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Author
Series
(John Anthony).Ranger's apprentice volume V. 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now a full-fledged Ranger, Will must rescue his friend Alyss from a rogue knight and uncover vital information needed to ward off a Scotti invasion.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 34
Language
English
Formats
Description
Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.
Author
Series
Harry Potter volume V. 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44
Language
English
Formats
Description
Harry is in his fifth year at Hogwarts as the adventures continue. There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror? Harry has a lot on his mind for this, his fifth year at Hogwarts: a defense against the dark arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey; a big surprise on the Gryffindor Quidditch team; and the looming terror...
4) Wringer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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
(John Anthony).Ranger's apprentice volume V. 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Far from home after escaping slavery in Skandia, Will and Evanlyn's plans to return are spoiled when Evanlyn is taken captive. Will employs his Ranger training to locate his friend, but soon finds himself fatally outnumbered-until Halt and Horace make a daring, last-minute rescue. But their reunion is cut short by the discovery that Skandia's borders have been breached by the Temujai army-and Araluen is next in their sights. Only an unlikely union...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.
Author
Publisher
Blazer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Evan Panos doesnt know where he fits in. His strict immigrant Greek mother refuses to see him as anything but a disappointment. His quiet, workaholic father is a staunch believer in avoiding any kind of conflict. And his best friend, Henry, has somehow become distractingly attractive over the summer ... And yes, he kissed one guy over the summer. But it's Henry who's now proving to be irresistible. Henry, who suddenly seems interested...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Noah Daniels wants nothing more than to fight in George Washington's Continental Army, but an accident as a child left him maimed and unable to enlist. He is forced to watch the Revolution from his family's hard scrabble farm in Upstate New York--until a violent raid on his settlement thrusts him into one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution, and ultimately, face to face with the enemy."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In modern-day Afghanistan, ten-year-old Obayda is a bacha posh, a girl dressed as a boy. She has more freedom than she would as a girl, and makes a good friend of another bacha posh, but must find a way to remain free when she returns to life as a girl.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An Arab girl of the Sahara who wants to wear a malafa, the veiled dress worn by her mother and older sister, learns that the garment represents beauty, mystery, tradition, belonging, and faith.
11) Hide and seek
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
c2010, 2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In the remote mountains of Arizona where he lives with his mother, stepfather, and two sisters, fourteen-year-old Chase discovers two kidnapped boys and gets caught up in a dangerous adventure when he comes up with a plan to get them to safety.
12) Okay for now
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
13) Secret soldiers
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In 1917, Thomas, a thirteen-year-old coal miner seeking his missing brother, James, joins the Claykickers, who tunnel beneath the battlefields of the Western Front as they learn to be men.
Author
Series
Copernicus legacy volume V. 4
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
When the guardians of the Copernicus legacy are targeted for assassination by the evil Galina Krause, Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca must find the remaining relics to defeat their enemies.
16) Empty places
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Emily Murphy is about to enter middle school. She's sort of excited--though not nearly as much as her best friend Hazel, who is ready for everything to be new. Emily wishes she and Hazel could just continue on as they always have, being the biggest fans ever of the Unicorn Chronicles, making up dance moves, and getting their regular order at The Slice. But things are changing. At home, Emily and her mom are learning to move on after her parents'...
Author
Publisher
A Yearling Book
Pub. Date
Ã2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When Sonia's father loses his job and she must move from her small, supportive private school to a public middle school, the half-Jewish half-Indian sixth-grader experiences culture shock as she tries to navigate the school's unfamiliar social scene, and after her father is diagnosed with clinical depression, she finds herself becoming even more confused about herself and her family.