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Author
Series
Chaos walking volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony where residents can hear each other's thoughts.
Author
Series
Chaos walking volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.
3) Rumble fish
Author
Publisher
Dell Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1983, c1975
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the Wanteds, Unwanteds, and Necessaries struggle to adjust to changes in their society, Mr. Today begins training fourteen-year-old Alex to replace him as Artime's leader one day while Alex's disgraced twin, Aaron, connives to take over Quill.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pierre lives all alone at the foot of the mountain so he hops in his car to find a friend. Will the car make it to the top of the mountain? Will it get safely down? Will Pierre ever find a friend?
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Divided by their society into Wanted and Unwanted at thirteen, estranged twin brothers Aaron and Alex have both run into trouble--as mage of Artime, Alex must defend the island from attack, while Aaron continues to scheme to take over the islands and get rid of the Unwanteds altogether.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"Una hilarante novela sobre la vida y milagros de un influencer. ¿Cómo ha llegado Samu a esto? ¿Cómo se ha convertido en escritor? Samu es influencer, y ser influencer no es fácil. Samu tiene trastorno por déficit de atención. Samu quiere enamorarse pero no se concentra. Samu tiene una vecinita que pinta y tunea dedales. Samu recibe una oferta de un editor para escribir un libro. Y, a partir de ahí, todo se complica. Si te gustó No culpes...
Author
Series
(Emma J.).Osiris project volume 1
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Rising high above the frigid waters, the ocean city of Osiris has been cut off from the land since the Great Storm 50 years ago. Most believe that Osiris is the last city on Earth. Adelaide is the black-sheep granddaughter of the city's Architect. A jaded socialite, she wants little to do with her powerful relatives--until her troubled twin brother disappears mysteriously. Vikram, a third-generation storm refugee, sees his own people dying of cold...
Author
Publisher
Hub City Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"What Luck, This Life begins in the aftermath of the space shuttle's break-up, as the people of Piney Woods watch their pastures swarm with searchers and reporters bluster at their doors. A shop owner defends herself against a sexual predator who is pushed to new boldness after he is disinvited to his family reunion. A closeted father facing a divorce that will leave his gifted boy adrift retrieves an astronaut's remains. An engineer who dreams of...
10) Heaven no hell
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In 'No Hell,' an angel's tour of the five tiers of heaven reveals her obsession with a haunting infidelity. In 'Raising,' a couple uses an app to see what their unborn child would look like. Of course, what begins as a simple face-melding experiment becomes a nightmare of too-much-information where the young couple is forced to confront their terrible choices. 'Recommended for You' is an anxious retelling of our narrator's favorite TV show--a Purge-like...
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