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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
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"A nail-biting narrative, setting stark human dilemmas against a lush, exotic backdrop."— People
"Extraordinary. . . . Nothing is as it seems, and the ending is as shocking as it's satisfying." — Boston Globe
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett, a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest
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...2) Amazonia
Author
Language
English
Description
James Rollins-the author of The Doomsday Key, The Last Oracle, The Judas Strain, Black Order, and other pulse-pounding, New York Times bestsellers-carries readers into the heart of darkness in his classic thriller, Amazonia.
3) Spy
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Series
Alexander Hawke thrillers volume 4
Language
English
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Sent on a dangerous political mission to South America, intelligence operative Alex Hawke is challenged to employ his unique training as well as his agency's latest high-tech gadgetry in order to survive.
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Series
Children of the lamp volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Djinn twins John and Philippa, along with their Uncle Nimrod, travel to the Amazon jungle to try to recover a stolen collection of rare Incan artifacts.
Author
Series
Race the wild volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Russell has entered the race around the world and knows it's going to be tough. The first leg of the race is through the Amazon rain forest where he and his team face animals, rapids, venom, and sneaky competitors.
6) The explorer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Appears on list
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Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive for days until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the vines.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
While on a hike through the Amazon rain forest, Lea confronts piranhas and anacondas, but when she comes across an injured baby sloth, she must decide whether or not it is right to try to save it.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
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Description
Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help. Lush illustrations are complemented by back matter about the Ashaninka community.
10) Tree of Dreams
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Coco Hidden has grown up in her mother's chocolate shop in Colorado, along with her friend Leo de la Cueva, but recently things have not been going well; the shop is failing, and Leo is hanging out with the other boys, and barely wants to talk to her--but when they both win a culinary contest, the two children and their mothers find themselves on a trip to the Amazon in Ecuador, where Coco hopes to find the rare ceiba tree, and where...
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Language
English
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"What if the pandemic you thought would kill you made you more intelligent instead? In the Amazon jungle, a disease is spreading. To those who survive, it grants enhanced communication, memory, and pattern recognition. But the miracle may be the sinister survival mechanism of a fungal organism, manipulating the infected into serving it. Paul Johns, a mycologist, is convinced the fungal host is the next stage of human evolution, while his brother Neil,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
An exceptional new novel about falling down, risking everything and embracing what makes us unique. Danger "Danny" Danielle Warren is no stranger to falling. After losing an eye in a childhood accident, she had to relearn her perception of movement and space. Now Danny keeps her head down, studies hard, and works to fulfill everyone else's needs. She's certain that her mom's bitterness and her TV star father's absence are her fault. If only she were...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"Meet Jack and Max Stalwart, Code Names: Courage and Wisdom. Jack and Max are ordinary kids who become secret agents by night, thwarting evil and saving priceless treasures as they solve mysteries around the world. Destination: Brazil. Secret agents Jack and Max Stalwart are sent to the Amazon jungle to investigate the disappearance of an important Global Protection Force scientist. Soon, they discover that the scientist's disappearance is no accident....
14) Origin
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home--and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life. Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark...
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Series
Jack and the geniuses volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Famed inventor Henry "Hank" Witherspoon has gone missing, and it's up to Jack and his brilliant siblings, Ava and Matt, to find him.
At Hank's ransacked lab, the siblings discover clues to the project he's been working on-a new way to generate and store electricity, inspired by the electric eels of the Amazon.
The kids travel deep into the Amazon jungle, following a series of clues Hank has left. Relying on genius, cunning, and new technology,...
16) We eat our own
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Language
English
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"An ambitious debut novel by an original young writer, We Eat Our Own blurs the lines between life and art with the story of a film director's unthinkable experiment in the Amazon. When a nameless, struggling actor in 1970s New York gets the call that an enigmatic director wants him for an art film set in the Amazon, he doesn't hesitate: he flies to South America, no questions asked. He quickly realizes he's made a mistake. He's replacing another...