Vikas Adam
1) Defy me
Author
Series
Shatter me (Mafi) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Description
Juliette Ferrars isn't who she thinks she is. Still reeling from the explosive events of the Continental Symposium and the secrets Warner has been keeping, Juliette has nowhere to turn and doesn't know whom she can trust. She's desperate for answers, but to get them, she'll have to face the nightmares that have been chasing her for a lifetime.
Author
Series
Dimple and Rishi volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Description
When Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University study program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with "marriage prospects" but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting an arranged marriage with him.
3) Imagine me
Author
Series
Shatter me (Mafi) volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Description
The explosive finale to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shatter Me series. Juliette Ferrars. Ella Sommers. Which is the truth and which is the lie? Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong -- between Ella and Juliette -- blur. And with...
4) War storm
Author
Series
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 29
Lexile measure
HL 720L
Language
English
Description
"Victory comes at a price. Mare Barrow learned this all too well when Cal's betrayal nearly destroyed her. Now determined to protect her heart--and secure freedom for Reds and newbloods like her--Mare resolves to overthrow the kingdom of Norta once and for all ... starting with the crown on Maven's head."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
College dropout Pablo Neruda Rind works a graveyard shift at an upscale, twenty-four-hour deli in Brooklyn. He's up to his eyeballs in credit card debt, never mind his student loans. Pop juggernaut Leanna Smart graduated from child stardom, became an international icon, and has enough social media followers to populate whole continents. When Leanna and Pablo meet at 5:00 a.m. at the bodega in the dead of winter it's absurd to think they'd be A Thing....
Author
Series
System Divine volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
"This sweeping reimagining of Les Mis©♭rables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet-colony of Laterre"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Collects never-before-seen maps, flags, bonus scenes along with five novellas, including "Queen Song," in which Queen Coriane keeps a secret diary that recounts her courtship, Cal's birth, and the challenges of royal life." --
It began as a world divided: common Red bloods serving the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. This collection contains three brand-new novellas; two previously published novellas; never-before-seen...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man...
10) Blackfish City
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Language
English
Description
After the climate wars, a floating city is constructed in the Arctic Circle, a remarkable feat of mechanical and social engineering, complete with geothermal heating and sustainable energy. Now crime and corruption have set in, the contradictions of incredible wealth alongside poverty are spawning unrest, and a new disease called "the breaks" is ravaging the population. When a strange new visitor arrives--a woman riding an orca, with a polar bear...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves. Five centuries later, a pair of red shoes seal themselves to Rosella Oliva's feet, making her dance uncontrollably. They draw her toward a boy who knows the dancing fever's...
Author
Series
Dimple and Rishi volume 03
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, Ashish's friends Pinky and Samir pretend to date during a summer at Cape Cod to achieve their individual goals--especially to get their respective mothers off their backs: Pinky loves lazy summers at her parents' Cape Cod lake house, but after listening to them harangue her about the poor decisions she's made (a.k.a. boyfriends she's had), she hatches a plan. Get her sorta-friend-sorta-enemy--who is a total Harvard-bound mama's...
13) Rosemarked
Author
Series
Rosemarked volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A healer and a warrior embark on a dangerous mission to fight against a brutal empire."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant father, Saeed. When Moud gets the news that his grandfather in Iran is dying, he accompanies his dad to Tehran, where the revelation of family secrets will force Moud into a new understanding of his history, his culture, and himself. 1978. Saeed is an engineering student with a promising future ahead of him in Tehran. But when his parents discover his involvement in the country's...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
In this hard-hitting novel, first published in 1924, the murky personal relationship between an Englishwoman and an Indian doctor mirrors the troubled politics of colonialism. Adela Quested and her fellow British travelers, eager to experience the "real" India, develop a friendship with the urbane Dr. Aziz. While on a group outing, Adela and Dr. Aziz visit the Marabar caves together. As they emerge, Adela accuses the doctor of assaulting her. While...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew coming out to his Muslim family would be messy--he just didn't think it would end in an airport interrogation room. But when faced with a failed relationship, bullies, and blackmail, running away to Rome is his only option. Right? Soon, late nights with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel start to feel like second nature... until his old life comes knocking on his door. Now, Amir has to tell the whole...
17) Umbertouched
Author
Series
Rosemarked volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Zivah and Dineas prepare for battle against the Amparan Empire as Zivah struggles with the effects of rose plague"--
18) Toxic
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hana isn't supposed to exist. She's grown up hidden by her mother in a secret room of the bioship Cyclo until the day her mother is simply gone-along with the entire crew. Cyclo tells her she was abandoned, but she's certain her mother wouldn't leave her there to die. And Hana isn't ready to die yet. She's never really had a chance to live. Fenn is supposed to die. He and a crew of hired mercenaries are there to monitor Cyclo as she expires, and...
Author
Series
System Divine volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 31
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Laterre stands on the brink of war, Marcellus, Chatine, and Alouette must rush to stop The General from gaining access to a weapon that would mean complete control of the planet.
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Star-crossed lovers, meddling immortals, feigned identities, battles of wits, and dire warnings: these are the stuff of fairy tale, myth, and folklore that have drawn us in for centuries.
Fifteen bestselling and acclaimed authors reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories that are by turns enchanting, heartbreaking, romantic, and passionate.
Compiled by We Need Diverse Books's Ellen
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