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81) Fast break
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
83) Heat
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
84) A king's ransom
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Cahills vs. Vespers volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After seven member of their family are kidnapped by a organization called the Vespers, Dan and Amy Cahill must race against time to track down an ancient map to pay as ransom to bring the hostages home.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Destiny leads 11-year-old Cady to a peanut butter factory, a family of children searching for their own Talents, and a Talent Thief who will alter her life forever"--Provided by publisher. Includes cake recipes.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 125
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
People line up around the block to buy Mama Tova's cupcakes. But who could be trying to steal her secret recipe? The Boxcar Children follow clues to a cupcake contest, where they must use their mystery-solving skills to find a thief.
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a governess trained at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, takes the three Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place to London, England, and learns they are under a curse.
Author
Series
Lost legends volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Tangled's Eugene Fitzherbert goes on a life-altering adventure that leads to his transformation into the one and only Flynn Rider"--
Author
Series
Twelve (Lin) volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Usagi's quest to save her younger sister, Uma, and save Midaga from the Dragonlord continues in this sequel to The Twelve"--
92) Raising Lumie
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Newly orphaned and living with the half sister she hardly knows, twelve-year-old Olive rediscovers her hope when she starts training a guide dog puppy.
93) The missing
Author
Series
Shadow House volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Five children have been lured into Shadow House, all for different reasons, and they must determine if someone is trying to help them escape or trap them there forever.
94) Sever
Author
Series
Chemical Garden trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at age twenty-five and women dying at age twenty, teenaged Rhine finds hope for a brighter future from a surprising source.
95) The unseen guest
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Miss Penelope Lumley embarks on an investigation into the mysteries surrounding the Incorrigible children, Lord Ashton, the forests of Ashton Place, and her own past"--
96) The grim grotto
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.
97) Nightingale
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After twelve-year-old Lark, determined to escape her squalid life, steals a magical sword from the Royal Museum, she reluctantly becomes the next Nightingale, destined to vanquish an ancient evil.
Author
Series
Circus Mirandus volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Micah Tuttle loves living at the magical Circus Mirandus, but when a dangerous enemy from the past threatens his new home, every magician will have to be ready to fight--including Micah"--
Author
Series
Miss Peregrine volume 3
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
When a madman is on the loose and Miss Peregrine in peril, Peculiar Children Jacob Portman and Emma Bloom stage rescue missions, meet new allies, and face great dangers.
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