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41) Death Benefits
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
Royce (aka Rolly) is having a bad year. Not only has his mother dragged him across the country in order to be close to her aged father Arthur, a celebrated cellist, but he's also recovering from mono. When he convinces his mother to let him finish the school year by correspondence, he's left feeling isolated and lonely, and spends his time watching TV and plotting ways to get back to his friends in Nova Scotia. But before his plans can be implemented,...
42) The summoning
Author
Series
Darkest powers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
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After fifteen-year-old Chloe starts seeing ghosts and is sent to Lyle House, a mysterious group home for mentally disturbed teenagers, she soon discovers that neither Lyle House nor its inhabitants are exactly what they seem, and that she and her new friends are in danger.
43) Hollyweird
Author
Publisher
Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Aly King is about to fall for the fallen
My best friend, Des, and I totally freaked when we won the contest to meet THE Dakota Danvers in Hollywood. But now we're finding out he's SO not the angel everyone believes him to be. In fact, Dakota is the son of Satan, wreaking havoc on Hollywood and creating an evil army hellbent on world domination.
Lucky for us, Dakota's super-cute personal assistant, Jameson, is a fallen angel trying to
...44) The Haters
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
A road trip adventure about a trio of jazz-camp escapees who, against every realistic expectation, become a band.
For Wes and Corey, jazz camp turns out to be lame. It's pretty much all dudes talking in Jazz Voice. But then they jam with Ash, a charismatic girl with an unusual sound, and the three just click. Ash makes a decision: they need to hit the road. Because the road, not summer camp, is where bands get good. Before Wes and Corey know it they're...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 830L
Language
English
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Description
Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A Black French Canadian whose family just moved to Austin, Texas, Norris finds himself cataloging everyone he meets: the Cheerleaders, the Jocks, the Loners, and even the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. He's amusing himself until it's time to go back to Canada. But soon those labels soon become actual people: loner Liam, who makes it his mission to befriend Norris; Madison the...
47) Fragile Remedy
Author
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Nate is a Gem-a Genetically Engineered Medical Surrogate-created by Gathos City scientists as a cure for the elite from the fatal lung rot ravaging the population. As a child, Nate was smuggled out of the laboratory where he was held captive and into the Withers-a quarantined, lawless region. He manages to survive by becoming a Tinker, fixing broken tech in exchange for food or a safe place to sleep. When he meets Reed, a kind and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1230L
Language
English
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Description
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers' attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger's new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J. K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. Never before have Muggles been privy to these richly imaginative tales.
49) Before I let go
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Language
English
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When Corey moves away from Lost Creek, Alaska, she makes her friend Kyra promise to stay strong during the long, dark winter, and wait for her return. Just days before Corey is to return home to visit, Kyra dies. The entire Lost community speaks in hushed tones, saying her death was meant to be. And they push Corey away like she's a stranger. With every hour, Corey's suspicion grows. Lost is keeping secrets-- but piecing together the truth about what...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 29
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
"The War Against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of the Daily Prophet, looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet ... As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate-and lose a few eyebrows in the process. The Weasley twins expand their business. Teenagers...
51) Path of deceit
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
A provocative and thrilling young adult adventure set in the world of the High Republic, 150 years before the storytelling of Phase I. Meet mysterious cult members, daring explorers, Jedi peacekeepers and more!
52) To best the boys
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Language
English
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"In a new fantasy novel from Mary Weber, bestselling author of the Storm Siren series and the Sofi Snow books, one girl makes a stand against society and enters a world made exclusively for boys. Every year for the past fifty-four years, the residents of Pinsbury Port receive a mysterious letter inviting all eligible-aged boys to compete for an esteemed scholarship to the all-male Stemwick University. Every year, the poorer residents look to see that...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44
Language
English
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Description
There is a Door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror? Here are just a few things on Harry's mind: A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey. A venomous, disgruntled house-elf. Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The looming terror of the end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Level exams ... and...
54) 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...
55) B Negative
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Paddy loves his family, all except for his annoying stepfather Anthony. When they have a discussion about his future, Paddy overreacts and threatens to join the army. Unable to back down, he finds he is alienating everyone around him. And when he takes the physical exam and learns his blood type, his world starts to crumble and he starts to question everything he thought he knew.
56) Hunted
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: Though Yeva grew up with the city's highest aristocrats, far from her father's old lodge, she knows that the forest holds secrets and that her father is the only hunter who's ever come close to discovering them. So when her father loses his fortune and moves Yeva and her sisters back to the outskirts of town, Yeva is secretly relieved. Out in the wilderness, there's no pressure to make idle chatter with vapid baronessas...or...
Author
Language
English
Description
Aliens are among us. And humanity's only hope just happens to carry pom-poms.
Laura Clark thought she was just your average college freshman until the day she saw a cheerleader on a skateboard get into a superhuman brawl with a lightning-wielding stranger in a trenchcoat. And the weirdest thing of all? Nobody else saw it happen. Nobody, that is, except the beautiful but standoffish Shailene, one of the mysterious (and possibly super-powered) cheerleaders...
59) Raybearer
Author
Series
Raybearer volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
Raised in isolation, Tarisai yearns for the closeness she could have as one of the Crown Prince's Council of 11, but her mother, The Lady, has magically compelled Tarisai to kill the Crown Prince.
60) The book thief
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
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Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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