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Author
Series
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.
2) Inferno
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nick finds himself unable to trust anyone but the being he has been warned will ultimately kill him, a situation that is complicated by his efforts to control his abilities and a sacrifice that he must make to defeat an ancient force.
Author
Series
Wing and claw volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Raffa makes a cure from a rare crimson vine he finds deep in the forbidden forest, the bat he saves transforms into something much more.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tom Canty and Edward Tudor look alike, but their lives couldn't be more different. For Edward is a royal prince, heir to the throne, and Tom is a miserable pauper. Until one day, fate intervenes, and for a while each has to live the other's life.
5) Game changer
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"All it takes is one hit on the football field, and suddenly Ash's life doesn't look quite the way he remembers it. Impossible though it seems, he's been hit into another dimension--and keeps on bouncing through worlds that are almost-but-not-really his own. The changes start small, but they quickly spiral out of control as Ash slides into universes where he has everything he's ever wanted, universes where society is stuck in the past...universes...
7) The batboy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Even though his mother feels baseball ruined her marriage to his father, she allows fourteen-year-old Brian to become a bat boy for the Detroit Tigers, who have just drafted his favorite player back onto the team.
8) Who I'm not
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Danny has been a con man in training for most of his young life, but nothing has prepared him for the con of his life: impersonating a missing boy. Much to his astonishment, his new 'family' accepts him as their own--despite the fact that he looks (and sounds) nothing like their missing relative. But one old cop has his suspicions about Danny--and he's not about to close the case"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Nathan, a young Navajo boy from Phoenix, Arizona, goes on an epic hero's journey."--Kirkusreviews.com
"When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he's in for a pretty uneventful summer, with no electricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Nali and with his uncle Jet, though it's clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him. One night, while lost in...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Kyle learns that his mother has been having an affair and his father has been living with the secret, his reality is altered. But Kyle's parents want him to keep this secret from the rest of the family until after what might be their last big summer reunion. Kyle feels the walls of his relationships closing in, and has to decide what his obligations are to everyone he cares for.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Cherokee Zach Feather is going on his first pheasant hunting trip in Oklahoma with his parents, his first ever bird dog (Koda), and his grandfather's shotgun; but when the hunt gets started he discovers that there is a lot more to hunting than he realized and he needs to learn patience--if he survives his encounter with a very annoyed rattlesnake.
Author
Series
I survived volume 23
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
It was 1964 in the brand-new state of Alaska, a vast land of staggering beauty and heart-stopping dangers. Eleven-year-old Jack had grown up living happily with his parents in an off-the-grid cabin, miles from their closest neighbors. Grizzlies and wolves outnumbered people, and dark winter days were 30 degrees below zero. Jack had always thought of himself as strong--"Alaska tough". But then the most powerful earthquake in American history--the Good...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Younger Brother, a Navaho Indian boy, feels the calling to become a medicine man. He undergoes eight years of training in the ancient religion of his Navaho people and the practical knowledge of living on the desert land that is his tribe's homeland.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"When the dawn breaks, a hero rises. Clark Kent has always been faster, stronger--better--than everyone around him. But it's not like he's earned his powers . . . yet. Lately it's difficult to hold back and keep his heroics in the shadows. When Clark follows the sound of a girl crying, he comes across Gloria Alvarez and learns that people are disappearing from the Mexican-American and undocumented worker community in Smallville. Teaming up with his...
15) Saving Winslow
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Louie doesn't have the best luck when it comes to nurturing small creatures--not even lightning bugs, worms, or goldfish. So when his father brings home a sickly, newborn mini donkey, he's determined to save him. He names him Winslow. Taking care of him helps Louie feel closer to his brother, Gus, who is far, far away in the army. Everyone worries that Winslow won't survive, especially Louie's quirky new friend, Nora. But as Louie's bond with Winslow...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid...
17) Pony
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three menacing horsemen who take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared, and alone, except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool...who happens to be a ghost. When a pony shows up at his door, Silas makes the courageous decision to leave his home and embark on a perilous journey to find his father. Along the way, he will face his fears to unlock the secrets of his past and explore...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As part of his thirteenth birthday Jimmy Benge is spending a week ice fishing with his friend, Ryan, in northern Minnesota at his Cherokee family's lakeside home; one day they get permission to go out further on the lake to try for Northern pike, and Jimmy catches a beauty--but a sudden snow squall turns the situation dangerous and as the boys pack up to make their way back, Uncle Kenny's ATV flips over and he is injured, and it is up to the boys...
19) The outcasts
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Skandian outcasts Hal, Stig, and others do battle at sea against the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race across icy waters where not everyone thinks of the competition as playing. Companion series to the Ranger's Apprentice.
Author
Series
Strangeville School volume 1
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Harvey Hill's first day at Strangeville Middle School doesn't go quite as expected when he discovers it's full of various creatures and odd happenings, including a particularly nefarious supply closet"--