AR
An Open Letter to Teachers, Librarians, Parents, and
Students about Middle Grade Mysteries & Adventures and Accelerated Reader
I grew up hating to read in spite of the fact my father was
the author of over 70 books during his lifetime. Some of these were books for
children. Since we lose many of our young readers after middle grade, I’m
focusing my attention on mysteries and adventures for these readers.
Accelerated Reader – With school just starting again, you already understand the affect this point system has on young readers.
Several of my early books received AR tests so students who read them could earn
points.
Early on, some of my books were included in the AR
system. Then the publisher went bankrupt during the economic turndown. Since
then, some of those books have been republished.
My
2 Books That Currently Have AR Tests Available:
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IL: MG - BL: 4.0 -
AR Pts: 3.0
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Tom Stevens convinces his friends to get in shape for football by delivering
newspapers, but they may wind up front-page news in the very paper they
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IL: MG - BL: 4.0 - AR Pts: 4.0
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Andy Washburn is tired of taking the same old vacation every summer and vows
to make this summer different. In the end, Andy learns the concepts of family
tradition and that God loves justice while He hates injustice.
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Previous Book That Has an AR Test:
This book could use a new test connected with the new ISBN, or simply have the
old test moved to the new ISBN.
TITLE OLD ISBN NEW
ISBN
Legend of the White Wolf 9780975288030 9781936695690
Can
You Help? Here is a list of books that have not received their AR
tests. I understand that test questions can be developed by teachers,
libraries, parents, and students and it would be greatly appreciated if you
could help in this area.
New
Titles That Need AR Tests Developed
TITLE
ISBN
Lost
Island Smugglers – Sam Cooper series 1 9781935600022
Captain Jack’s Treasure – Sam Cooper series 2 9781935600145
River Rampage – Sam Cooper 3 9781935600152
Terror at Wolf Lake 9781936695966
Barney and the Runaway 9780984559848
When The Lights Go Out (A 9/11 story) 9781936695478
The Scarecrow 9781478301301
More
Books Coming Soon:
At the present time, I have contracts for 13 more middle grade action-adventures
and mysteries.
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6
books from education publisher Chestnut Publishing in Toronto.
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Third House on the Left Bullies
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Midnight Shadows Alcohol awareness
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The House Next Door Drug awareness - hydroponics
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Rail Yard Bandits Stealing
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The Secret Tunnel Honor, importance
of a good name
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Forest of Fear Environment
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The
Accidental Adventures of Kurt Benson and His Friends Riley and Jordan.
This is an open-ended series from Elk Lake Publishing
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The Cat Burglars
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Funny Money Mystery
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The Secret of Grandmother’s Grandfather
Clock
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Summer Camp Troubles
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More titles to follow
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3
books from Comfort Publishing
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Mysterious Cabin
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The Great Cave Caper
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Mischief After Midnight
In any case, I want to thank everyone who has purchased,
recommended, read, or otherwise gotten a copy of one or more of my books. And I
want to thank each of you who will do so in the future. But I also hope that,
if you’re in a position to do it, you’ll help in getting my books into the AR
system. Following are some additional links about my work.
Thank you,
Max Elliot Anderson
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