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1) The gift
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After escaping imprisonment by the totalitarian regime known as the New Order, siblings Wisty and Whit Allgood, who possess magical powers, establish themselves as leaders of the Resistance, a hidden community of teenagers like themselves, hunted by the state and determined to defy its ban on the arts, magic, and all other forms of creativity.
3) Prism
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
California high school students Kaida, Zeke, and Joy fall into a parallel universe in which all resembles their normal lives except that there is no medicine nor health care, which could mean big trouble for Joy, whose arm was injured in the accident that started their troubles.
5) The kiss
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Having helped her brother defeat the ruthless dictator who overshadowed their world, powerful witch Wisty Allgood falls in love with the mysterious, magic-wielding Heath and makes an excruciating choice when a merciless Wizard King threatens the land with war.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sydney's charismatic older brother Peyton has always been the center of attention in the family, but when he's sent to jail, Sydney struggles to find her place at home and the world until she meets the Chathams, including gentle, protective Mac, who makes her feel seen for the first time.
7) The guardian
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
When thirteen-year-old Hunter, struggling to deal with a harsh, money-grubbing foster mother, three challenging foster sisters, and a school bully, returns to his childhood faith and prays to St. Gabriel, he instantly becomes aware that he does, indeed, have a guardian.
8) Smiles to go
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Will Tuppence's life has always been ruled by science and common sense but in ninth grade, shaken up by the discovery that protons decay, he begins to see the entire world differently and gains new perspective on his relationships with his little sister and two closest friends.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Torn apart by tragedies and the publicity they brought, siblings Smithy, Jack, and Madison, aged fourteen to sixteen, tap into their parent's courage to pull together and protect their brother Tris, nearly three, from further media exploitation and a much more sinister threat.
10) Long story short
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Jono and his eight-year-old sister Julie run away when, soon after their grandmother's death, their alcoholic mother hits Julie, but when the police find them in Galway, Jono learns he is in big trouble.
11) Hourglass
Author
Series
Hourglass novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Emerson uses her power to manipulate time to help Michael, a consultant hired by her brother, to prevent a murder that happened six months ago while simultaneously navigating their undeniable attraction to one another.
12) Glint
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
While fifteen-year-old Ellie tries to find her missing eleven-year-old brother, Danny, in alternating chapters Danny dreams of a parallel quest in a fantasy world of dragons and shapeshifters that he and Ellie knew as children.
13) The Midnight zoo
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Andrej, nine-year-old Tomas, and their baby sister Wilma flee their Romany encampment when it is attacked by Germans during World War II, and in an abandoned town they find a zoo where the animals tell their stories, helping the children understand what has become of their lives and what it means to be free.
14) Just one wish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Annika tries to cheer up her little brother Jeremy before his surgery to remove a cancerous tumor by bringing home his favorite television actor, Steve Raleigh, the star of "Teen Robin Hood."
15) Just fly away
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Lucy Willows discovers that her father had an illegitimate child, now an eight-year-old boy who lives in the same town, and she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her family and life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Nat and her hacker brother Sam have come to Hawaii for their parents' Final Week. Global warming has devastated the planet, and the disintegrating society that remains is run by "corporates" who keep the population complacent through a constant diet of "pharma." The few Americans who stil live well also live long -- so long that older adults, like Nat's parents, blow out not by natural means but by buying death contracts. While...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the experiences of a spunky young girl, just eleven when the Civil War breaks out, as she watches her brothers go to war, helps care for her mentally ill father, and falls in love with a boy determined to be a soldier. Includes historical notes.
Author
Series
Confessions (James Patterson) volume 4
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
As she fights for the family company, Tandy Angel's detective prowess is called into question and her paranoia builds, forcing her to face the possibility that her stalker could be all in her head--or the very real danger that will finally bring her down.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four years after her brother Simon drowned while in her charge, Francesca, now fifteen, begins to move on after a summer caring for Frankie, who seems to be Simon reincarnated, and getting closer to her best friend's boyfriend.
Author
Series
DC icons volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"Diana, Princess of the Amazons, journeys to the World of Man in this coming-of-age young adult story"--