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Author
Series
Emblem Island volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
After changing the fate he has known since birth, twelve-year-old Tor Luna, accompanied by his friends Engle and Melda, must visit the notorious Night Witch to break the curse he now faces.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Mason and Ty were once the very best of friends, like two nerdy sides of the same coin . . . until seventh grade, when Ava Petrakis came along. Now Mason can trace everything bad in his life to that terrible fight they had over the new girl. The one thing he'd give anything for is a do-over. But that can't happen in real life--can it? As a science kid, Mason knows do-overs are impossible, so he can't believe it when he wakes up from a freak accident...
3) The Twelve
Author
Series
Twelve (Lin) volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Author
Series
Ever After High (Shannon Hale) volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Author
Series
Ever After High (Shannon Hale) volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
At Ever After High, a boarding school for the sons and daughters of famous fairy-tale characters, students Apple White and Raven Queen face the moment when they must choose whether to follow their destinies, or change them.
Author
Series
Teddies saga volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Buddy wakes up in a garbage dump and, after finding other teddy bears there, becomes their leader as they embark on a perilous journey to fulfill their destiny.
Author
Series
Monster who wasn't trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Imp, hatched in the underground monsters lair looking like a human boy, does not know where he fits, but Thunderguts, king of the ogres, has a dangerous destiny in mind for him.--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In order to rid herself of the curse placed upon her by the devious Fate Spinner, Annalise must enter the Labyrinth of Fate and Dreams and face the Fate Spinner, showing the world--and herself--what she is made of.
Author
Series
Forged in fire and stars volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Ara, fated to be the next Loresmith, a blacksmith serving alongside the ruler of Saetlund, is taken by the long-lost heirs to the throne on a dangerous journey that leads to surprising truths.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Mal and his friends break out of Hell and find themselves in Salem, Masschusetts, on Halloween night, and in order to return to their dimension, they must capture the escaped soul of one of the architects of the Witch Trials before he permanently upsets the balance of power on Earth.
13) Lotería
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In Oaxaca City, Mexico, ancient friends Life and Death discuss free will while engaged in a game of chance, with eleven-year-old Clara as the protagonist of their theories and a pawn in their game, moving inevitably towards her ultimate fate. Includes author's notes and reader's guide.
14) Mortal gods
Author
Series
Goddess war volume 2
Publisher
Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
The escalating war between the gods takes Athena and Cassandra across the globe, searching for lost gods, old enemies, and the great warrior, Achilles, and although their alliance is fragile, they must find a way to work together or all is lost.
15) The Ugly One
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"At the height of the Incan empire, a girl called the Ugly One because of a disfiguring scar on her face, seeks to have the scar removed and instead finds a life path as a shaman"
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 8
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Charlie and the Children of the Red King must call upon all of their strength to defeat the darkness and finally learn the fate of Charlie's family, the evil intentions of the Bloors, what has become of Septimus Bloor's will, and the destiny of the Red King's heirs.
Author
Series
Dragonkeeper (Carole Wilkinson) volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In China during the Han Dynasty, young Ping, doubting that she is the true dragonkeeper, struggles to care for the baby dragon, Kai, in the desolate mountains of Tai Shan, until fate leads her back to the Imperial Palace and the Garden of the Purple Dragon, but even in the safety of the palace, enemies abound and tempt her to try to escape her destiny.
Author
Series
Teddies saga volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Forced to watch one of their own being destroyed, the remaining teddies, who are thrust back into a world that doesn't want them, decide to return to the place they were created to finally learn why they were thrown away.
Author
Series
Teddies saga volume 3
Publisher
Henry Holt Books and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When the teddies head back into the dangerous world to seek the secrets of their creation, they discover that the founder of Furrington Industries, known as the Suit, is on trial, and while at the courthouse, they learn the true, incendiary reason the teddies were thrown away.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Trojan princess Cassandra is cursed by Apollo with the gift of prophecy, and must try to find her place in a world that she knows to be perilous; years later, will her friendship with a young Amazon princess named Rin help her to avert a disastrous end to their war?"--
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