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Maggie Malone Makes a Splash
by Carolyn Evans Jenna MccarthyLife isn't always smooth sailing-even with magical boots! "A fanciful and fun read--where do we get a pair of those boots?" --Sheryl Berk and Carrie Berk, authors of The Cupcake Club series Maggie Malone wants to fit in at her new school, so she decides to join the swim team. Only her tryout is a complete flop (of the belly variety, to be exact). What Maggie needs is a little help - from her mostly magical boots!What could be better than spending a day as Marina Tide, daughter of a famous oceanographer? So Maggie jumps into Marina's shoes--er, flippers--for a day of sunbathing, ocean breezes and an adorable pet dolphin! But there's a treasure-hunting traitor aboard her ship... and it's up to Maggie to save the crew and the coral reef before her time runs out."This lighthearted contemporary fantasy will appeal to fans of Sarah Mlynowski's "Whatever After" series and be a nice fit for readers graduating from the "Katie Kazoo" series by Nancy Krulik." --School Library Journal
Maggie Malone and the Mostly Magical Boots
by Carolyn Evans Jenna MccarthyIf you could be anyone--who would you choose? Sixth grader Maggie Malone is having her worst birthday ever. She's the new girl at Pinkerton Middle School where she has zero friends. And her favorite gift-giving aunt sent her a pair of boring, brown, hand-me-down boots. (Yeah, those'll make her popular.) Maggie wishes her life could be more like tween pop sensation Becca Starr's. BAM! When Maggie looks around there's no ball gown or handsome prince--just a bright spotlight...and twenty thousand screaming fans. It turns out Maggie's boots are more than a little magical. And now she gets to spend a day in the life of anyone she chooses... Be careful what you wish for...
Maggie The One-Eyed Peregrine Falcon: A True Story Of Rescue And Rehabilitation (Wildlife Rescue Stories Ser.)
by Christie Gove-BergMaggie has just learned to fly when she crashes into the side of a building. She falls to the ground, alone and injured. Who will help her? As told with real photographs, this true story explains how wildlife hospitals rescue and treat injured animals. Their goal is to release the animals back into the wild. Sometimes, this isn't possible but there can still be a happy ending. Maggie's story, a Mom's Choice Awards Gold Recipient, is just such a success.
Maggie and Max (The Puppy Place #10)
by Ellen MilesCharles and Lizzie have helped lots of puppies find homes. But then they meet a Saint Bernard puppy with an unusual friend: a helpless kitten! And this pair needs to stick together. Will Charles and Lizzie find a way to keep these two together forever?
Maggie and Pie and the Big Breakfast (Highlights Puzzle Readers)
by Carolyn Cory ScoppettoneHighlights Puzzle Readers offer an innovative approach to learning that integrates puzzles and stories to develop motivated, confident readers. These Level 1 books are perfect for kids who are reading simple sight words and sounding out decodable text.Fans of Amelia Bedelia will love these bird buddies! Maggie, a scatter-brained magpie, and Pie, a rule-following pigeon, love to cook together, but sometimes Maggie gets a little mixed up! In this Level 1 Highlights Puzzle Reader, kids solve visual logic puzzles to help find the right ingredients. With a bonus recipe so kids can make their own applesauce pancakes, Maggie and Pie and the Big Breakfast is perfect for beginning readers.
Maggie and Pie and the Cookie Contest (Highlights Puzzle Readers)
by Carolyn Cory ScoppettoneHighlights Puzzle Readers offer an innovative approach to learning that integrates puzzles and stories to develop motivated, confident readers. These Level 1 books are perfect for kids who are reading simple sight words and sounding out decodable text.Maggie and Pie are bird buddies that love to cook—but sometimes Maggie gets a little mixed up! As they bake cookies in this Level 1 Highlights Puzzle Reader, kids can use clues in the story to find the supplies they need in simple visual puzzles that double as picture support for the text. With a bonus recipe, Maggie and Pie and the Cookie Contest will appeal to junior chefs who are just discovering reading.
