Jeanne DuPrau
Author
Series
Books of Ember volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
After obtaining an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember seeking the machine described in the book that might be able to aid their new community, Sparks, through the winter.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
While visiting the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina, eleven-year-old Nickie makes some decisions about how to identify both good and evil when she witnesses the townspeople's reactions to the apocalyptic visions of one of their neighbors.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
"Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked... but now the storerooms are almost out of food, crops are blighted, corruption is spreading through the city and worst of all -- the lights are failing. Soon Ember could be engulfed by darkness...But when two children, Lina and Doon, discover fragments of an ancient parchment, they begin to wonder if there could be...
Author
Series
Books of Ember volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 520L
Language
English
Description
In the spring 2003, kids, parents, teachers, librarians—whole communities—discovered and fell in love with Jeanne DuPrau's story about a doomed city, and the two children who found a way out. Nearly 10 years later, that story, The City of Ember, is a bona fide classic, with over 1.7 million copies sold. Now experience Jeanne DuPrau's vision anew as artist Niklas Asker faithfully brings to life the glare of the lamps, the dinginess...
6) Project F
Author
Language
English
Description
"WELCOME TO THE FUTURE. There are no cars, planes, television, or smart phones. Climate change wreaked havoc on Earth hundreds of years ago, and now people live a simpler life. Then thirteen-year-old Keith uncovers a secret. It's a mysterious mission known only as Project F. It's advanced, it's scientific, and it's going to change the world. It's exactly the kind of adventure Keith has always longed to be a part of. And what is adventure without a...
Author
Series
Voyagers (Random House) volume 5
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
"The Alpha and Omega teams are in a race for the six essential elements that can fuse into a new source of clean energy, but the elements are scattered throughout the galaxy, and the teams are running out of time"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
With more than 3.5 million copies sold, the City of Ember books are modern-day classics. Lina and Doon's heart-pounding journey to save their people has captivated readers around the world, and the four adventures are bound together here for the very first time!
Escape the Dark. Discover the Adventure.
The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. But now with terrifying blackouts sweeping through the streets, Lina...
Escape the Dark. Discover the Adventure.
The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. But now with terrifying blackouts sweeping through the streets, Lina...
9) Car trouble
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Early one August morning, seventeen-year-old computer "nerd" Duff Pringle leaves Richmond, Virginia, in a newly-acquired used car and begins an unexpectedly convoluted journey to San Jose, California, and the job that awaits him there.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
With more than 3.5 million copies sold, the City of Ember books are modern-day classics. Lina and Doon's heart-pounding journey to save their people has captivated readers around the world, and the four adventures are bound together here for the very first time!
Escape the Dark. Discover the Adventure.
The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. But now with terrifying blackouts sweeping through the streets, Lina...
Escape the Dark. Discover the Adventure.
The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. But now with terrifying blackouts sweeping through the streets, Lina...
11) Cells
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
12) Cloning
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the methods, regulation, and ethics of cloning in relation to agriculture, medicine, endangered species, and human beings.
Author
Series
Ember volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Lina and Doon escaped the dying city of Ember and have survived their first few months above ground. But it's winter now, and the harsh realities of their new world have begun to set in. When Doon finds a book that hints at an important, long-lost device, it doesn't take much for him to convince Lina to join him for one last adventure in the place they used to call home. After all, the book is eerily similar to the instructions that led them out of...
Author
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the legal and emotional aspects of the adoption process and examines the current movement for giving the adoptee free access to the records concerning his or her origin. Lists sources to consult if searching for one's birth parents. It's My Life (YOUNG ADULT READING)