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Mrs. Cook’s Thinnest AR Book List. The Crossing by Gary Paulsen. Thirteen-year-old Manny, a street kid fighting for survival in a Mexican border town, develops a strange friendship with an emotionally disturbed American soldier who decides to help him get across the border.
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The Crossingby Gary Paulsen • Thirteen-year-old Manny, a street kid fighting for survival in a Mexican border town, develops a strange friendship with an emotionally disturbed American soldier who decides to help him get across the border. • AR level 5.8 / Pts.3 /114p. • Adventure
The Little Princeby Antoine de Saint-Exupery • An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little man from a small planet who describes his adventures in the universe seeking the secret of what is really important in life. • AR level 5.0 / pts.2 /112p • Fantasy
The Night the White Deer Diedby Gary Paulsen • A teenage girl and an old Indian are brought together by the same haunting dream. • The figure who stood in the moonlight in the courtyard was not the Billy Honcho Janet knew; the man who stood tall and graceful sending out music meant for her soul was not some old drunk.. • AR level 5.7 /pts. 3 / 105p • Adventure
Save Queen of Shebaby Louise Moeri • A teenage girl and an old Indian are brought together by the same haunting dream. • AR level 5.8 / pts. 4 / 116p • Adventure
Sing Down the Moonby Scott O’Dell • A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers. • AR level 4.9 / pts. 4 / 138p • Historical Fiction
The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colterby Cynthia C. DeFelice • Jessie, an elderly calligrapher who writes announcements and notices of birth, marriage, and death for the townsfolk, discovers that she has the ability to predict the future in her writings. • AR level 5.0 / pts. 1 / 51p • Science Fiction
The Winter Roomby Gary Paulsen • A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle’s tales of an almost mythological logging past. • AR level 5.0 / pts. 3 / 103p • Historical Fiction