Maggie and Pie and the Perfect Picnic (Highlights Puzzle Readers)
by Carolyn Cory ScoppettoneHighlights Puzzle Readers offer an innovative approach to learning that integrates puzzles and stories to develop motivated, confident readers. These Level 1 books are perfect for kids who are reading simple sight words and sounding out decodable text.Maggie and Pie are bird buddies that love to cook—but sometimes Maggie gets a little mixed up! As they make fruit salad, in this Level 1 Highlights Puzzle Reader, kids can use clues in the story to find the supplies they need in simple visual puzzles that double as picture support for the text. With a bonus recipe, Maggie and Pie and the Perfect Picnic will appeal to junior chefs who are just discovering reading.
Maggie and Pie and the Pizza Party (Highlights Puzzle Readers)
by Carolyn Cory ScoppettoneHighlights Puzzle Readers offer an innovative approach to learning that integrates puzzles and stories to develop motivated, confident readers. These Level 1 books are perfect for kids who are reading simple sight words and sounding out decodable text.Fans of Amelia Bedelia will love these bird buddies! Maggie, a scatter-brained magpie, and Pie, a rule-following pigeon, love to cook together, but sometimes Maggie gets a little mixed up! In this Level 1 Highlights Puzzle Reader, kids solve visual logic puzzles to help find the right ingredients. With a bonus recipe so kids can make their own pizza, Maggie and Pie and the Pizza Party is perfect for beginning readers.
Maggie's Choice: Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening (Barbour Book's The American Adventure, Book #8)
by Norma Jean LutzMaggie Allerton is confused. Her friends, Dancy Truesdale and Susannah Clarke, make fun of the new church movement called "the awakening." They say unlearned preachers are causing disorder and chaos among the people of Boston. Maggie's confusion grows even greater when Susannah is given a slave girl as a Christmas present from her parents. When the young girl, Melee, is mistreated by Susannah, Maggie wonders what she can do to help. Then Melee, accustomed to the warm climate of the West Indies, grows gravely ill during the harsh Boston winter. Will Melee's illness help Maggie discover the truth about the revival in Boston?
Maggie's Door (Nory Ryan)
by Patricia Reilly GiffWe will dance on the cliffs of Brooklyn.Maggie’s Door is the story of the journey from Ireland to America told by both Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean Red Mallon, two different stories with the same destination—the home of Nory’s sister Maggie, at 416 Smith Street, Brooklyn, America. Patricia Reilly Giff calls upon her long research into Irish history and her great powers as a storyteller in this deeply involving, riveting stand-alone companion novel to Nory Ryan’s Song.
Maggie, Too
by Joan Lowery NixonA defensive twelve-year-old gets to understand her dad, a busy Hollywood director planning to remarry, after she's sent away for the summer to live in her grandmother's house.
Maggie, the Dog with a Heart: Lessons from Puppyhood
by Catherine FitzgeraldWhat&’s so special about Maggie? She looks pretty much like most other dogs of her breed with one exception… there are two large black spots on either side of her body that join together to form a heart when she curls up. That&’s why she&’s also known as &‘the dog with a heart.&’Lessons From Puppyhood is a charming story about a special Jack Russell Terrier puppy who, after being adopted by her forever family, realizes she needs to learn how to become a proper pet. But how? While listening to the family&’s children talk about the lessons they learned in school, Maggie wonders if the school teaches &‘pet&’ lessons as well. She tries to follow the children as they board the big yellow school bus each morning. But dogs aren&’t allowed on the bus… or in school! Everyone needs to learn lessons in life… even dogs. Read this heartwarming story to discover the &‘pet&’ lessons Maggie learns that will prove to be useful throughout her lifetime.
