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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten houseguests, trapped on an isolated island, are the prey of a diabolical killer. A famous nursery rhyme is framed and hung in every room of the mansion: Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine ... When they realize that murders are occurring as described in the rhyme, terror mounts. Who has choreographed this dastardly scheme? And who will be left to tell the tale?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Golding's classic, startling, and perennially bestselling portrait of human nature remains as provocative today as when it was first published. This beautiful new edition features French flaps and rough fronts, making it a must-have for fans of this seminal work.
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.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
During a fight at home, young Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them. Based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay co-written with Spike Jonze.
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Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In a remote corner of Washington State where she and her father have gone to escape her obsessive boyfriend, Clara meets two brothers who captain a sailboat, a lighthouse keeper with a secret, and an old friend of her father who knows his secrets.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Myra, a high school senior, will do almost anything to win a contest and earn money for a study trip to the Galapagos Islands, which would mean getting away from her demanding family life in Utah and ex-boyfriend Erik, but Erik is set on winning the same contest.
Author
Publisher
Dial
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"17-year-old Gwen Castle is a working-class girl determined to escape her small island town, but when rich-kid Cass Somers, with whom she has a complicated romantic history, shows up, she's forced to reassess her feelings about her loving, complex family, her lifelong best friends, her wealthy employer, the place she lives, and the boy she can't admit she loves"--
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As princess of the island kingdom Visidia, Amora Montara has spent her entire life training to be High Animancer--the master of souls. The rest of the realm can choose their magic, but for Amora, it's never been a choice. To secure her place as heir to the throne, she must prove her mastery of the monarchy's dangerous soul magic. When her demonstration goes awry, Amora is forced to flee. She strikes a deal with Bastian, a mysterious pirate: he'll...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Nestled between the ocean and the hills of Prince Edward Island is a road that leads to the house where a girl named Anne grew up, Green Gables, and to the wonderful place called Avonlea. In this second volume of heartwarming tales a Persian cat plays an astonishing part in a marriage proposal ... a ghostly appearance in a garden leads a woman to the fulfillment of her youthful dreams ... a young girl risks losing her mother to find the father she...