Public
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Eleven-year-old Dorothy Moore and her younger sister, Sam, must move into their eccentric grandmother's funeral home, and it is tough dealing with G-Ma Sally and a new middle school but things get easier when Dorothy discovers G-Ma's old roller skates and leads a roller derby team to the championships.
28) Woe of Jade Doe
Author
Series
Dorothy's derby chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"With the skating rink shut down and her flaky mom in town, Dorothy's life has become as jumbled as a derby jam. Not to mention the fact that bizarre occurrences befall anyone who enters the rink, and the girls think it might be haunted"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 13.5 - AR Pts: 25
Description
The wayward traveler -- Lemuel Gulliver -- ends up on a series of bizarrely populated islands. First he is a giant among little people, but then sees the situation reversed when he's surrounded by giants twelve times his size. Next he finds himself in the clouds, in a society of devoted but ultimately hapless mathematicians. Lastly, his journey brings him to an island where incredibly noble horses must deal with a race of uncouth, reviled ape-men:...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"When A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843 it was an overnight success, and set a precedent that was to be followed by other Christmas books, including The Chimes (1844) and The Cricket (1845). Each book was published at the same time of year, in the same format, and extolled similar values about the virtues of love, charity and the family unit. But none would achieve the cult status of A Christmas Carol, a book so popular it has become part...
33) Robinson, Crusoe
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 27
Description
"Widely acknowledged as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's adventure story of a shipwrecked sailor became an instant classic upon its publication in 1719 and the yardstick for countless castaway narratives to follow." "Robinson Crusoe, an English sailor, finds himself marooned on a desert island after the rest of his shipmates drown in a terrible wreck. He survives on the island for nearly three decades, domesticating livestock, cultivating plants,...
Author
Description
Trinidad Carnegie Public Library laptop rules: Laptop must remain upstairs while in use. Patrons may not leave the laptop unattended, if you need to, you may give the laptop and all accessories to a staff member with a message that the patron is still using it. You may not use the laptop to look up anything listed by law to be illegal. You may not use the laptop to look up anything inappropriate. The laptop is not to leave the building. A library...