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1) Wringer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it.
2) Red Dog
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Living with his family in the rugged, often dangerous, Wyoming mountains in the 1860's, twelve-year-old Adam finds his courage put to the test when he is left in charge of the household during his stepfather's absence.
3) Allegiant
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Formats
Description
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered -- fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories. But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she...
4) Insurgent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Description
"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"--
6) Divergent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Appears on list
Formats
Description
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all. Includes bonus material including the author's writing process, a movie script excerpt, and more.
8) The hunters
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Determined to recover the Adomal and to prevent the pirate Zavac from doing more damage, Hal and his brotherband crew persue Zavac to the lawless fortress of Ragusa where, if Hal is to succeed, he will have to go beyond his brotherband training and face the pirate one-on-one in a fight to the finish.
Author
Formats
Description
How could two hardworking people do everything right in life, a woman asks, and end up destitute? Willa Knox and her husband followed all the rules as responsible parents and professionals, and have nothing to show for it but debts and an inherited brick house that is falling apart. The magazine where Willa worked has folded; the college where her husband had tenure has closed. Their dubious shelter is also the only option for a disabled father-in-law...
11) The outcasts
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Formats
Description
In a society that values strength over intellect, Hal's ingenuity, combined with the fact that his mother was a slave, sets him apart from other boys his age. As he and his peers compete in training designed to test their strength and endurance, Hal realizes he is not the only outcast and struggles to carve out a place for himself.
12) Amal Unbound
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In Pakistan, Amal holds onto her dream of being a teacher even after becoming an indentured servant to pay off her family's debt to the wealthy and corrupt Khan family.
13) Max the brave
Author
Series
Max (Ed Vere) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Max is a brave cat who hunts mice--if only he knew what a mouse looks like--so he goes around asking the creatures he meets if they are mice.
14) Lines of courage
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Description
From the assassination that triggers World War I in 1914 to Armistice Day in 1918, the story follows the fates of five young people on both sides of the conflict--each facing their portion of the war with courage, until the end of the war brings them together. Includes information on the history of the war.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In a world built for Perfect Pets, Barnabus is a Failed Project, half mouse, half elephant, kept out of sight until his dreams of freedom lead him and his misfit friends on a perilous adventure. A stunning picture book from international bestsellers The Fan Brothers, joined by their brother Devin.
16) The big wave
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
His family and village swept away by a tidal wave, Jiya learns to live with the ever-present dangers from the sea and volcano.
18) Mel fell
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"...follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith."--