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Series
Snow like ashes trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Orphaned Meira, a fierce chakram-wielding warrior from the Kingdom of Winter, must struggle to free her people from the tyranny of an opposing kingdom while also protecting her own destiny.
Author
Series
Mark of the thief trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds himself in possession of an ancient amulet filled with magic once reserved for the Gods, and becomes the center of a conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and destroy Rome.
4) Show way
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
Author
Series
Blast to the past volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Third graders travel through time to keep history on track!
Abigail loves Mondays, and so does the rest of class 305. That's the day Mr. Caruthers asks them cool questions about history. Today Mr. C asks, "What if Abraham Lincoln never freed the slaves?" Abigail and her friends are ready to put their thinking caps on. But this time Mr. C wants them to do more than put their heads together-he wants them to travel back in time!
Turns out the "What If?"...
Author
Series
Snow like ashes trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Cordellan debt forces the Winterians to dig their mines for payment, they unearth something powerful and possibly dangerous: Primoria's lost chasm of magic. Theron sees this find as an opportunity -- with this much magic, the world can finally stand against threats like Angra. But Meira fears the danger the chasm poses -- the last time the world had access to so much magic, it spawned the Decay.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 9
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although raised on a Southern plantation and owned by a Confederate officer, a Tennessee walking horse helps a slave during the Civil War.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After the Duchess of the Lake catches Violet with Ash, the hired companion at the Palace of the Lake, Violet has no choice but to escape the Jewel or face certain death, so along with Ash and her best friend, Raven, Violet runs away from her unbearable life of servitude"--
10) Liberator
Author
Series
Dragons of Starlight volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
The resurrected Starlighter, Cassabrie, may be the humans' last hope on Starlight as Jason, Koren, and Elyssa struggle to warn the soldiers of the dragon king's plan to wipe them out using a deadly disease that already threatens Koren's life.
11) Diviner
Author
Series
Dragons of Starlight volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Elyssa discovers new aspects of her diviner gifts, Koren questions her ability to save her fellow slaves, and Randall decides to join with Magnar and Arxad in preparations for a battle with the dragon king's followers.
12) Drought
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ruby Prosser wishes to escape where she lives and have freedom.
13) Huckleberry Finn
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Series
Language
English
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Description
A young boy living in mid-nineteenth-century Missouri relates the many adventures that he and his friend, an escaped slave, experience as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft.
14) Warrior
Author
Series
Dragons of Starlight volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
The quest to rescue the slaves on the dragon planet of Starlight continues, as those from the human planet, Major Four, attempt to overcome the dragon prophecy surrounding the black egg, while those on Starlight work to fullfill the prophecy.
15) The Jewel
Author
Series
Lone city trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Violet, a poor girl from the outer city, finds forbidden romance and uncovers brutal secrets when, after three years of training, she is purchased by a royal family as a surrogate mother for royal children.
17) River runs deep
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Elias is sent to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky to fight a case of consumption--and ends up fighting for the lives of a secret community of escaped slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad.
Author
Series
Dragonwatch volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kendra and Seth seek help from the Giant Queen as the war against dragons moves into Titan Valley, a magical realm of towering giants and enslaved dragons.
20) Frost like night
Author
Series
Snow like ashes trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The final book in the Snow Like Ashes series, a high-fantasy adventure following Meira as she tries to defeat the evil king of Spring"--
Angra is alive, his Decay is spreading-- and no one is safe. Meira will do anything to save her world. She desperately needs to learn to control her own magic, and when the leader of a mysterious Order from Paisly offers to teach her, Meira jumps at the chance. But the true solution to stopping the Decay lies...
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