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Author
Series
Vega Jane volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
"Why would Quentin Herms flee into the Quag? There was nothing in the Quag except certain death. Vega Jane has never left the village of Wormwood. But this isn't unusual--nobody has ever left the village of Wormwood. At least not until Quentin Herms vanishes into the unknown. Vega knows Quentin didn't just leave--he was chased. And he's left behind a very dangerous trail of clues that only she can decode. The Quag is a dark forest filled with terrifying...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe. Includes readers guide and a short interview with Kirby Larson following the bibliography.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In this compilation of four previously published books, Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross and his team of military specialists go into action in the Middle East, Africa, and Antarctica.
4) Stormbreaker
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventure volume 1
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Meet Alex Rider, the reluctant teenage spy. When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider finds his world turned upside down. Within days he's gone from schoolboy to superspy. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to take part in gruelling SAS training exercies. Then, armed with his own special set of secret gadgets, he's off on his first mission ...
5) The keeper
Author
Series
Vega Jane volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Vega Jane and her friend Delph have taken the map that Quentin Harris left them and set out from the town of Wormwood, determined to brave the Quag and find freedom on the other side--but the Quag was designed to keep the town people in, and it is filled with bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic, and it is not going to let them escape unscathed.
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
During the Israeli occupation of Ramallah in the West Bank of Palestine, twelve-year-old Karim and his friends create a secret place for themselves where they can momentarily forget the horrors of war.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When Lise Santos stumbles into a bakery's midnight taste test, she meets a supercute boy. He's as sweet as the macarons they share, and Lise is totally smitten. She's pretty sure he is, too--but they never get a chance to exchange names. Now Lise has to find him again. When Lise finally discovers who her mystery guy is, he's not at all what she expected--and suddenly they don't get along anymore! Now Lise's head and heart are all in a jumble. Is this...
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.
Author
Series
Daughter of the pirate king volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"When her father, the ruthless pirate king, discovers that a legendary treasure map can be found on an enemy ship, his daughter Alosa knows that there's only one pirate for the job herself. Leaving behind her beloved ship and crew, Alosa deliberately facilitates her own kidnapping to ensure her welcome on the ship"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past and present. This book takes you on that journey, showing how racist ideas started and were spread, and how they can be discredited"--Dust jacket flap.
"A history of racist and antiracist...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Estranged friends Ivy, Mateo, and Cal witness a murder while skipping school, and the only way they can solve it is by revealing what they have been hiding from one another--and themselves.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
On the run from her latest bank robbery, Scarlett McCain comes to the rescue of Albert Browne, the sole survivor of a horrific accident, and soon learns he may be the most dangerous threat of all.
13) Dust & Grim
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Molly doesn't know how she got the short end of the stick -- being raised by her neglectful father -- while Dustin, the older brother she's never met, got their mother and the keys to the family estate. But now the siblings are both orphaned, she's come home for her inheritance, and if Dustin won't welcome her into the family business, then she'll happily take her half in cash. There's just one problem: the family business is a...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious boy saves her dog's life and then disappears, Nadia decides to take a page from her comic books and investigate until she can discover his identity. The truth of the Invisible Boy, however, is complicated, and frightening, and she'll need a friend who knows what it's like to be truly brave.
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Using his incredible abilities, Daniel X continues to track down intergalactic criminals bringing their alien brand of evil to Earth! The next target on the List is Phosphorius Beta, an explosive demon of fire with a legion of flame-weaving henchmen. Even though his own powers have grown since taking down Number 5, the only chance Daniel has of beating this ancient demon is to go back in time to the Dark Ages and destroy Beta before his blistering...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Getting into U.A. High School was difficult enough, but it was only the beginning of Midoriya's long road toward becoming a superhero. The new students all have amazing powers, and although Midoriya has inherited All Might's abilities, he can barely control them. What's more, the first-year students are told they will have to compete just to avoid being expelled!"--