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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"He is a much-needed hero for our times. A man of surprising courage, Michael Murphy is an expert on Biblical prophecy and an archaeologist who fearlessly hunts down ancient artifacts in the face of the greatest danger. Now Murphy has unlocked secrets from the distant past that hurtle him into a confrontation with the forces of the greatest evil. Murphy cannot fail--for the countdown has begun to the time of the end for all mankind." --Provided by...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
"Japan, 1945: Two US bombers take off with atomic bombs. Only one gets through. The Pacific, 1993: A Japanese cargo ship bound for the United States is instantly, thunderously vaporized, taking with it a Norwegian vessel. Japanese fanatics have developed a chilling plan to devastate and destroy the Western powers. From the ocean depths to the discovery of cache of lost Nazi loot, Dirk Pitt is untangling a savage conspiracy and igniting a daring counterattack....
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Strange the dreamer volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Language
English
Description
"As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
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One day in 1905, eleven-year-old Lucius is persuaded by Boon Hogganbeck to "borrow" his grandfather's automobile. Ned McCaslin, a Negro, stows away in the car and the three embark on an odyssey which ends at Miss Reba's bordello.
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Wolves Chronicles volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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On her way to England from Nantucket aboard a British man-o'-war, Dido has many adventures when the ship is diverted to the land of New Cumbria in the southern hemisphere.
6) Coral Island
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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Adventure and peril abound in a classic tale of shipwreck and survivalRalph, Jack, and Peterkin find themselves the sole survivors of a shipwreck on a deserted coral island in the South Pacific. Although fate has led them to temporary safety, the three marooned boys are forced to carve out a life for themselves from what nature provides. They rapidly learn which fruit to eat, which animals to hunt, and which lagoons are best for bathing. Resourceful...
7) Bitterblue
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
When Queen Bitterblue took the throne of Monsea, she was a child, and her advisers ran the kingdom for her. Now she is beginning to question their decisions, especially how they handle the legacy of her father Leck, who who ruled through his Grace-a special talent for mind-altering-and his taste for darkness and violence. Bitterblue needs to know Monsea's past to lead it into the future, so she begins exploring the city sreets at night, disguised...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Presents the first of the "Left Behind" series that chronicles the birth of Nicolae, who will become the Antichrist prophesied in the scripture, and Ray Steele whose career as a pilot crosses paths with Marilena Carpathia, the mother of Nicolae.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Follows Professor Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans as they venture deep into a volcanic crater in Iceland on a journey that leads them to the center of the earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
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In the second book about Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane, they accidentally set a fire inside the house which causes a need to replace the carpet. When the new one is unrolled, a beautiful glowing egg rolls out and hatches a phoenix, who reveals the carpet to be the magical, moving kind.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
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"The Austins are trying to settle into their new life in New York City, but their once close-knit family is pulling away from each other. Their father spends long hours alone in his study working on the research project that brought the family to the city. John is away at college. Rob is making friends with people in the neighborhood: newspaper vendors, dog walkers, even the local rabbi. Suzy is blossoming into a vivacious young woman. And Vicky has...
12) The book of Ivy
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Book of Ivy duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In an apocalyptic future where girls from the losing faction are forcibly married to boys of the winning faction, sixteen-year-old Ivy is tasked to kill her fiancé Bishop, although when she finally meets him, he is not the monster she has been led to believe.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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"The horror! The horror!"
These are the final words spoken by Mr. Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," the story of a man who travels into the jungle to seek his fortune and who instead finds an all-consuming moral and spiritual wilderness. Conrad's tale of the darkness that festers in the heart of the civilized is one of the most enduring works of twentieth-century literature and a touchstone for many later works of fiction inspired...
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Having recovered Angel, Max and the flock head to New York City to pursue a lead regarding their true identities. But where the flock goes, erasers are sure to follow! Even more troubling, though, is the voice that's begun whispering in Max's head. Is it really her destiny to save the world?-- P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The author of The Satanic Verses returns with his most humorous and accessible novel yet. This is the story of Haroun, a 12-year-old boy whose father Rashid is the greatest storyteller in a city so sad that it has forgotten its name. When the gift of gab suddenly deserts Rashid, Haroun sets out on an adventure to rescue his print.
16) And then you die
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Photojournalist Bess Grady teams up with a CIA agent to catch germ-warfare terrorists who wiped out a Mexican village in a rehearsal for an attack on the U.S. Bess was vacationing in the village and only escaped because she is immune to anthrax, the bacteria used. By the author of The Ugly Duckling.
17) Downriver
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Series
[River volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader, hijack his boots, and try to run the dangerous white water at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
18) Dangerous games
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
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Dido Twite, with the help of some sacred shaman healers, must foil a sinister plot to overthrow the king of a remote South Sea island healersSailing the high seas in pursuit of Lord Herodsfoot, roving ambassador to the ageing King James III, Dido Twite's search has led her to the remote South Sea island of Aratu. She arrives with a new friend she made en route, the enigmatic Dr. Talisman, who is returning to the isle after many years. Soon they discover...
19) Jade fire gold
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"Ahn is no one, with no past and no family. Altan is a lost heir, his future stolen away as a child. When they meet, Altan sees in Ahn a path to reclaiming the throne. Ahn sees a way to finally unlock her past and understand her lethal magical abilities. But they may have to pay a far deadlier price than either could have imagined."--
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