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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizzare world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
3) Coraline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
I am Meredith Gentry, P.I., solving cases in Los Angeles, far from the peril and deception of my real home–because I am also Princess Meredith, heir to the darkest throne faerie has to offer. The Unseelie Court infuses me with its power. But at what price does such magic come? How much of my human side will I have to give up, and how much of the sinister side of faerie will I have to embrace? To sit on a throne that has ruled through bloodshed...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When Ethan wakes after the chilling events of the Eighteenth Moon, his one goal is to return to Lena and his loved ones, while back in Gatlin, Lena vows to do whatever it takes to bring Ethan home--even trusting old enemies and risking the lives of those Ethan left to protect.
6) Sanctum
Author
Series
Asylum novels (Madeleine Roux) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Plagued by nightmares from their summer in the Brookline asylum, Dan, Abby, and Jordan return to New Hampshire College for a prospective students weekend, only to find themselves caught in a dark and dangerous mystery.
Author
Series
Mortal instruments volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the swiftly changing events and relationships in her life as she becomes further involved with the Shadowhunters and their pursuit of demons and discovers some terrifying truths about her parents, her brother Jace, and her boyfriend Simon.
Author
Series
Darkest powers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old necromancer Chloe, having escaped from Lyle House with Derek, Simon, and Rae, finds herself imprisoned in a laboratory run by a sinister organization determined to control her and her supernatural friends.
10) Gone
Author
Series
Gone novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Strobel allows skeptic Michael Shermer to build a case against miracles-- and then builds a case for divine intervention in our world today. He then shows how God remains at work in our world, sometimes openly, sometimes mysteriously, but always in ways that draw us closer to Him.
12) Rain
Author
Series
Paper gods volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katie tries to help Tomohiro uncover the truth about his dark ancestry after his power to bring drawings to life starts to spiral out of control.
Author
Series
Young elites volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Known and feared as the White Wolf, Adelina Amouteru and her sister flee Kenettra to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army of allies. But as Adelina's powers (fed only by fear and hate) start to grow beyond her control, she also distrusts her newfound Elite friends. Teren Santoro, leader of the Inquisition, wants her dead. And her former friends, Raffaele and the Dagger Society, want to stop her thirst for vengeance. Adelina...
Author
Series
Nocturnes stories volume 2
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books / Atria
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A decade after Nocturnes first charmed and frightened readers, the author offers a second volume of tales of the supernatural.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Vida
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"Algunas personas dicen que los milagros son solo coincidencias, otros dicen que son imposibles, pero Lee Strobel se ha propuesto determinar el caso de los milagros hoy, entrevistando a escépticos y creyentes a la vez, para determinar el rol de los milagros en nuestra fe cristiana. ¿Cómo diferenciar entre un milagro y una coincidencia? Un científico escéptico calculó que la persona promedio puede esperar ¿un millón de coincidencias cada mes!...
16) Akata witch
Author
Series
Akata series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the author of The Science of Monsters, this engaging scientific inquiry provides a definitive look into the elements of mystical places and magical object--from the philosopher's stone, to love potions to the oracles--from ancient history, mythology, and contemporary culture. Can migrations of birds foretell our future? Do phases of the moon hold sway over our lives? Are there sacred springs that cure the ill? What is the best way to brew a...
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