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81) Hero
Author
Series
Hero (Shotz) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
"Hero, a retired search-and-rescue dog, is not prepared for a stray puppy to come into his life. But when he and twelve-year-old Ben find Scout injured and afraid, the new addition leads them down an unexpected and dangerous path. When Scout goes missing, it's up to Hero to use his search-and-rescue skills to find Scout and bring him home." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
In the scarred and war-battered United Commonwealth, ten-year-old Cia Vale watches her older brother Zeen dream about being chosen for The Testing. He’s graduated at the top of his class, and being chosen, like his father was before him, means a chance to attend The University and help lead the effort to revitalize postwar civilization. Cia is conflicted—she hopes Zeen is chosen, but dreads him leaving home. She also realizes that one day she...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Formats
Description
"In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2034, a comet is due to hit the Earth within the hour. Denise, who's sixteen years old and autistic, must try to find her missing sister and also help her neglectful, undependable mother safely aboard a spaceship"--
85) The new order
Author
Series
Young world trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Description
They thought they were the only ones left. They were wrong.After the unexpected revelation at the end of the first book, Donna and Jefferson are separated. Jefferson returns to NYC and tries to bring a cure to the Sickness back to the Washington Square tribe, while Donna finds herself in England, facing an unimaginable new world. Can the two reunite and prevent an even greater disaster than the Sickness?
Author
Series
His dark materials volume 2
Pub. Date
2001
Description
-- -- The Golden Compass “The story gallops with ferocious momentum . . . Devilishly inventive.” — -- ** THE BOOK OF DUST **La Belle SauvageThe Secret Commonwealth
Author
Series
The Testing trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Experience all three riveting novels in the New York Times Independent Study: Graduation Day: This ebook also contains The Testing GuideThe Testing.
Author
Series
His dark materials volume 3
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 26
Description
-- A #1 -- "Masterful.... This title confirms Pullman's inclusion in the company of C.S. Lewis and Tolkien." — -- The New York Times Book Review "Breathtaking adventure . . . a terrific story, eloquently told." -- ** THE BOOK OF DUST **La Belle SauvageThe Secret Commonwealth
89) The Rise of Nine
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
In Pittacus Lore's The Rise of Nine, third in the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series, the stakes are higher than ever as John, Six, and Seven try desperately to find the rest of the Garde before it's too late.
The Mogadorians who destroyed the planet Lorien continue to hunt down the Garde, the small group of Loric survivors who have taken refuge on Earth. The Garde must come together. They are Lorien and Earth's only hope.
During...
90) Dry
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Formats
Description
A lengthy California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, turning Alyssa's quiet suburban street into a war zone, and she is forced to make impossible choices is she and her brother are to survive.
91) Graduation Day
Author
Series
The Testing trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Description
With the United Commonwealth teetering on the brink of all-out civil war, this is the moment that gifted student and Testing survivor Cia Vale has trained for: the chance to lead. Having discovered the brutal truth behind The Testing, she has vowed to end it once and for all. As Cia plunges through layers of deception and danger, she must risk the lives of those she loves most and gamble on the loyalty of her lethal classmates. The stakes are higher...
Author
Series
Heart of dread volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Description
“As fearless as a futuristic -- New York Times Welcome to New Vegas, a city once covered in bling, now blanketed in ice. Like much of the destroyed planet, the place knows only one temperature—freezing. But some things never change. The diamond in the ice desert is still a 24-hour hedonistic playground and nothing keeps the crowds away from the casino floors, never mind the rumors about sinister sorcery in its shadows. At the heart of this...
93) Wild Robot, The
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Can a robot survive in the wilderness? When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants. As Roz...
94) Falcon wild
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Karma lives with her family at their raptor conservation center in Montana. When she has to take her beloved bird, Stark, the gyrfalcon she rescued, back to its owner, she's sorely disappointed. But things get worse when a car accident leaves her father and brother trapped. It's up to Karma--and a runaway boy named Cooper who ends up by her side--to survive the wilderness and find a way to rescue them"--
95) Edgeland
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Orphaned Wren and her friend Alec live on Edgeland, where the dead are prepared for the afterlife, but when they are accidentally sucked into the Drain, they find something unimaginable.
97) Catching fire
Author
Series
Hunger Games trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Description
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
98) Insurgent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Description
"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"--
100) The New Wild
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Description
-- Praise for The New Wild "New, creative, and intense, The New Wild