Chris Lynch
Author
Series
World War II (Chris Lynch) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
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Description
When the draft board calls on the eve of World War II, Roman leaves behind a career in minor-league baseball to join the army, and finds himself driving a tank in the North African campaign.
Author
Series
World War II (Chris Lynch) volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite the fact that his brother is missing in action in the Pacific theater, Theo McCallum, a gunner on a B-24 Liberator returns to his unit in Europe to continue the war because he feels that the other men in his unit feel like family to him--and he cannot believe that his brother is actually dead.
Author
Series
World War II (Chris Lynch) volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After America is drawn into World War II, Hank McCallum finds himself on the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, separated from his brother Theo, in constant danger from torpedoes, and just learning about the prejudice and segregation that plague his new friend from Tonga, Bradford.
Author
Series
Special Forces volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Danny Manion lands in the Studies and Observation Group, a volunteer task force that focuses on covert action and psychological warfare during the Vietnam War.
5) Minesweeper
Author
Series
Special Forces volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: Fergus Frew thought he knew what to expect when he signed up with the Navy's demolitions team. But as the Korean War rages on, Fergus and his fellow divers -- a.k.a. "frogmen" -- are tasked with more than just scouting mudflats. Soon they're planting mines. And sabotaging tunnels, bridges... and even fishing nets. Scariest of all, it falls to Fergus to discover where the enemy has placed their mines, a job as painstaking as it...
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rudi is a newly drafted United States Marine in Vietnam, and he likes being part of a squad--but the way some of his fellow soldiers behave toward their officers, the Vietnamese, and the war itself, is starting to trouble him.
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck were best friends at home and in Vietnam, but now Rudi has been killed in action, and the remaining three are the only ones who know the truth about their friend's death--and the knowledge threatens to tear them apart.
8) Sharpshooter
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Some things are worth fighting for. Of all his friends, Ivan is the only one looking forward to war. That's because Ivan has never backed down from a fight--especially when it comes to fighting for what's right. Now, as war erupts in Vietnam, Ivan wants nothing more than to fight for his country, just as his father did in World War II. But Vietnam is not the war he was expecting. Now, for the first time, Ivan is forced to question what he's really...
9) Cyberia
Author
Series
Cyberia volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a future where electronic surveillance has taken the place of love, a veterinarian is putting computer chips in animals to control them, and those creatures choose young Zane, who understands their speech, to release captives and bring them to a technology-free safety zone.
Author
Series
Cyberia volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a future where electronic surveillance has taken the place of love, young Zane uses technology to talk to animals and battles an evil veterinarian who is working on a new device to control animal movement and speech, employing Zane's dog as his first test case.
11) Who the man
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Earl Pryor is much too big for his age, and much too powerful for the anger that rages within him when classmates tease him, the girl he likes disappoints him, or his parents' problems get too real.
12) Johnny Chesthair
Author
Series
He-Man Women Haters Club volume 1
Language
English
Description
In the He-Man Women Haters Club, there are no girls allowed! Convinced that girls don't play by the same rules as guys and are impossible to understand, thirteen-year-old Steven forms a club for "He-Men" only. Jerome, Wolfgang, and Ling-Ling are the other members: three misfits who have no idea what it really means to be a "He-Man." Steven wants to be a "Johnny Chesthair" just like his bully of a father, and he tries to create the club rules and take...
13) Ladies' Choice
Author
Series
He-Man Women Haters Club volume 4
Language
English
Description
The He-Men must stay strong when one of their members starts talking to the enemy: a girl! One of the He-Man Women Haters blatantly violates the main rule of the club: consorting with the enemy. And this enemy's not just any girl; she's someone's sister-Ling's sister! When Wolfgang is put on trial for his misdeed, the boys discover it's getting tougher to be feared and respected in their neighborhood, especially with dissent in the ranks.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Four best friends. Four ways to serve their country.
Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck are best friends for life. So when one of the teens is drafted into the Vietnam War, the others sign up, too. Although they each serve in a different branch, they are fighting the war together--and they pledge to do all they can to come home together.Haunted by dreams of violence and death, Morris makes it his personal mission to watch over his friends--and the best...
Author
Series
He-Man Women Haters Club volume 3
Language
English
Description
The He-Man Women Haters are rocking out in a punk band! With Wolfgang newly installed as their leader, the He-Men recruit club members Scratch and Cecil, and form a garage punk band. In no time at all, Scratch and the Sniffs is born-the problem is, no one can actually play an instrument. But lack of talent doesn't stop the He-Man Women Haters Club from chasing stardom-or at least a few bucks!
Author
Series
He-Man Women Haters Club volume 2
Language
English
Description
The He-Man Women Haters Club is about to discover something more terrifying than girls: camping! In this follow-up to Johnny Chesthair, thirteen-year-old Steven has been ousted as the leader of the club he formed for boys only. As the members reorganize under new leader Jerome, Steven's father and uncle decide to take the boys into a real man's world-a place where men can be men: the deep woods! Now, Steven, Ling-Ling, Wolfgang, and Jerome must deal...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"The best Vietnam War novels yet for this age range." -- Kirkus Reviews
Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck are best friends for life. So when one of the teens is drafted into the Vietnam War, the others sign up, too. Although they each serve in a different branch, they are fighting the war together -- and they promise to do all they can to come home together.Of the four, it's Beck that has the most to lose. He's the smart one of the bunch, and he could...
18) The Wolf Gang
Author
Series
He-Man Women Haters Club volume 5
Language
English
Description
Nothing breaks the heart of a He-Man Women Hater like one of their own joining ranks with the girls! When Wolf forms his own club in a beauty shop with the Girl Scouts as members, the He-Man Women Haters take it as a declaration of war. Then Jerome strays from the group after visiting the beauty shop, and Steven knows he must take action, letting a girl into his club. But soon the He-Men realize they are in over their heads! The final book in the...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"All the sizzle, chaos, noise and scariness of war is clay in the hands of ace storyteller Lynch." -- Kirkus Reviews
Chris Lynch concludes his gritty, thoughtful, and critically acclaimed WWII fiction series -- providing entirely new insight into "The Good War."The US Marines Corps is home to some of the roughest, toughest combatants in World War II. Their courage and daring are legendary. And the best of the best -- the boldest among them -- are...
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Series
Language
English
Description
From National Book Award nominee Chris Lynch, the third action-and-humor-filled futuristic series about talking pets who are tired of being pets ... and the boy who must help them.
Zane and his animal comrades have foiled Dr. Gristle's terrible plots twice--he can't talk to animals, and he can't get at the heart of what makes them wild. Zane can talk to them. He can understand them. He almost is one. Almost. Zane keeps getting in Dr. Gristle's...