Maggie: Dawn, Sunny, Maggie, Amalia, And Ducky (California Diaries #3)
by Ann M. MartinMaggie makes everything she does look easy--but there's a high price to pay for perfectionMaggie Blume does everything right. She gets straight A's, is a talented pianist, and was just named the youngest poetry editor of the school's literary magazine, Inner Vistas. She makes the life of a successful thirteen-year-old look easy.For Maggie's father, nothing but perfect will do. Not only is he obsessed with his job as a studio executive, he expects Maggie to have a detailed plan for her life, which unfortunately leaves no room for her true passion: music.Once Maggie's friends learn of her talent, they help her land a spot as the lead singer for Vanish, the band managed by her friend Amalia. Maggie could never share this news with her dad, so when she has to choose between going to his movie opening and the battle of the bands, she takes a huge risk to make sure she's able to do it all--perfectly.This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author's collection.
Maggie: Life at the Elms
by Eric WigginIn the fall of 1875 after her mother remarries, twelve-year-old Maggie decides to go to live with her grandfather in the woods of northern Maine.
Maggie’s Treasure
by Jon-Erik LappanoWhen Maggie’s treasure collection grows too big to manage, she finds a creative solution. Maggie finds treasure wherever she goes. Whether it’s a button, a feather or a shiny stone, she picks it up and takes it home. At first the neighbors and city workers are grateful to Maggie for cleaning up; the mayor even gives her an award. But over time Maggie’s collection grows bigger and bigger, until it spills out of her house and garden in an unsightly mess. Her parents tell her “Enough treasure!” and eventually even Maggie realizes that something must be done. Finally, inspired by a bird outside her window, she finds a way to share her treasure that enchants and transforms the entire neighborhood. Jon-Erik Lappano and Kellen Hatanaka, winners of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Tokyo Digs a Garden, have created a stunning picture book about a child who turns her passion for collecting into a pleasure for her community. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Maggot Moon
by Sally Gardner Julian CrouchWhat if the football hadn't gone over the wall. On the other side of the wall there is a dark secret. And the devil. And the Moon Man. And the Motherland doesn't want anyone to know. But Standish Treadwell -- who has different-colored eyes, who can't read, can't write, Standish Treadwell isn't bright -- sees things differently than the rest of the "train-track thinkers." So when Standish and his only friend and neighbor, Hector, make their way to the other side of the wall, they see what the Motherland has been hiding. And it's big...One hundred very short chapters, told in an utterly original first-person voice, propel readers through a narrative that is by turns gripping and darkly humorous, bleak and chilling, tender and transporting.
Magia en el bosque (La diversión de Martina #Volumen 6)
by Martina D'Antiochia¡No te pierdas esta nueva aventura de #LaDiversionDeMartina! He vivido las aventuras más locas que te puedas imaginar,pero esta vez no ha sido culpa mía... Solo quería terminar un proyecto de ciencias IMPOSIBLE de resolver,pero, sin saber cómo,he terminado en un bosque que parecería normal... si no fuese porque está lleno de... ¡¿hadas?! Yo NO quería meterme en más líos,pero... ¡tengo que descubrir qué está pasando! ¿Te apuntas? La diversión está ASEGURADA Martina tiene 13 años, una imaginación desbordante y ¡un canal de Youtube de mucho éxito! La diversión de Martina es una serie de libros de ficción inspirada en ella y su mundo que encantará a sus seguidores.
Magia y Amor
by Vianka Van Bokkem Silvia García Barrio--¿Te has enterado del velero que han mandado hace un par de horas a Kanala desde el Triángulo de las Bermudas, Siela? --No. Estaba buscando coral rosa para hacer una poción. ¿Por qué? No es la primera vez que envían un barco allí, Galene. --Ya lo sé, pero es la primera vez que oigo acerca de un barco lleno de terrestres (terrícolas) de entre diecisiete y veintiún años. Igual son de una escuela de navegación o algo así. --Tu fascinación por los chicos terrestres es perturbadora, Galene. --¿Perturbadora? Déjame contarte mi idea de perturbadora, Siela: una chica de dieciocho años preciosa, con talento, coladita por un chico empíreo de veintidós que está enamorado de otra. Eso es «perturbador», amiga mía. --Vale, vale, no hace falta que seas malvada, Galene Mi amiga nereida me dio un abrazo en señal de arrepentimiento. Sus palabras me herían porque tenía razón. He estado enamorada de Lussan desde que tenía doce años. --Vale, Galene. Tienes razón. Para demostrarte cuánto me importa tu amistad, te llevaré a Kanala.
