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Series
Wings of fire. Original series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
"Overjoyed to be reunited with her fellow ocean-dwelling dragons, Tsunami the SeaWing continues efforts to end the war for Pyrrhia in spite of a dangerous assassin who is threatening all their lives." --
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Hal, his Brotherband crew, and the Ranger Gilan have freed the twelve Araluens sold into slavery. Returning to Araluen, Gilan is given a new mission by King Duncan: protect his daughter's life. Princess Cassandra has survived one attempt on her life already, and now whispers of a second attempt have reached the kingdom. A deadly sect known as the Scorpion Cult is thought to be behind the assassination threat.
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Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Presented with an unexpected assignment, Alex Rider's greatest nemesis, Yassen Gregoravich, recalls his life and the path that led him to become an assassin while his one-time friend, Alex's uncle, became a spy.
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Series
Throne of glass novels volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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Description
"Step into the world of the Throne of Glass series with this collection of prequel novellas. Celaena Sardothien is her kingdom's most feared assassin. Though she works for the powerful Assassin's Guild and its scheming master, Arobynn Hamel, she yields to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. But when Arobynn dispatches her on missions that take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, Celaena finds herself acting independently...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become the King's Champion. But she is far from loyal to the crown. Though she goes to great lengths to hide her secret, her deadly charade becomes more difficult when she realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. Her search for answers ensnares those closest to her, and no one is safe from suspicion-not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard; not even her best friend, Nehemia,...
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Series
Something dark and holy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Description
A girl who can speak to gods, a prince who must learn whom to trust, and a boy with a monstrous secret seek to assassinate the king and stop a centuries-long war.
Nadya, a girl who can speak to gods, must save her people without destroying herself. A prince in danger must decide who to trust. A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. In a centuries-long war, their paths entwine in a shadowy world of spilled blood and mysterious saints. Together,...
7) Grave mercy
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Series
His fair assassin volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Brittany, seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where she learns that the god of Death has blessed her with dangerous gifts--and a violent destiny.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 32
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those don't.As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world. With war looming on all horizons, the only chance for salvation lies...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape. Desperate to save her life, Lia's erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komizar that she has the gift, and the Komizar's interest in Lia is greater than anyone could have foreseen. Meanwhile, nothing is straightforward. Lia always believed the Vendans to be barbarians. Now that she lives amongst them, however, she realizes that may be far from the truth....
10) Throne of glass
Author
Series
Throne of glass novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Language
English
Description
In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien. The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Elsa's world was written into creation; her mother, a noted scriptologist, constantly alters and expands their reality. When her mother kidnapped, Elsa is forced to cross into the real world and use her own scriptology gifts to find her. In an alternative Victorian Italy, Elsa finds a secret society of young scientists with a gift for mechanics, alchemy, or scriptology-- and meets Leo, a mechanist with a smart mouth and tragic past. When an assassin...
12) Betrayal
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Series
Amber Fang volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"In the second novel of this series for teen readers, a vampire librarian learns a secret organization is behind her mother's disappearance."--
13) Ruthless gods
Author
Series
Something dark and holy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
"The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet--those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer."--
14) Four dead queens
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Keralie is the best pickpocket in all of the kingdoms of Quadara, but when she steals a "comm disk" and realizes a royal murder plot is afoot, she must learn who to trust and fast.
"Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington may seem harmless, but she's, in fact, one of Quadara's most skilled thieves and a liar. Varin, on the other hand, is an honest, upstanding citizen of Quadara's most enlightened region, Eonia. He runs afoul of Keralie when she steals...
15) Shatter city
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 640L
Language
English
Description
Assuming her twin's identity, Frey works to destroy her father. When a rebel uprising strands her in Pas, and the city comes under attack, Frey must step out of the shadows to find her missing sister and take action against her tyrant father.
16) Fate of the gods
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Owen and his fellow teens travel to Denmark, the site of an ancient Viking battle, to search for the last key to the Trident of Eden and uncover the truth behind their collective unconsciousness.
Isaiah, a rogue Templar agent, has discovered both the faith prong and the fear prong of the powerful Trident of Eden relic. Should he possess the devotion prong, there is little that can stop him from destroying the world. Owen and his fellow teens have...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Today everyone knows the name of John Wilkes Booth, the notorious zealot who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. But in his lifetime, the killer was an actor who was well-known among fans of the theater well-known but less famous and less admired than his brother Edwin. In the 1860s, Edwin Booth ranked among the greatest and most-respected stars of the stage. He lived in New York and sympathized with the Union cause, while his younger brother stomped the...
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English
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Lincoln watched a play. Garfield walked through a train station. McKinley shook hands with his public. Kennedy smiled and waved from a motorcade. In these moments shots rang out and four presidents suffered mortal wounds. Some say their assassins were calculating killers. Others say they were madmen guided by strange notions of the world. Assassins' America examines the life of each killer and his victim. Their stories are full of twists and mysteries,...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nothing in Owen's life has been right since his father died in prison, accused of a crime Owen is certain he didn't commit. Monroe, the IT guy at school, might finally bring Owen the means to clear his father's name by letting him use an Animus-a device that lets users explore genetic memories buried within their own DNA. During a simulation, Owen comes uncovers the existence of a powerful relic long considered a legend-the Trident of Eden. Now two...
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