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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Artist Basil Hallward is greatly impressed by Dorian Gray's physical beauty when he paints his portrait. Basil becomes strongly infatuated with Dorian, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode in Basil's art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new kind of hedonism, Lord Henry suggests that the only thing worth pursuing in life is beauty, and the fulfilment of the senses. Dorian...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 42
Lexile measure
HL 470L
Language
English
Description
"A swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honor, and derring-do, it is set in France during the 1620s and richly populated with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, kings, queens, cavaliers, and criminals in a whirl of adventure, espionage, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, love, scandal, and suspense. Dumas transforms major and minor historical figures into larger-than-life characters: the brave d'Artagnan, an impetuous young man in pursuit of glory; the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city-intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion, humankind agreed, and a golden age began. But at what cost? With the advent of peace, man ceases to strive for creative greatness, and a malaise settles over the human race - NoveList.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
"Alas, Babylon." Those fateful words heralded the end. When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
A military space probe, sent to collect extraterrestrial organisms from the upper atmosphere, is knocked out of orbit and falls to Earth. Twelve miles from the crash site, an inexplicable and deadly phenomenon terrorizes the residents of a sleepy desert town in Arizona, leaving only two survivors: an elderly addict and a newborn infant. The United States government is forced to mobilize Project Wildfire, a top-secret emergency response protocol. Four...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Harry Benson, a man who suffers from violent seizures, is implanted with electrodes that are designed to send soothing pulses to the pleasure centers of his brain, but something goes wrong with the operation and Benson sets out to get revenge on the doctors he believes are trying to turn him into a machine.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He's all Marine, fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler of his family. Lillian is his wife, beautiful, Southern-bred, with a core of velvet steel. Without her cool head, her kids would be in real trouble. Ben is the oldest, a born athlete whose best never satisfies the big man. Ben's got to stand up, even fight back, against a father who doesn't give in, not to his men, not to his wife,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
One enemy spy knows the secret of the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin -- code name: "The Needle" -- who holds the key to the ultimate Nazi victory. Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is coming to love the killer who has mysteriously entered her life.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 35
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Through Jean M. Auel's magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear. A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous...
11) Whispers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
Hilary Thomas knew terror as a child, but never anything like this. He is hunting her with a sick desire more terrifying than hatred could ever be. And he is in her house again. He is on the stairs, and he can't be stopped. Hilary killed him once and he keeps coming back. Again and again.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 33
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
Young black military cadet Will McLean, with a code of honor all his own, boldly confronts the terrifying injustice of a corrupt insititution as he struggles to expose a mysterious group known as "The Ten."
13) Phantoms
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
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A story of disaster and suspense that strikes deep fear throughout its journey to the chilling truth - perfect for fans of the Odd Thomas series and Clive Barker. 'Not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler'.
14) Darkfall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Penny cannot tell her father about the horrible things under her bed. One night she poked under her bed with a baseball bat and it was yanked out of her hand.Her father doesn't notice because he is embroiled in a series of mystifying murder cases. the corpses punctured with dozens of tiny wounds, the bodies found in locked rooms with no way in or out.
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Series
Jack Ryan and John Clark novels volume 4
Jack Ryan universe volume 04
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
[Jack Ryan volume 04
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Jack Ryan universe volume 04
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
[Jack Ryan volume 04
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision: the Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on.--Amazon.com.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
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Description
The war against the dragon minions of Queen Takhisis rages on. Armed with the mysterious, magical dragon orbs and the shining, silver dragonlance, the companions bring hope to the world. But now, in the dawn of a new day, the dark secrets that have long shadowed the hearts of the friends come to light. Betrayal, treachery, frailty, and weakness will nearly destroy all that they have accomplished. The greatest battle they have left to fight is within...
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Series
DragonLance saga. Chronicles volume 2
Dragonlance chronicles volume 02
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Dragonlance chronicles volume 2
Dragonlance chronicles volume 02
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Dragonlance chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
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"Dragons. Creatures of legend. Stories told to children. But now dragons have returned to Krynn. The darkness of war and destruction engulfs the land. A small band of heroes brings hope to the land. But the hope is fragile as a rose and may be lost completely, shattered by the bitter winds of winter. Knight and barbarian, warrior and half-elf, dwarf and kender and dark-soulded mage; they begin a perilous search for two artifacts that may help them...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 48
Language
English
Description
Set in Ice Age Europe, Ayla, the horse Whinney, which she tamed, and her lover Jondalar encounter the Mamutoi, a tribe of mammoth hunters, who, because of her control over animals, her healing skills, and the magic firestone she discovers, adopt Ayla into their clan. Ayla finds herself drawn to the Mamutoi master carver Ranec, which makes Jondalar wildly jealous. It isn't until after the great mammoth hunt, in which Ayla's life is threatened, that...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 41
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
In his most brilliant and powerful novel, Pat Conroy tells the story of Tom Wingo, his twin sister, Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the family into which they were born. Set in New York City and the low country of South Carolina, the novel opens when Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York after learning of his twin sister's suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the...
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