Moore at her estate close to The Line, an invisible border of the Unified States, but then Rachel finds a mysterious recorded message that can only have come from the other side. The voice is asking for help. Who sent the message? Why is her mother so protective? And to what lengths is Rachel willing to go in order to do what she thinks is right?
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