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1) Skyward
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Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 21
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
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"Spensa's world has been under attack for decades. Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring skyward and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's--a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, leaving Spensa's chances of attending flight school at slim to none. No one will...
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As a little girl raised amid the hardships of Michigan's Copper Country, Fenna Vos learned to focus on her own survival. That ability sustains her even now as the Second World War rages in faraway countries. Though she performs onstage as the assistant to an unruly escape artist, behind the curtain she's the mastermind of their act. Ultimately, controlling her surroundings and eluding traps of every kind helps her keep a lingering trauma at bay. Yet...
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"Life near the North Korean border is a zero-sum game, an ongoing battle in which you either win or you lose. This dangerous, shadowed netherworld is home to an unforgettable woman known only as the "trickster." Inspired by the story of Lee's great aunt, one of the oldest women to escape alone from North Korea, 8 Lives of a Century Old Trickster consists of eight dark and spellbinding chapters that follow this remarkable character and her family as...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A diverse group of memorable characters find themselves in Paris during the build up to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Dreamer Anne is half-Haitian, possessed of incredible gifts, but with a past she tries to bury; Lawrence is desperate to spread his wings, develop his talents as a photographer, and escape the restrictions of his Canadian upbringing; Ellis, an American army surgeon, has lived through the trauma of the American Civil War and will...
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Series
I survived volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
The battlefield was soaked in blood. Screams of injured soldiers rang through the air. Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox knelt behind a rock, his gun clutched in his shaking hands. Nate had been heading to New York City to find his father. But now he was trapped in a terrible gunfight between American and British troops. -- But King George was like a snake with America gripped in his fangs - and he didn't want to let go. So now it was war - brutal, bloody...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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The Chinese have a foothold in America, they control part of the west coast and a handful of states in the North east. They are attempting to expand their control in America by promising to restore the grid, provide clean water and medical treatment. Many fall for the exchange, their souls for electricity. The Chinese have targeted America's military labs and nuclear plants, one is the famous Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge that is being protected by Gray...
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[2021]
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English
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A year after the blackout and Chinese invasion America was split into sections with the west coast and northeast occupied by the Chinese, the south and central states are now called Free America. The Chinese supplied power to their occupied areas, Texas controlled their own power grid and the TVA supplied power to the southeast. The north central states purchased power from Alberta much to the anger of China. The Chinese applied pressure on Canada...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
Description
What happens when most of the grid goes down and there are mass riots across the country. Millions are dying, cities are burning out of control. There are nightly ANTIFA and BLM riots protesting the lack of power. New strains of the COVID flu appear, each more deadly than the last. Our government is out of ideas and resources when out of the blue China offers to help restore our grid and order to our cities.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Occupied Italy, 1944. In the mountain regions south of Bologna, Liliana Nicoletti's family finds escaped POW James Foley behind German lines. Committed to the anti-Fascist cause, they deliver him to a powerful band of local partisans. But when the SS launches a brutal attack against the Resistance, Liliana's peaceful community is destroyed. Alone and thrown together by tragedy, James and Liliana fight together as Monte Sole burns. Forging an unbreakable...
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