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42) The river
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival. Sequel to "Hatchet."
43) Vision quest
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Louden Swain learns about determination, friendship, and love as he diligently trains for a crucial state wrestling tournament.
44) We all fall down
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
As The Avenger searches for the teenage boys who trashed a house in his neighborhood, Buddy, one of the trashers, increases his drinking in order to cope with his parents' separation and his obsession with the daughter of the owner of the vandalized house.
45) Dragon's bait
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wrongly condemned of witchcraft, fifteen-year-old Alys is tempted to take revenge on her accusers when the dragon to which she has been sacrificed turns out to be an ally.
46) The seance
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
The seance started as a game, but it led to murder and terror for the people of a small east Texas community.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Henry escapes his family's problems by watching the woodcarving of Mr. Levine, an elderly Holocaust survivor, but when Henry is manipulated into betraying his friend he comes to know true evil.
49) The giver
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
GN 760L
Language
English
Description
Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she visits her great-uncle, a successful and self-centered author, at his fortress-like home on Catalina Island, fifteen-year-old Samantha becomes involved in his manipulative game that leads to murder.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend's dramatic cry for help.
53) Flour babies
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own "babies" in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.
55) Spite fences
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
As she struggles with her troubled relationship with her mother during the summer of 1960, a young girl is also drawn into the violence, hatred, and racial tension in her small Georgia town.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tomikazu Nakaji's biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and a local bully, until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
57) Wolf-woman
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
When she is three-years-old, Tanith is taken from a den of wolves and lives for many years as the daughter of the chief of a warlike clan, until circumstances force her to choose between wolves and men.
58) Fire on the wind
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
The summer before her fourteenth birthday, a fierce forest fire rages throughout northwestern Oregon and threatens the logging camp where Storie and her family live.
59) Keeping Secrets.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who had come to her home in Missouri after fleeing the raid of William Quantrill and his raiders on Lawrence, Kansas.
60) Shadowmaker
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Soon after she and her mother come to the small Texas town of Kluney and experience a series of menacing events, Katie begins to suspect that there is something sinister going on.
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