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Series
Prisoner of ice and snow volume 01
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When thirteen-year-old Valor is arrested, she could not be happier. Demidova's prison for criminal children is exactly where she wants to be. Valor's sister Sasha is already serving a life sentence for stealing from the royal family, and Valor is going to help her escape ... from the inside"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
Living with her warden father in an apartment above a 1950s prison, Cammie O'Reilly struggles to come to terms with the loss of her mother, who died saving her from harm when she was a baby, and interacts with some of the reformed inmates.
3) Breakout
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek--two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the town's maximum security prison, everything changes. Doors are locked, helicopters fly over the woods, and police patrol the school grounds. Worst of all, everyone is on edge, and fear brings out the worst in some people Nora has known her whole life....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison! The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times, it was a federal prison for only 29 years, but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America's most famous prison, from its initial...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Many believe ghosts can haunt any sort of location imaginable. Prisons and jails are where criminals are sent as punishment. See why some prisoners might be sentenced for life...and the afterlife!"--
Author
Series
On the run volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aiden and Meg Falconer have been chased from state to state by the FBI . . . and by a killer they know only as Hairless Joe. Now Hairless Joe is getting closer than ever -- and the Falconers are getting even closer than that to the truth.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from Alcatraz. This notorious island prison was home to hundreds of inmates, dozens of whom risked their lives to escape captivity. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, informative infographics, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, a selected bibliography, an index, information about the author, and sources for further research. Throughout history, people...
11) Haunted prisons
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Few sounds are as chilling as the metal bars of a prison slamming shut. Often, criminals are locked up in cells with other murderers, thieves, and robbers--sometimes for years, sometimes for life. Yet what about being locked up with a ghost? Some people say that the souls of those who died in prison are unable to rest in peace. As a result, ghosts and other spirits are often reported to haunt jails and prisons around the world. Among the 11 prisons...
Author
Series
Goosebumps. Original series volume 27
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
"Sue and her brother, Eddie, are visiting London when they run into a little problem. They can't find their tour group. Still, there's no reason to panic. Because there's no way their tour guide would just leave them. All alone. In a gloomy old prison tower. There's no way they'd get locked inside. After dark. With those eerie sounds. And a strange dark figure who wants them ... dead"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1100L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines twenty prisons from around the world and includes descriptions of living conditions, information on famous prisoners, and facts about when the prisons were in operation and what types of prisoners were held at each facility.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following the end of World War II, Ukrainian sisters Krystia and Maria reunite in a displaced persons camp, where they are falsely accused of collaboration with the Nazis and face interrogation by the Soviets for crimes they never committed.
16) Prisoner 88
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1885, ten-year-old Jake is sent to prison for killing a man who threatened his father, and struggles to survive the harsh realities of prison life in the Idaho Territory.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1963, more than 30 African American girls, ages 11-14, were arrested for taking part in Civil Rights protests in Americus, Georgia. Then came a greater ordeal: confinement in a Civil-War-era stockade."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Zak has been captured and sent to Planet Alcatraz's "Monster Zoo" where the inmates are forced to fight for the entertainment of the Overseers--but Erro is still free and he is determined to use all his Quom survival skills to rescue is human friend.
19) Elephant run
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Nick endures servitude, beatings, and more after his British father's plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and when his father and others are taken prisoner and Nick is stranded with his friend Mya, they plan a daring escape on elephants, risking their lives to save Nick's father and Mya's brother from a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
20) Alcatraz
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Alcatraz. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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