Nick Podehl
1) Seconds away
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Mickey and new friends Ema and Spoon tracking down pieces of a mysterious puzzle and learning dangerous secrets about Mickey's father's death.
2) Shelter
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After tragic events tear Mickey Bolitar away from his parents, he is forced to live with his estranged Uncle Myron and switch high schools, where he finds both friends and enemies, but when his new new girlfriend, Ashley, vanishes, he follows her trail into a seedy underworld that reveals she is not what she seems to be.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
"Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World."--
Author
Series
Kingkiller chronicles volume 1
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
(Patrick J.).Kingkiller chronicle volume 01
DAW book collectors volume no. 1396
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
(Patrick J.).Kingkiller chronicle volume 01
DAW book collectors volume no. 1396
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 39
Language
English
Description
A hero named Kvothe, now living under an assumed name as the humble proprietor of an inn, recounts his transformation from a magically gifted young man into the most notorious wizard, musician, thief, and assassin in his world.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 60
Language
English
Description
Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero as he attempts to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm where he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist.
6) Found
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Mickey Bolitar and his friends continue to investigate the Abeona Shelter, while Mickey searches for answers about his father's tragic death"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony where residents can hear each other's thoughts.
8) Foundation
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
In this chronicle of the early history of Valdemar, Mercedes Lackey's bestselling world, a thirteen-year-old orphan named Magpie escapes a life of slavery in the gem mines when he is chosen by one of the magical Companion horses of Valdemar to be trained as a Herald. Thrust into the center of a legend in the making, Magpie discovers talents he never knew he had--and witnesses the founding of the great Heralds' Collegium.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two strangers cross paths. Two teens with the same name, running in two very different circles, suddenly find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, culminating in heroic turns-of-heart and the most epic musical ever to grace the high school stage.
10) Monsters of men
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions, questioning all they have ever known as they try to step back from the darkness and find the best way to achieve peace.
12) Personal effects
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Matt has been sleepwalking through life while seeking answers about his brother T.J.'s death in Iraq, but after discovering that he may not have known his brother as well as he thought he did, Matt is able to stand up to his father, honor T.J.'s memory, and take charge of his own life.
13) Beat the band
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Language
English
Description
Paired with the infamous "Hot Dog" Helen for a health class presentation on safe sex, tenth-grader Coop tries to regain his "cool" by entering his musically challenged rock group in the "Battle of the Bands" competition.
14) A kiss in time
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Princess Talia persuades seventeen-year-old Jack, the modern-day American who kissed her awake after a 300-year sleep, to take her to his Miami home, where she hopes to win his love before the witch who cursed her can spirit her away.
15) Bruiser
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Inexplicable events start to occur when sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Brontë befriend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
After his girlfriend breaks up with him and he sees his father out with another woman, high school senior Seth Baumgartner, who has a summer job at the country club and is preparing for a father-son golf tournament, launches a podcast in which he explores the mysteries of love.
17) Feral nights
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Tracking his sister to Austin only to discover that she is a key suspect in a murder case, werecat Yoshi embarks on a search for answers, while werepossum Clyde and Aimee pursue their own investigation in an effort to avenge the killing.
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
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates, from various points of view, events from the night of October 6, 1998, when twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was lured out of a Wyoming bar, savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die.
20) Rootless
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a world devastated by war and disease, a young tree builder searches for the last trees on earth.