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2) The big wave
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
His family and village swept away by a tidal wave, Jiya learns to live with the ever-present dangers from the sea and volcano.
3) Wringer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
"A collection of four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view, that follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegationto Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, the first clues thata foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions, and the weeks after he meets Tris Prior"--Provided by OCLC.
5) Divergent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
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Formats
Description
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all. Includes bonus material including the author's writing process, a movie script excerpt, and more.
Author
Series
Scaredy Squirrel volume 1
Pub. Date
©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Meet Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there." But then, something unexpected happens that may just change his outlook.
7) Allegiant
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Formats
Description
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered -- fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories. But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she...
10) The outcasts
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Formats
Description
In a society that values strength over intellect, Hal's ingenuity, combined with the fact that his mother was a slave, sets him apart from other boys his age. As he and his peers compete in training designed to test their strength and endurance, Hal realizes he is not the only outcast and struggles to carve out a place for himself.
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Description
How could two hardworking people do everything right in life, a woman asks, and end up destitute? Willa Knox and her husband followed all the rules as responsible parents and professionals, and have nothing to show for it but debts and an inherited brick house that is falling apart. The magazine where Willa worked has folded; the college where her husband had tenure has closed. Their dubious shelter is also the only option for a disabled father-in-law...
12) Pip's trip
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Pip tries to convince her fellow hens, Midge and Dot, to join her for a ride in the farmer's truck, but she is the only one brave enough to climb inside.
13) The hunters
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Determined to recover the Adomal and to prevent the pirate Zavac from doing more damage, Hal and his brotherband crew persue Zavac to the lawless fortress of Ragusa where, if Hal is to succeed, he will have to go beyond his brotherband training and face the pirate one-on-one in a fight to the finish.
17) Lone Wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
Abandoned by his pack, a baby wolf with a mysterious mark on his deformed paw survives and embarks on a journey that will change the world of the wolves of the Beyond.
18) 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"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Zimbabwe, 2194 : General Matsika's three children steal out of the house on a forbidden adventure - and disappear. Their parents call in Africa's most unusual detectives: the Ear, the Eye and the Arm. Their mission takes them from the underbelly of the city to the swaying top of the Mile-High Macllwaie Hotel. Yet the children stay just out of their reach. The evils of the past, the technology of the future, criminals with plans far beyond what...
20) Max the brave
Author
Series
Max (Ed Vere) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Max is a brave cat who hunts mice--if only he knew what a mouse looks like--so he goes around asking the creatures he meets if they are mice.