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1) Fuzzy mud
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Two middle-grade kids take a shortcut home from school and discover what looks like fuzzy mud but is actually a substance with the potential to wreak havoc on the entire world" -- Provided by publisher.
3) The living
Author
Series
The living volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
After an earthquake destroys California and a tsunami wrecks the luxury cruise ship where he is a summer employee, high schooler Shy confronts another deadly surprise.
Author
Series
NERDS volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a virus infects Arlington, Virginia, home of NERDS headquarters, transforming victims into criminal masterminds, it is up to Flinch to stop its spread by miniaturizing himself and entering the head of the Villain Virus's creator, Heathcliff Hodges.
Author
Series
Nevermoor volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Morrigan Crow must uncover the mystery behind a new disease spreading through Nevermoor"--
7) The giant
Author
Series
Quarantine volume 4
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Gonzalo, now released from the high school quarantine, travels across a ravaged America looking for his beloved girlfriend Sasha"--
8) The Loners
Author
Series
Quarantine volume 1
Publisher
EgmontUSA
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When a virus deadly to adults infects their high school, brothers David and Will and the other students soon break into gangs that fight each other for survival and the hope of escaping their quarantine.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In her second year at Arcanum Training Institute, Ella grapples with fame, unearths a perilous school secret, and faces a mysterious magical illness outbreak, prompting her, alongside Brigit and Jason, to clear her name, while working tirelessly to safeguard the Marvellian realm from impending chaos.
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amidst the anticipation of Mr. B and Aunt Penny's wedding, the Vanderbeekers' lives take an unexpected turn as Laney receives a dire diagnosis, leading them to the hospital where, despite their own challenges, they form a bond with a critically ill new friend in need of their support.
Author
Series
How to train your dragon volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reluctant hero Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III must rescue his best friend, Fishlegs, from the deadly disease Vorpentitis. The only cure is rare and almost impossible to find ... a potato. But where will Hiccup find such a thing?
12) Inhuman
Author
Series
Fetch volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Beyond the wall lies the Feral Zone, breached only by the "fetches" who are paid to bring back items that were left behind when the wall went up--but when Delaney's father crosses into the Zone, she is forced to follow him and bring him back.
13) Lost horizon
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Kobi's blood may be the key to curing the Waste, and that means he and his Waste-infected friends must travel to an abandoned lab in Old Seattle if they want to end the Waste and bring justice to those responsible.
14) The secret sea
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Three friends find themselves plunged into a world of quantum physics, a rare disease that only affects identical twins, and a mysterious fact about a real-life global catastrophe"--
15) Squint
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Flint Minett has keratoconus, an eye disease, but desperately wants to win a comic book art contest so that he and his new friend McKell Panganiban will be better accepted at middle school.
16) Wink
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
After being diagnosed with a rare eye cancer, twelve-year-old Ross discovers how music, art, and true friends can push him through treatment and survive middle school.
17) The legacy
Author
Series
Declaration trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When a Pincent Pharma truck is ambushed by the Underground, revealing not the expected supply of drugs but corpses, it becomes clear that the Longevity prescription for eternal youth is failing to live up to its promises, and when the Underground is blamed for releasing a deadly virus, the truth finally comes out.
Author
Series
Rose legacy volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When a deadly disease breaks out, it is up to Anthea and her friends in the Horse Brigade to transport medicine throughout the kingdom while avoiding Anthea's evil mother and uncovering a powerful secret.
19) Making happy
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
When Leila's mother gets sick, lots of things change for her family, but one important thing stays the same--they still have each other, and they know how to find joy and laughter when they need it most.
20) Serena says
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"After her best friend, JC, has a kidney transplant, Serena feels that they are falling out of touch, especially as JC makes a new best friend in the hospital"--
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