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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Julia Beaufort-Stuart wakes up in a hospital not knowing how she was injured, and soon befriends Euan McEwen, the Scottish Traveller boy who found her, and later, when a body is discovered, she experiences the prejudices his family has endured and tries to keep them from being framed for the crime.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.
4) Archenemies
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
"Nova's double life is about to get a lot more complicated: As Insomnia, she is a full-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate of powerful and beloved superheroes. She works with Adrian's patrol unit to protect the weak and maintain order in Gatlon City. As Nightmare, she is an Anarchist--a group of villains who are determined to destroy the Renegades. Nova wants vengeance against the so-called heroes who once failed her when she needed them...
Author
Series
Thorndike Press large print The literacy bridge
Legacy of Orisha volume Book 1
Legacy of Orisha volume 1
Legacy of Orisha volume Book 1
Legacy of Orisha volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Zelie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny)...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
After the American Revolution, newlyweds Alexander and Elizabeth Hamilton find themselves in New York City, with Alex facing off against a rival lawyer and Eliza struggling to make a home and feeling neglected by her husband.
9) Wildcard
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Teenage hacker Emika Chen embarks on a mission to unravel a sinister plot and is forced to join forces with a shadowy organization known as the Blackcoats"--Provided by the publisher.
10) On the come up
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Bri hopes to become a great rapper, and after her first song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, must decide whether to sell out or face eviction with her widowed mother.
11) Shout
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Laurie Halse Anderson is known for her advocacy for--and unflinching writing about--survivors of sexual assault. Shout, a poetry memoir, is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal, and previously untold, stories from her life. Searing and soul-searching, this memoir is a denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter...