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1) Insurgent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"--
Author
Series
Hunger Games trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
3) Mockingjay
Author
Series
Hunger Games trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Having survived the Hunger Games twice before, Katniss Everdeen is lucky to be alive. However, she is far from safe. With the Capitol and President Snow blaming her for the strife plaguing District 12, Katniss must sacrifice herself to protect her loved ones.
Author
Series
Code name Verity volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
7) Shadowfell
Author
Series
Shadowfell novel volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where the oppressive king has ordered anyone with magical strengths captured, but when she sets out for Shadowfell, a training ground for a rebel group, she meets a mysterious soldier and the Good Folk, who tell her that she, alone, can save Alban.
8) Sinsajo
Author
Series
Hunger Games volume 3
Publisher
RBA Molino
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
Español
Description
Two-time Hunger Games survivor Katniss Everdeen is targeted by a vengeful Capitol that vows to make Katniss and all of District 12 pay for the current unrest.
Author
Series
Elemental trilogy (Sherry Thomas) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a pursuit that spans continents, Iolanthe, Titus, and their friends have always managed to remain one step ahead of the forces of Atlantis. But now the Bane, the monstrous tyrant who bestrides the entire mage world, has issued his ultimatum: Titus must hand over Iolanthe, or watch as his entire realm is destroyed in a deadly rampage. Running out of time and options, Iolanthe and Titus decide to act now and deliver a final blow to the Bane that...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A tense and haunting literary jigsaw puzzle in the vein of Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad, Julianne Pachico's debut novel, set during the ongoing civil war in Colombia, is a prismatic tale about a group of characters whose lives intersect in often unexpected ways"--
"Taking place between 1993 and 2018 in Colombia and New York City, The Lucky Ones is a prismatic tale of a group of characters whose lives intersect in often unexpected...
Author
Series
Spy school volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
With SPYDER apparently defeated, thirteen-year-old Benjamin Ripley is hoping for some peace at spy school, but when the CIA conference room next to where Ben and Alexander are trying to explain everything to Ben's parents (no easy task) is blown up, suspicion falls on fellow trainee (and secret crush) Erica.
Author
Series
Children of Eden volume 3
Publisher
Keywords Press, Atria
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Although she has finally made it to Harmonia, Rowan cannot forget those she left behind in Eden and with the help of some new friends, infiltrates Eden and joins the rebel forces in a civil war.
14) Divergente
Author
Publisher
RBA Molino
Pub. Date
[2011?]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
Español
Description
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she does not fit into any one group.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A collection of long-form essays on joy, in which the author turns his curious and poetic mind to everything from skateboarding and cover songs, basketball and race, dancing and academia, death and laughter, and, always, the garden and the natural world"--
Author
Series
Children of Eden volume 2
Publisher
Keywords Press/Atria
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Elite party girl Yarrow, the daughter of one of the most powerful women in Eden, and Rowan, whose very existence is illegal, discover threads that bind them and could change Eden forever.
17) Insurgente
Author
Series
Divergent volume 2
Publisher
RBA
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
Español
Description
As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.
18) En llamas
Author
Publisher
Molino
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
Español
Description
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
19) The perilous sea
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"After returning to Eton College, Titus makes a shocking discovery in his mother's diary that causes him to question everything he believed about his and Iolanthe's Mission"--
20) Free fall
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It's been a few years since Poe's mother, who was a pilot for the Rebellion, passed away, and Poe and his father have had more and more trouble connecting. Not sure what he wants to do with his life, teenage Poe runs away from home to find adventure, and to figure out what kind of man he is meant to be."--publisher
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