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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race,...
2) Lucky break
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
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"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Lucy "Lucky" Graves breaks her ankle in a rugby game and jeopardizes her future."--
3) Inhuman
Author
Series
Fetch volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Beyond the Titan wall lies the Feral Zone, and the only people who break quarantine and venture there are the "fetches", who are paid exorbitant sums to bring back items that were left behind when the wall went up--but Delaney McEvoy's father is there and she is being forced to find him and bring him back.
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Series
Mother-Daughter Book Club volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Four girls continue their mother-daughter book club, reading Maud Hart Lovelace's "Betsy-Tacy" books, but from unexpected blizzards to a sledding disaster, nothing goes as planned.
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Series
Earthsea series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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H.G. Wells' original masterpiece now includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on the author, a list of further reading, and detailed notes. Famous for the mistaken panic that ensued from Orson Welles' 1938 radio dramatization, "The War of the Worlds" remains one of the most influential of all science fiction works.
This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. Odd atmospheric disturbances...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
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Lying game novels volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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While Emma continues to investigate her twin sister's death, Laurel is sneaking around with her sister's ex-boyfriend.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return. He becomes a thief for a band of dwarves and soon finds himself in the midst of a war with the evil goblins and wargs, and is forced to make a decision between the call of duty and the pull of the simple life.
10) The enemy
Author
Series
Enemy series (Charlie Higson) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
In the wake of a devastating disease, everyone sixteen and older is either dead or a decomposing, brainless creature with a ravenous appetite for flesh. Teens have barricaded themselves in buildings throughout London and venture outside only when they need to scavenge for food.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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"In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by the work of American folk artist James Hampton"--
12) Sunrise
Author
Series
Ashfall trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Tanglewood
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nearly a year after the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, survival has become harder than ever and Alex and Darla must risk everything to try to create a community that can withstand the ongoing disaster.
13) The warrior heir
Author
Series
Heir chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.
14) Ice like fire
Author
Series
Snow like ashes trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
When Cordellan debt forces the Winterians to dig their mines for payment, they unearth something powerful and possibly dangerous: Primoria's lost chasm of magic. Theron sees this find as an opportunity -- with this much magic, the world can finally stand against threats like Angra. But Meira fears the danger the chasm poses -- the last time the world had access to so much magic, it spawned the Decay.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When Petunia, youngest of the dancing princesses, is ambushed by bandits in wolf masks on her way to visit an elderly neighbor, the line between enemies and friends becomes blurred as she and her sisters get a chance to end their family's curse once and for all.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Halt, Will, and Horace set out for Hibernia, where a quasi-religious group, the Outsiders, is sowing confusion and sedition, and they find that secrets from Halt's past may hold the key to restoring order before the last kingdom is undermined.
17) Hate list
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Sixteen-year-old Valerie, whose boyfriend Nick committed a school shooting at the end of their junior year, struggles to cope with integrating herself back into high school life, unsure herself whether she was a hero or a villain.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
©2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Betrayed by Kurda and reeling from the brutal slaying of Gavner, the vampire's assistant, Darren Shan, finds himself branded a traitor and hunted by the vampire clan.
19) Ruin of stars
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Series
Mask of shadows duology volume 2
Language
English
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Description
As Opal, Sal now has the power, prestige, and ability to exact revenge, but must first identify the murderers while ignoring the fact that Elise is a virtual prisoner and the queen may have ulterior motives.
Author
Series
Princess Academy trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Miri is eager to return to her beloved Mount Eskel after a year at the capital, but the king and queen ask her to first journey to a distant swamp and start her own miniature princess academy for three royal cousins, but once there she must solve a mystery before she can return home.
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