Henry Leyva
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"In January 2003, Nicholas Sparks and his brother, Micah, set off on a three-week trip around the globe. It was to mark a milestone in their lives, for at thirty-seven and thirty-eight respectively, they were now the only surviving members of their family. Against the backdrop of the wonders of the world and often overtaken by their feelings, daredevil Micah and the more serious, introspective Nicholas recalled their rambunctious childhood adventures...
2) Fatal
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
A young doctor returns to his hometown, determined to find the cause of the deaths of his wife and father. But a series of accidents at the local mine soon has him tracking a bizarre syndrome leading to deformity, madness and death. Joining him is a Boston-based pathologist, herself in town for the funeral of her best friend. With countless lives at stake, the two doctors race against the clock for answers.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
An eccentric, reclusive billionaire looking for a way to die, burnt-out Washington litigator just out of rehab for the fourth time, and a woman who left the modern world to live and work with a primitive tribe of Indians in the jungles of Brazil.
4) Gone
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
"A crime lord has declared war on America. Only Detective Michael Bennett knows why. Manuel Perrine doesn't fear anyone or anything. A charismatic and ruthless leader, Perrine slaughters rivals as effortlessly as he wears his trademark white linen suit. Detective Michael Bennett once managed to put Perrine behind bars, the only official in the US ever to accomplish that. But now Perrine is out, and he has sworn to find and kill Bennett and everyone...
5) Sovereign
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sovereign continues the New Testament allegory introduced in the series' first two books, Forbidden and Mortal, as Rom Sebastian battles the evil Order in a struggle to become truly alive and free.
6) Forbidden
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Many years have passed since civilization's brush with apocalypse. The world's greatest threats have all been silenced. There is no anger, no hatred, no war. There is only perfect peace... and fear. But a terrible secret has been closely guarded for centuries: Every single soul walking the earth, though in appearance totally normal, is actually dead, long ago genetically stripped of true humanity. Fleeing pursuit, with only moments to live, a young...
7) Mortal
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Rom Sebastian discovered a secret and consumed an ancient potion of blood to bring himself back to life. Nine years later, surviving against impossible odds, he has gathered a secret faction of followers who have also taken the blood--the first Mortals in a world that is dead. But The Order has raised an elite army to hunt and crush the living ... and no one knows the path to survival.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
It was love at first sight. Amid the frenzied barking and prancing of a house full of Great Danes, one pup was shivering in the corner. Gracie. But when Dan Dye reached her, she struggled to her feet like a clumsy foal, raised her forehead to his, and announced, as clearly as if she had actually spoken the words, You know I'm the one. Now get me outta here! Amazing Gracie tells the story of Gracie's first morning, racing around Dan in the snowy yard,...
10) The Havana room
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
From the author of Afterburn, a major new thriller about a down-and-out lawyer who takes on a case that proves deadly. The Havana Room is the tale of a man who falls from the heights of power and wealth in New York, and finds himself in a dangerous and potentially lethal state of affairs.Bill Wyeth is a successful real estate attorney in his late thirties with a wife and son, who, by the merest chance, loses everything: family, job, status. Unmoored...