Lin Oliver
1) Sound Bender
Author
Series
Sound bender volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Description
After their parents are declared dead, Leo and his brother Hollis are taken in by a wealthy but distant step-uncle, and when, on his thirteenth birthday, Leo acquires the ability to hear sounds from the past when touching certain objects, he tries to use the skill to rescue a dolphin, whatever the cost.
Author
Series
Fantastic frame volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Seeing fantastical things at the house next door to his new home, Tiger Brooks, accompanied by new friend Luna, meets a reclusive woman who possesses a golden frame that can transport people into the worlds of famous paintings.
Author
Series
Fantastic frame volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
After visiting Madame Dots where they see a famous painting about a day in the park, Tiger Brooks, accompanied by his friend Luna, get sucked into the painting and land in a Parisian park where they are attacked by a pet monkey and chased by the police.
Author
Series
Fantastic frame volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"When Tiger and Luna get sucked into the fantastic frame this time, their destination is the diner depicted in Edward Hopper's famous painting Nighthawks. They explore the streets of New York in 1942 and ride the subway through the dark underground tunnels. It's another art adventure for Tiger and Luna, and as always, they must find their way back to the real world before it's too late--or remain stuck in the painting forever."--Publisher's website....
Author
Series
Fantastic frame volume 4
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When the fantastic frame takes Tiger, Luna, and Chives to New Mexico in 1936, as depicted in Georgia O'Keeffe's painting, Red Hills with the Pedernal, they explore a sacred mountain and As they search for David, the boy who's been missing inside the frame for fifty years.
Author
Series
Detective Duck volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Willow Feathers McBeaver, aka Detective Duck, and her pond animal pals investigate puzzling mysteries caused by human disruptions to their habitat."--
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Inspired by his own experiences with undiagnosed dyslexia, actor/director Henry Winkler presents this new series about the high-spirited and funny adventures of a fourth-grader with learning differences. When Hank Zipper has to write an essay on what he did over the summer, he decides instead to show what he did. Illustrations.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Fearing that he may be failing fourth grade, Hank enlists the help of his friends, and even his annoying younger sister, in an effort to prevent his parents from attending a parent-teacher conference
Inspired by the true life experiences of Henry Winkler, aka The Fonz, whose undiagnosed dyslexia made him a classic childhood underachiever, the Hank Zipzer series is about the high-spirited and funny adventures of a boy with learning differences
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Fourth-grader Hank, while on a field trip aboard "The Pilgrim Spirit," tries to learn knot tying in his own unique way, which causes unforeseen problems.
15) Alien superstar
Author
Series
Alien superstar volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Buddy Burger escapes his home planet, lands in Hollywood, and is cast in a new television series, but must pretend his six eyes and suction-cup feet are the costume and his human skin, real.
16) Zero to hero
Author
Series
Ghost buddy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
When Billy Broccoli moves into his new house, he discovers Hoover Porterhouse, a teenage ghost, is haunting his room, and he helps Billy get in style, stand up to bullies, and conquer his new school.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 3
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Hank struggles through the ups and downs of friendship and the circle of life when he has a fight with Frankie and his sister's iguana lays forty-five eggs in their cable box.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Stuck in summer school while his friends enjoy a "Passport to Hawaii," nearly-eleven-year-old Hank needs to earn an A on an oral report about Einstein in order to participate in Magik 3's talent show act at the luau extravaganza.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
The pressure is on when Hank Zipzer is chosen as pitcher for the softball team at Public School 87's annual Olympiad, the most anticipated day of the school year.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Antics ensue after Hank throws his report card into a meat grinder.