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1) The talisman
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 42
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey - an exalting, terrifying quest for the Talisman. Only the Talisman can save his dying mother and defeat the enemy who is out to destroy them. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States, but through the wondrous and menacing Territories as well.The Territories lie as firmly in the imagination as Atlantis or Oz; they are as...
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Series
Codex Alera volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
In the realm of Alera, where people bond with the furies--elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal--15-year-old Tavi struggles with his lack of fury crafting. As his homeland erupts in chaos--when rebels war with loyalists and furies clash with furies--Tavi's simple courage will turn the tides of war.
Author
Series
Codex Alera volume 2
Language
English
Description
Tavi is ostensibly serving as a page but secretly training to become a spy. When the first lord falls to a sorcerous attack, Tavi and his closest friends and teachers must conceal the lord's condition lest the realm fall into civil war. In the Calderon Valley, a long--forgotten horror awakens and heads for the heart of Alera, while Tavi's closest relative, the newly appointed Steadholder Isana, faces at least two sets of assassins.
4) Half a king
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Series
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English
Description
Prince Yarvi has vowed to regain a throne he never wanted... if he can, he must survive cruelty, chains, and the bitter waters of the Shattered Sea. Born with only one good hand, in a world where a strong arm and a cold heart rule, Yarvi cannot grip a shield or swing an axe, so he must sharpen his mind to a deadly edge. He gathers a strange fellowship of the outcast and the lost, who help him become the man he needs to be. But even with loyal friends...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
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Description
Although Princess Wilhelmina is ready to take her crown in her own land, she knows that to do so would mean war, and with the wraith already striking Indigo Kingdom villages, she will be needed to protect both kingdoms.
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Series
Book of Lost Things volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
David doesn't know much about life beyond the walls of his room, except what he reads in his books. Mourning the death of his mother and angry at his father for moving on so quickly, David is pulled into a world next to our own and discovers all the stories he's read have come to life. However, these stories are different. Angrier. Darker. As David makes his way through the world to find the king and mysterious Book of Lost Things that will help him...
8) The Gates
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Bursting with imagination and impossible to put down, New York Times bestselling author John Connolly's "wholly original" and "refreshing" novel is about the pull between good and evil, physics and fantasy. It is about a quirky and eccentric boy, who is impossible not to love, and the unlikely cast of characters who give him the strength to stand up to a demonic power.
Author
Series
Valdemar universe. Heralds of Valdemar volume 5
DAW book collectors volume no. 1199
Valdemar ; Heralds of Valdemar volume 04
Valdemar Anthologies
DAW book collectors volume no. 1199
Valdemar ; Heralds of Valdemar volume 04
Valdemar Anthologies
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Skif, an orphan who is forced to sleep on the kitchen floor of his uncle's inn, has learned how to sneak into the castles of the upper class by dressing as a page so that he can steal enough food and drink to survive, but when he meets Deek, he decides to join his gang of pickpockets and start earning his living on the streets.
10) Wereling
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Is he a boy--or is he a beast? Demons are closing in on every side, and the most psychopathic bloodsucker to rock the Netherworld wants to destroy him. And Trey is falling for a girl who is half vampire, half human, and insanely pretty.
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Language
English
Description
Walter Lavender Jr. is a master of finding missing things -- except for his father. But, silenced by a motor speech disorder, he wouldn't be able to tell you. The Luster of Lost Things is a lyrical meditation on why we become lost and how we are found, from the bright, broken heart of a boy who knows where to look for everyone but himself.
There's only one place in the world that Walter Lavender Jr. feels at home: The Lavenders, his mother's unusual...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
The carnival rolls in sometime after the midnight hour of a chill Midwestern October eve. Ushering in Halloween a week before its time, a calliope's shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. Young boyhood companions James Nightshade and Will Halloway are the first to heed its call. From a place of safety, they watch a midway come to spectral life, their emotions a riot of eagerness, trepidation, bravado,...
14) Ysabel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Ned Mariner, accompanying his photographer father on a shoot at the Saint-Sauveur Cathedral in Aix-en-Provence, meets American exchange student Kate Wenger, and together they becomes involved in a supernatural battle between a Celtic warrior and a Roman trader whose love for the same woman has not dimmed over centuries.
Author
Series
Demon's lexicon trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Nick and his family have battled magicians and demons for most of his life, but when his brother, Alan, is marked for death while helping new friends Jamie and Mae, Nick's determination to save Alan leads him to uncover a devastating secret.
16) Tigerheart
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
A little boy who walks and talks with pixies, sprites and other magical creatures leads a happy life until tragedy strikes and he knows that he must risk everything he has to save the day.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed-- within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it. His only defense is three women on a farm at the...
18) The jungle books
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Series
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Description
"The story of the man-cub Mowgli, who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, guided by his mentors Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and the ancient python Kaa, and who confronts his archenemy Shere Khan the tiger, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. Mowgli's adventures are juxtaposed with other animal stories set in the British Empire, ranging from the heroic battle of "Rikki-tikki-tavi" and the Himalayan pastoral "Purun...
19) Shadowblack
Author
Series
Spellslinger novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A Shadowblack plague is taking hold. It's a few months since Kellen left his people behind. Now 16, Kellen and Reichis have developed something of a reputation for being able to kill unruly mages. So it's no surprise when a wealthy but desperate father asks for their help in hunting down the men who've blackmailed him by putting a deadly curse on his only daughter. But when Kellen realises the girl is showing all the symptoms of the Shadowblack, he...
20) Float
Author
Series
Float (Laura Martin) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Emerson can float... he just can't do it very well. His uncontrollable floating is his RISK factor, which means that he deals with Reoccurring Incidents of the Strange Kind. The last place Emerson wants to be is at a government-mandated summer camp for RISK kids like him, so he's shocked when he actually starts having fun at camp--and he even makes some new friends. But it's not all canoeing and capture the flag at Camp Outlier. The summer of fun...
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