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Stormbreaker: Graphic Novel
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 2.4. Author: Anthony Horowitz.
Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by English author Anthony Horowitz about a young spy named Alex Rider. This is a graphic novel of the first book in the Alex Rider series!
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Our Town
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 3.9. Author: Thornton Wilder. Key Award: Pulitzer Prize.
First produced and published in 1938, this Pulitzer Prize–winning drama of life in the small village of Grover's Corners has become an American classic and is Thornton Wider's most renowned and most frequently performed play.
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Evil Genius
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Levels: 4.9-5.3. Author: Catherine Jinks.
This series follows the life of Cadel Piggott, a child prodigy and scientific genius. Catherine Jinks is a well known author of science fiction. Cadel Piggott has a genius IQ and a fascination with systems of all kinds. At seven, he was illegally hacking into computers. Now he’s fourteen and studying for his World Domination degree, taking classes like embezzlement, misinformation, forgery, and infiltration at the institute founded by criminal mastermind Dr. Phineas Darkkon.
Although Cadel may be advanced beyond his years, at heart he’s a lonely kid. When he falls for the mysterious and brilliant Kay-Lee, he begins to question the moral implications of his studies for the first time.
But is it too late to stop Dr. Darkkon from carrying out his evil plot?
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Dragon Spell
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Interest: Grade 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.0-5.3. Author: Donita K. Paul.
The story is set in the fictional world of Amara and focuses on a girl named Kale and a boy named Bardon and their adventures to rescue dragon eggs, free enslaved dragons, and rouse knights from chambers of sleep. They learn to hatch, bond, and release young dragons.
As their adventures take them throughout the world of Amara, Kale and Bardon grow and develop into leaders of their world.
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Dragon Light
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Interest: Grade 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.0. Author: Donita K. Paul.
As Kale and her father are busy hatching, bonding, and releasing the younger generation of dragons as helpers throughout the kingdom, the light wizard has little time to develop her skills. Her husband, Sir Bardon-despite physical limitations resulting from his bout with the stakes disease-has become a leader, serving on the governing board under Paladin.
When Kale and Bardon set aside their daily responsibilities to join meech dragons Regidor and Gilda on a quest to find a hidden meech colony, they encounter sinister forces. Their world is under attack by a secret enemy.
Can they overcome the ominous peril they can't even see?
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DragonFire
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Interest: Grade 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.1. Author: Donita K. Paul.
Three years of strife have passed since Kale and Bardon freed Paladins knights. Now, fiery dragons scorch their beautiful countryside as an evil husband-and-wife wizard duo battle one another for supremacy. The people of Amara just want to be left alone, hoping the conflict with disappear. But Paladin is dying, and Bardon and Kale,now married, must accept fateful assignments if their land is to survive.
Will their efforts turn the tide against their adversaries? They face a deadly threat, and a challenging choice
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Adrian Mole Diaries, The
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Levels: 5.1-5.8. Author: Sue Townsend.
The multi-million copy masterpiece of irreverence! Sue Townsend's hilarious, heartrending memoir of a Briitish teenager named Adrian Mole became the biggest surprise bestseller in publishing history when it first appeared in 1982. After several years on the bestseller lists, a hit musical, a TV series, an five million sold -- Adrian is still going strong! "Adrian Mole Diaries" is two books published within one book, the two most popular books in the Adrian Mole series! Get two favorites within one!
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New Policeman, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.1. Author: Kate Thompson. Key Award: Costa Book Award.
Who knows where the time goes? There never seems to be enough time in Kinvara, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter. When J.J.'s mother says that what she really wants for her birthday is more time in her day, J.J. decides to find her some. But how can he find time for her, when he barely has enough time to keep up with school and his music? And where will he get time to find out if the shocking rumor is true—that his great-grandfather was a murderer? It seems as though J.J.'s given himself an impossible task. But then a neighbor reveals a secret to him—there is a place where time stands still. J.J. realizes he's the only person who can make the journey, but to do so he'll have to vanish from his own life. And when J.J. disappears from the village, enter the new policeman.
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Not the End of the World
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.3. Mature Content. Author: Geraldine McCaughrean. Key Award: Whitbread Award (Now called the Costa Award).
"The end of the world is a busy time if you mean to outlive it." So says Timna, sole daughter of Noah, as she and her family prepare to face the flood that will cleanse the Earth.
But during the forty days and nights before the waters recede, the inhabitants of the Ark experience more than just a simple boat ride. As events take a terrifying turn, and as lines between right and wrong increasingly blur, Timna must find it in her heart to question her father when no one else will.
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Undercover
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Interest: Grades: 4-8. Reading Level: 5.5. Author: Beth Kephart. Key Award: National Book Award nominee.
A lyrical story of Elisa’s finding her voice through the love notes she pens for her friends’ romantic endeavors, the emotional turmoil she feels while her parent’s relationship hangs in the balance.
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Stormbreaker
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Interest: Grades 5-8. Reading Level: 5.1. Author: Anthony Horowitz.
Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by English author Anthony Horowitz about a young spy named Alex Rider. The story opens with a 14 year old orphan Alex Rider learning that his guardian and uncle, Ian Rider, has died in a car accident. Suspicious about the circumstances of his uncle's death, Alex decides to investigate his uncles death and discovers that Ian was a spy working for MI6. Alex is then told that his uncle was investigating Herod Sayle, a Lebanese businessman and computer entrepreneur, who is donating a revolutionary computer system to every secondary school in the United Kingdom. MI6 forcibly recruit Alex and place him in a grueling SAS training camp, where he is the youngest and is treated as an outcast, before moving him into Sayle's factory. Alex discovers that Herod Sayle is planning to wipe out Britain's school children, through a lethal virus of smallpox, contained in the Stormbreaker, the computer he is manufacturing. As with each novel in the series, Alex must use all of his skills to try to stop the enemy and save the world.
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Pagan's Crusade
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Interest: Grades 6-8. Reading Levels: 3.5-3.7. Author: Catherine Jinks.
The setting is during the Middle Ages around the time of the Crusades. Down on his luck and kicked in the pants one too many times, Pagan Kidrouk arrives on the doorstep of the Templar Knights in medieval Jerusalem, looking for work as a squire.
Expecting only a respite from life on the street and a few square meals, the sarcastic sixteen-year-old finds himself hard at work for Lord Roland de Bram -- a not-so-exciting life of polishing Lord Roland's armor, laundering his garments, and even training to fight by his side.
But as the Infidel Saladin leads his army to Jerusalem, it becomes more and more difficult for Pagan and Lord Roland to decide what action to take or whom to trust. Is a bloody battle for control of the Holy City inevitable?
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Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, The
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Interest: Grades 6-8. Reading Level: 4.3. Author: Terry Pratchett. Key Award: Carnegie Medal.
A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king.
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River Boy
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Interest: Grades: 6-8. Reading Level: 5.3. Author: Tim Bowler. Key Award: Carnegie Medal.
Fifteen-year-old Jess's grandfather has just had a major heart attack, but he insists upon finishing his painting, River Boy. At first, Jess cannot understand why this painting is so important to her grandfather, especially since there doesn't seem to be any boy in it at all. But while swimming in the river herself, Jess begins to feel the presence of a strange boy. Could this be the same one her ailing grandfather struggles to paint? And if so, why has he returned?
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Wildwood Dancing
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Interest: Grades 6-8. Reading Level: 5.4. Author: Juliet Marillier.
Set in historical Transylvania and loosely based on the fairytale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses", Wildwood Dancing centres on a family of sisters who have a secret bond with the mysterious Other Kingdom, where they go to dance at every Full Moon. When their father must go away for the winter, Jena and her sisters find themselves fighting for everything they hold dear – their home, their independence and the survival of the otherworld kingdom.
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Lantern Bearers, The
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Interest: Grades 8-12. Author: Rosemary Sutcliff. Key Award: Carnegie Medal.
Threatened by a tide of invaders, the last of the Roman Auxiliaries are to leave Britain forever. But Aquila, a young legionnaire, chooses to stay behind, in order to join the fight to save his native land. Rosemary Sutcliff is known for her highly acclaimed historical fiction. This book is part of a set of loosely-connected books—it follows The Eagle of the Ninth and The Silver Branch and precedes Sword at Sunset, but the themes in The Lantern Bearers are more complex than in the prior books. Issues of loss, estrangement, and loyalty are more complicated, pulling main characters in conflicting directions. This book is very well written, and an excellent choice for those studying ancient Rome or Britain, slightly more mature readers (ages 14+) and for book club discussions - a readers guide is included under "Technical Specs" section.
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Twisted
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 4.3. Mature Content. Author: Laurie Halse Anderson. New York Times Bestseller.
High school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background. But since he got busted for doing graffiti on the school, and spent the summer doing outdoor work to pay for it, he stands out like you wouldn’t believe.
His new physique attracts the attention of queen bee Bethany Milbury, who just so happens to be his father’s boss’s daughter, the sister of his biggest enemy— and Tyler’s secret crush.
And that sets off a string of events and changes that have Tyler questioning his place in school, in his family, and in the world.
Fans and new readers alike will be captured by the main character's (Tyler) pitchperfect, funny voice, the surprising narrative arc, and the thoughtful moral dilemmas that are at the heart of all of the author’s award-winning, widely read work.
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Of Mice and Men
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 4.5. Mature Content. Author: John Steinbeck. Key Award: Nobel Prize for author.
The tragic story of the complex bond between two migrant laborers in Central California. They are George Milton and Lennie Small, itinerant ranch hands who dream of one day owning a small farm. George acts as a father figure to Lennie, who is a very large, simpleminded man, calming him and helping to reign in his immense physical strength.
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Wicked Lovely
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 4.7. Author: Melissa Marr. New York Times Bestseller.
All teenagers have problems, but few of them can match those of Aislinn, who has the power to see faeries. Quite understandably, she wishes that she could share her friends' obliviousness and tries hard to avoid these invisible intruders. But one faery in particular refuses to leave her alone. Keenan the Summer King is convinced beyond all reasoning that Aislinn is the queen he has been seeking for nine centuries. What's a 21st-century girl to do when she's stalked by a suitor nobody else can see?
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48 Shades of Brown
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 4.9. Author: Nick Earls.
Australian teenager Dan Bancroft had a choice to make: go to Geneva with his parents for a year, or move into a house with his bass-playing aunt Jacq and her friend Naomi. He chose Jacq's place, and his life will never be the same. This action-packed and laugh-out-loud-funny novel navigates Dan's chaotic world of calculus, roommates, birds, and love.
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