Magic Ahoy!
by Caroline Carlson'There is at least one laugh per page' New York TimesHilary Westfield is a pirate. She's daring, brave, fearless, and . . . in a rut. Maybe she hasn't found any treasure lately. And maybe she isn't fighting off as many scallywags as she'd like. But does that mean she and her loyal crew deserve to be kicked out of the ranks of the Very Nearly Honourable League of Pirates?There is only one thing to do - find a daring mission worthy of her fearless reputation. Hilary sets sail on a swashbuckling expedition that may or may not involve a kidnapped Enchantress, bumbling inspectors, a mysterious group called the Mutineers, and - most terrifying of all - a High Society ball.
Magic Animal Rescue: Maggie and the Flying Horse
by E. D. BakerTo save an injured flying horse, eight-year-old Maggie must journey through the Enchanted Forest, which is full of dangerous trolls and goblins, to find a kindly stableman named Bob, who cares for many different magical animals.
Magic Below Stairs
by Caroline StevermerFrederick is plucked from an orphanage to be a servant to the wizard Lord Schofield. Is his success on the job a sign of his own magical talent or the work of Billy Bly, the brownie who has been watching over him for years? No matter, for the wizard has banished all magical creatures from his holdings. But Billy Bly isn't going anywhere, and when he discovers dark magic within the Schofields' manor house, it's up to Frederick and Billy to break the curseÑand keep the Schofield family safe. .
Magic Circles
by Lana ParkerDid you ever think about how many things in your life would vanish if there were no wheels?
Magic Delivery
by Clete Barrett SmithAnother humorous middle grade adventure from the author of the Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast series!Nick is a natural born businessman. His schoolmates think he's a heartless hustler, but secretly he's just trying to earn money to help his mother, who works two jobs. Eager to be part of the popular circle, Nick wheedles an invitation to Hayley's upcoming Halloween party by agreeing to get her the answers to a test. His goofy friend Burger wants to be part of the deal too, and he nearly blows it for Nick, but desperate Hayley finally caves. Nick and Burger are riding home high on their success--even on their old, beat-up bikes--when they see a delivery van careen off the side of the road. The boys could have sworn that the driver was a bear . . . but that couldn't be right. Or could it? Turns out the van is carrying a load of costumes. With the driver nowhere in sight, Nick's first thought is about how much money he could get by selling the merchandise. Burger just wants to try them out, for fun. In the gorilla costume he chooses, Burger is very convincing. Is that just Burger fooling around, as usual, or is there something strange about these outfits? Once again Clete Barrett Smith makes a wild premise believable and funny in a story perfectly pitched to middle graders.
Magic Fell (The Mages' Guild Trilogy #1)
by Andi VanIn a world where magic is outlawed and punishable by death, Tasis Kadara has much to fear. When he discovers his magical ability, he also finds out he's been chosen to resurrect the legendary Mages' Guild of the Dragon's Claw. With only some disturbing dreams and a strange cat to guide them, Tasis and his sister Zaree leave home in hopes of finding the isle that once housed the guild. Aid comes from an unexpected source when the siblings encounter Kelwin Tiovolk during a fight at a tavern. The elf has journeyed from his home to brave the dangers of human society at his teacher's recommendation, and since then his dreams have been full of someone who looks suspiciously like Tasis. Wanting to see where fate leads them, Kelwin pledges his assistance to Tasis and Zaree. But will Tasis find what he's looking for, or will he die trying? The present is about to meet the past, as a thousand years of waiting for magic to return to the world that needs it comes to an end.