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Ember in the ashes volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
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Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire's impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They've seen what happens to those who...
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Ember in the ashes volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
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After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.
Laia is determined to break into Kauf - the Empire's most secure and dangerous prison - to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars' survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom. But dark forces, human...
3) Ashes
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Ashes trilogy (Ilsa J. Bick) volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
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Alex, a resourceful seventeen-year-old running from her incurable brain tumor, Tom, who has left the war in Afghanistan, and Ellie, an angry eight-year-old, join forces after an electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky and kills most of the world's population, turning some of those who remain into zombies and giving the others superhuman senses.
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Snow like ashes trilogy volume 1
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IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
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Orphaned Meira, a fierce chakram-wielding warrior from the Kingdom of Winter, must struggle to free her people from the tyranny of an opposing kingdom while also protecting her own destiny.
5) Ashes, ashes
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
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In a future Manhattan devastated by environmental catastrophes and epidemics, sixteen-year-old Lucy survives alone until vicious hounds target her and force her to join Aidan and his band, but soon they learn that she is the target of Sweepers, who kidnap and infect people with plague.
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Snow like ashes trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 17
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With Angra trying to break through Meira's mental defenses, she desperately needs to learn to control her own magic, while Mather tries to rally the Children of the Thaw, find Meir, and finally tell her how he feels, while coming up with a plan of attack to save his queen, and Ceridwen must take action to save her true love and her kingdom, even if it cost her what little life she has left.
7) Shadows
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IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 18
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When Alex discovers that Rule is not a sanctuary, she must battle to survive against conniving adults, distrusting survivors, and the Changed, who would eat her alive.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 19
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Beyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger.The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power. As Helene searches for a way to hold back the approaching darkness, her sister's life and the lives of all those in the Empire hang in the balance.Far to the east, Laia of Serra knows...
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Snow like ashes trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
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When Cordellan debt forces the Winterians to dig their mines for payment, they unearth something powerful and possibly dangerous: Primoria's lost chasm of magic. Theron sees this find as an opportunity -- with this much magic, the world can finally stand against threats like Angra. But Meira fears the danger the chasm poses -- the last time the world had access to so much magic, it spawned the Decay.
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Pub. Date
2012
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Some bodies are better off left buried. Some riddles, left unsolved. And some villains, left unchallenged and alone. Behold "Drasmyr." A Sword & Sorcery thrill ride that resurrects the malevolent vampires of yesteryear. No teen heartthrob gagfest – this book will remind you of why vampires were once so feared. Get it now and see the true depths of evil unleashed. Lucian val Drasmyr is an ancient vampire pitted against a guild of wizards and a seasoned...
11) Monsters
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2013.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 30
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"Alex and Tom's future is uncertain as they continue the struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world, and their lives are threatened by the Changed and other human survivors"
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Blood and Ash volume 1
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"Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy's life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers. The entire kingdom's future rests...
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Ashes series (William W. Johnstone) volume 17
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Our Land Is Not Your Land
Chilling rumors of a new Nazi movement reach the rebel camp of Ben Raines and his freedom fighters. Led by descendents of Hitler's Third Reich, Commanding General Jesus Mendoza Hoffman has assembled a massive army in the mountains of South America. Estimated at more than 200,000 strong, Hoffman and his New Army of Liberation terrorists will stop at nothing to spread their doctrine of evil across the free world. Striking...
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Ashes series (William W. Johnstone) volume 2
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Torn straight out of today's headlines, national bestselling author William W. Johnstone's groundbreaking and controversial series refuses to die...Destroyed by the fires of nuclear holocaust, our once great nation is in shambles. Life as we know it is no more. But among the survivors stands Ben Raines, retired soldier, mercenary, and the only man alive trained to lead the Resistance into a visionary new America.But the Rebels' greatest adversary...
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Blood and Ash volume 4
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Casteel Da'Neer knows all too well that very few are as cunning or vicious as the Blood Queen, but no one, not even him, could've prepared for the staggering revelations. The magnitude of what the Blood Queen has done is almost unthinkable. Nothing will stop Poppy from freeing her King and destroying everything the Blood Crown stands for. With the strength of the Primal of Life's guards behind her, and the support of the wolven, Poppy must convince...
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Ashes series (William W. Johnstone) volume 29
Pub. Date
c2000
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The Blood Of Freedom
Ben Rines and his patriot army have defeated all comers, from mutant night people to the blackshirted forces of Jesus Mendoza Hoffman and the enemy axis in the Great War. But now the socialist dictators of the USA, smarting from their defeat at the hands of the Southern United States of America, have unleashed their fury against Raines. As Wave after wave of missiles is launched at the free state, the SUSA command retaliates...
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Ashes series (William W. Johnstone) volume 6
Pub. Date
c1986
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A Savage New World
Anarchy and chaos have erupted out of the devastation of World War III. Now, it is one survivor's duty to lead his nation out of the ashes: legendary soldier and freedom fighter, Ben Raines. Whatever it takes, he is going to rebuild America...and he is going to do it his way.
From his secret outpost in the far west, Raines orders his Rebels to back him in one last desperate assault against the Russian invaders and the mercenary...
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Ashes series (William W. Johnstone) volume 7
Pub. Date
c1987
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Hell On Earth
The devastating nuclear nightmare of the Great War brings civilization to the brink of destruction. Only Ben Raines and his tireless Rebels share the dream of rebuilding society out of the smoldering remains of America. . .
The power-mad Middle Eastern terrorist, Khamasin, has already begun his bloodthirsty assault on America's southern tier. But an even deadlier threat lurks in the plague-ridden ruins of the country's once-great cities,...
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Ashes series (William W. Johnstone) volume 31
Pub. Date
c2001
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Under the command of Ben Raines, the Southern United States of America have defeated all corners - and carved out a stonghold in the Southwest desert. But now, two powerful forces are crashing in against the rebels from the North and the South. A cataclysmic war on two fronts has begun.