John Rocco
1) Blackout
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Neighbors gather on the roof after the power goes out on a hot night in the city and start having so much fun not everyone is happy when the lights go back on.
2) Blizzard
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Based on the author's childhood experience from the New England Blizzard of 1978. Rocco writes, "This book is based on my experience as a ten-year-old boy in that blizzard and how I got to the store, over a mile from my house, with tennis rackets tied to my feet" -- From last page.
3) Hurricane
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After a devastating hurricane, a young boy asks for help rebuilding the neighborhood dock, his favorite place in the world, but finds that his neighbors need help first.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When his dad goes missing in a fishing-boat accident, fourteen-year-old Jake refuses to think he may have lost his father forever. But suddenly, nothing seems certain in Jake's future, and now his family's diner may be repossessed by loan sharks. In Narragansett Bay, scrabbling out a living as a quahogger isn't easy, but with the help of some local clammers, Jake is determined to work hard and earn enough money to ensure his family's security and...
9) Camp tiger
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Every year, a boy and his family go camping at Mountain Pond. Usually, they see things like an eagle fishing for his dinner, a salamander with red spots on its back, and chipmunks that come to steal food while the family sits by the campfire. But this year is different. This year, the boy is going into first grade, and his mother is encouraging him to do things on his own, just like his older brother. And the most different thing of all... this year,...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looks at scientific discovery as a process of mistakes, mishaps, and enlightenment, and discusses how theories have changed throughout the history of research into the solar system.
Author
Language
English
Description
The first book in the New York Times best-selling saga with a cover image and an 8-page photo insert from the Disney+ series!
Read the book that launched Percy Jackson into the stratosphere before the Disney+ series comes out!
Lately, mythological monsters and the Olympian gods seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy Jackson's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the...