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1) The recruit
Author
Series
Publisher
Darby Creek
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
With her family's farm failing, Tessa's best hope of attending college is a soccer scholarship but the offer her best friend helps arrange would mean giving up her boyfriend.
2) Six of crows
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
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Description
A criminal mastermind embarks on a perilous heist that could make him richer than he ever imagined when an irresistible offer comes his way in Ketterdam. A sharpshooter, a spy, a vengeful convict, a runaway, a thief, and a Heartrender from the slums unite for the haul of a lifetime. The story is set in the Grisha world. 480pp.
3) Wuftoom
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Confined to a bed in his darkened room, sixth-grader Evan is slowly transforming into a Wuftoom--a large, worm-like creature that lives underground--but when he is offered a chance to join forces with their sworn enemies he must decide whether to give up everything he once loved.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
War is tearing the galaxy apart. For years the Republic and the Separatists have battled across the stars, each building more and more deadly technology in an attempt to win the war. As a member of Chancellor Palpatines top secret Death Star project, Orson Krennic is determined to develop a superweapon before their enemies can. And an old friend of Krennics, the brilliant scientist Galen Erso, could be the key. Galens energy-focused research has captured...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"I did have a murderous trip down South, but it was mighty interesting." In October 1913, Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a tour of South America. The thrill-seeking adventurer had no idea that he would soon receive an offer he couldn't refuse: the chance to lead an expedition deep into the Amazon jungle to chart an unmapped river with his son Kermit and renowned Brazilian explorer Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon. Death on...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An empowering, engaging young readers guide to understanding and battling climate change from the expert and bestselling author of This Changes Everything and On Fire, Naomi Klein. Warmer temperatures. Fires in the Amazon. Superstorms. These are just some of the effects of climate change that we are already experiencing. The good news is that we can all do something about it. A movement is already underway to combat not only the environmental effects...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Based on true events. Sang Ly lives at Cambodia's city dump and is grateful she can help earn a living for her family by sifting through the trash for recyclables and things which can be repaired and sold. On a good day, she can earn enough to buy food for her family. She needs enough good days so she can pay the rent collector, Sopeap--a grumpy old woman who shows no mercy and who is willing to evict any tenant who can't pay their rent on time....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Sometimes the messiest stuff and the biggest mistakes can take you someplace wonderful. With the help of their hit TV show, Fixer Upper, the husband and wife team of Chip and Joanna Gaines have transformed the seemingly everyday work of renovating homes and flipping houses in Waco, Texas, into something much more. With their fun personalities, good humor, strong love of family, and unique design style, they've managed to capture the hearts of Americans...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Under the cover of night, deep in the desert of Afghanistan, a US Army handler led a Special Forces patrol with his military working dog. Without warning an insurgent popped up, his weapon raised. At the handler's command, the dog charged their attacker. There was the flash of steel, the blur of fur, and the sound of a single shot; the handler watched his dog take a bullet. During the weeks it would take the dog to heal, the handler never left its...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother, Harriet. Yet upon the train's arrival in the English village of Bishop's Lacey, Flavia is approached by a tall stranger who whispers a cryptic message into her ear. Moments later, he is dead, mysteriously pushed under the train by someone in the crowd. Who was this...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education if they would come play for his basketball team, the Cardinals. Despite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices...
12) The door within
Author
Series
Publisher
Transit
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Three ancient scrolls beckon high school student Aidan Thomas to enter a realm of knights, kings, and unusual creatures, but he must rely on instinct and his latent athletic ability to deal with the terror, tempest, and treason offered by this new world.
13) Frost like night
Author
Series
Snow like ashes trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
With Angra trying to break through her mental defenses, Meira desperately needs to learn to control her own magic - so when the leader of a mysterious order from Paisly offers to teach her, she jumps at the chance. But the true solution to stopping the Decay lies in a labyrinth deep beneath the Season Kingdoms. To defeat Angra, Meira will have to enter the labyrinth, destroy the very magic she's learning to control - and make the biggest sacrifice...
14) Suite Scarlett
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Scarlett Marvin is stuck in New York City for the summer working at her quirky family's historic hotel, but her brother's attractive new friend and a seasonal guest who offers her an intriguing and challenging writing project improve her outlook.
Author
Series
Saga of Larten Crepsley volume 1
Publisher
Little Brown
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When his cousin is murdered at the factory where they both work as child laborers, young Larten Crepsley commits a horrific act and must live on the run until he meets a vampire named Seba Nile who offers him protection and training as a vampire's assistant.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Young, searching, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost running shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed eight thousand dollars that first year, 1963. Today, Nike's annual sales top $30 billion. In this Age of Startups, Knight's Nike is the gold standard, and its swoosh is more...
17) Beware the night
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads, an imprint of Feiwel and Friends and Macmillan Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When her world divides, pitting light against dark, Veda must join a dangerous revolution to save her grandfather and fight against injustice...even if it costs her the boy she loves. On the island of Bellona, life is peaceful--as long as the citizens dutifully worship the Sun, which protects them from all harm. Seventeen-year-old Veda knows that keeping the Sun happy will protect her and her grandfather from the Night, the dangerous people who snatch...
18) Refugees
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses the events that causes refugees, provides an overview of the organizations and countries that offer them help, and explores things that can be done to help refugees return safely to their homes or begin new lives elsewhere.
19) Switching gears
Author
Series
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Still mourning the loss of Lucas Nelson, the boy she loved in secret for years, seventeen-year-old Emmy Martin turns to her passion for mountain biking to try to fill the empty void in her life. But just when things start looking up, Emmy discovers her mom has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Confused and angry that her parents didn’t tell her sooner, she throws herself into mountain biking like never before. When Cole Evans, the rich...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Have you always wanted to write a book, but don't know where to start? Or maybe you're really great at writing the first few chapters . . . but you never quite make it to the end? Or do you finally have a finished manuscript, but you're not sure what to do next? Fear not -- if you have writing-related questions, this book has answers! Whether you're writing for fun or to build a career, bestselling author Ally Carter is ready to help you make your...