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1) Delirium
Author
Series
Delirium trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.
2) Reached
Author
Series
Matched trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In search of a better life, Cassia joins a widespread rebellion against Society, where she is tasked with finding a cure to the threat of survival and must choose between Xander and Ky"--
Author
Series
The Testing trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now a freshman at the University in Tosu City with her hometown sweetheart, Tomas, Cia Vale attempts to expose the ugly truth behind the government's grueling and deadly Testing put her and her loved ones in great danger.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1893 twelve-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania, and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language; but when the soldiers invade the farm Audra is the only one who escapes and, unsure of what has happened to her parents, she embarks on a dangerous journey, carrying the smuggled Lithuanian books that fuel the growing resistance movement, unsure of who...
5) Hungry
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
In Thalia's world there is no more food and no need for food, as everyone takes medication to ward off hunger. But when she meets a boy who is part of an underground movement to bring food back, she realizes that the meds are not working.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Gray Weathersby and a small team of rebels set off on a frozen, icy journey in search of allies to help them take down the cruel Franconian Order--but they quickly learn that no ally or enemy is truly what they seem.
Author
Series
Robyn Hoodlum adventures volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Robyn Loxley plans to sieze the opportunity to rescue her parents from the governor's mansion by competing in the Iron Teen contest, although success could bring unwanted attention from Crown.
10) Pandemonium
Author
Series
Delirium trilogy volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
After falling in love, Lena and Alex flee their oppressive society where love is outlawed and everyone must receive "the cure"--an operation that makes them immune to the delirium of love--but Lena alone manages to find her way to a community of resistance fighters, and although she is bereft without the boy she loves, her struggles seem to be leading her toward a new love.
11) Awaken
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In the year 2060, when people hardly ever leave the security of their houses and instead do everything online, Madeline Freeman, the seventeen-year-old daughter of the man who created the national digital school attended by all citizens, is wooed by a group of radicals who are trying to get people to "unplug.".
Author
Series
Robyn Hoodlum adventures volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When Nott City is taken over by a harsh governor, Ignomus Crown, and her parents disappear, twelve-year-old Robyn Loxley flees for her life and joins a group of children trying to take back what is rightfully theirs in this futuristic retelling of Robin Hood.
13) The fever king
Author
Series
Feverwake volume 1
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Noam, a technopath, is thrust into the magical elite of the nation of Carolinia, where he learns the science behind his magic, secretly planning to use it against the government to protect refugees fleeing magical outbreaks.
14) Divided we fall
Author
Series
Divided we fall trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Danny Wright, seventeen, joined the Idaho Army National Guard to serve the country as his father had, but when the Guard is sent to an anti-government protest in Boise and Danny's gun accidently fires, he finds himself at the center of a conflict that results in the federal government declaring war on Idaho.
15) The fire
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Whit and Wisty Allgood have led the resistance against a totalitarian regime that has banned all forms of creativity and executed their parents, but even the growing strength of the siblings' magic has not been able to stop the evil dictator, and they must somehow prepare for an imminent showdown.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Looks like the wall has finally met its match. This classic tale gets a modern twist with a Humpty Dumpty for a new generation. Humpty Dumpty lived near a wall... begins this well-known fable. But this time Humpty is ready for battle, with a secret mission and a touch of mischief. Can all the King's horses and all the King's men help put Humpty together again? Or maybe the mission, no matter how small, is simply to question the point of a wall."--Provided...
17) Flood City
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Flood City is the only habitable place left on the drowned Earth, but it is also a battleground between the Star Guard who have controlled the city for decades and the Chemical Barons in their spaceships who once ruled the planet, want it back, and are now preparing to destroy it; the future will depend on Max, his sister Yala of Flood City, and Ato, a young Chemical Baron who just wants to keep his twin brother alive and not hurt anyone--and somehow...
Author
Series
Tiger at midnight volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
For Kunal and Esha, finally working together as rebels, the upcoming Sun Mela provides the perfect guise for infiltrating King Vardaan's vicious court. Kunal returns to his role as dedicated soldier, while Esha uses her new role as adviser to Prince Harun to seek allies for their rebel cause. Getting into the palace was the easy task; coming out together will be a battle for their lives.
19) Reign of outlaws
Author
Series
Robyn Hoodlum adventures volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Robyn Loxley has seventy-two hours to decide between sacrificing herself to save her parents and friends, or continuing to lead the rebellion to rid Nott City from Ignomus Crown once and for all.
When twelve-year-old Robyn Loxley set out to save her parents, she never could've predicted that she would become Robyn Hoodlum, leader of the rebellion against the harsh government led by Ignomus Crown. But Robyn's attempt to free her parents...
Author
Series
Join the resistance volume 2
Publisher
Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Mattis, Lorica, AG-90, and Jo have been captured by the First Order! And things only go from bad to worse when Jo turns traitor on them as soon as they're in custody, and AG is taken away to be reprogrammed as a villainous First Order droid! Can the squabbling Mattis and Lorica work together to figure out a way to escape before they are interrogated or worse?
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