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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An unexpected offer threatens the bond between Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi as the two Jedi navigate a dangerous new planet and an uncertain future.
Obi-Wan Kenobi has deep respect for his Master, but struggles to understand him. Why must Qui-Gon Jinn so often disregard the laws that bind the Jedi? When Jedi Rael Averross, another former student of Dooku, requests their assistance with a political dispute, Jinn and Kinobi travel to the royal court...
42) 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
[2019].
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"Collects never-before-seen maps, flags, bonus scenes along with five novellas, including "Queen Song," in which Queen Coriane keeps a secret diary that recounts her courtship, Cal's birth, and the challenges of royal life." --
44) The Treatment
Author
Series
The Program. Main series volume 2
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Working with rebels to bring down The Program, a suicide prevention treatment in which painful memories are erased, Sloane and James consider taking The Treatment to unlock their memories.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"After learning the truth about the Laicos Project and surviving betrayal by a Forgery in their midst, Gray Weathersby and his group of rebels plan their final attack on the Franconian Order"--
46) Oaths of legacy
Author
Series
Bloodright trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Now a political hostage in a newly-reignited war, Gal must sabotage a rebellion from within, concoct an escape plan, and return to the empire he is destined to lead, even if it means he must also sacrifice his loyalty to Ettian.
47) Vows of empire
Author
Series
Bloodright trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Separated for the first time and in full command of their respective forces, the time has finally come for Gal and Ettian to confront what they owe their empires, their friends, and each other if they are ever to forge a universe where the two of them can be together.
49) Cobalt Squadron
Author
Publisher
Disney, Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Describes the harrowing story of the courageous bomber pilots and technicians of Cobalt Squadron.
50) This mortal coil
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"In a world where people are implanted with technology to recode their DNA, gene-hacking genius Cat must decrypt her late father's message concealing a vaccine to a horrifying plague"--
51) 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.
52) Manifest
Author
Series
Muse duology volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Set in reimagined American monarchy, twelve-year-old Claire Emerson fights for her own freedom while also setting out to change the government from within, or burn it all down.
53) Ignite the sun
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
A young woman who lives in a kingdom shrouded in magical shadow by its evil queen goes on a quest to find the last vestiges of the sun --
54) Red Tigress
Author
Series
Blood heir trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Exiled princess and Affinite, Ana Mikhailov, partners with conman Ramson Quicktongue to take back the throne and stop the current empress, Morganya, from killing all the Affinites.
56) 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.".
57) Gnomon: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the widely acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World and Tigerman, a virtuosic new novel and his most ambitious book yet--equal parts dark comedy, gripping detective story, and mind-bending philosophical puzzle--set in a not-too-distant-future, high-tech surveillance state. In the world of Gnomon, citizens are ceaselessly observed and democracy has reached a pinnacle of "transparency." When suspected dissident Diana Hunter dies in government custody...
Author
Series
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume Related title
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In two revealing prequels to Red Queen, Queen Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her in royal life. Meanwhile, Captain Farley exchanges coded transmissions with the resistance--and stumbles upon a connection that may prove to be the key to an attack on the Nortan capital: Mare Barrow.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
On an island cursed by eternal winter, Sylvi agrees to run a late-season haul for a smuggler, but when they reach their destination, Sylvi must decide if she can abandon her cherished solitude and anonymity--and the favor of the icy spirit Winter--to join with the rebels.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A moral thriller about the Jewish underground resistance in Jerusalem after World War II follows the experiences of Brand, a hunted refugee, who assumes a different identity and commits himself to the revolution while accepting increasingly dangerous missions.
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