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Author
Series
Mara Dyer trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Mara Dyer continues to unravel the mystery of her powers and her relationship with Noah"--
Author
Series
Mara Dyer trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer's story"--
Author
Series
Mara Dyer trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Mara cannot remember the accident that took the lives of three of her friends but, after moving from Rhode Island to Florida, finding love with Noah, and more deaths, she realizes uncovering something buried in her memory might save her family and her future.
Author
Series
Darkening volume 2
Publisher
Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Vesper Vale sacrificed everything to save her city from the cursed storm. After becoming a vessel of The Great Queen, Vesper awakes from a slumber three years after her life altering choice. What she finds isn't a home freed from the terror of the storm, but one where its citizens are besieged by the even more sinister force of The Great King and his growing army of the lightstruck-once regular citizens who are now controlled by the ominous light...
Author
Series
Darkening volume 1
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"Vesper Vale is the daughter of revolutionaries. Failed revolutionaries. When her mother was caught by the queen's soldiers, they gave her a choice: death by the hangman's axe, or death by the Storm that surrounds the city and curses anyone it touches. She chose the Storm. And when the queen's soldiers--led by a paranoid prince--catch up to Vesper's father after twelve years on the run, Vesper will do whatever it takes to save him from sharing that...
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"A gripping debut novel about a survival reality show gone wrong that leaves a group of strangers stranded in the northern wilds Four strangers and six weeks: this is all that separates Mara from one life-changing payday. She was surprised when reality TV producers came knocking at Primal Instinct--the survival school where she teaches rich clients not to die during a night outdoors--and even more shocked to be cast in their new show, Civilization....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When Mara's twin brother Owen is accused of rape by her friend Hannah, Mara is forced to confront her feelings about her family, her sense of right and wrong, a trauma from her past, and the future with her girlfriend, Charlie.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In a foggy archipelago called the City of Islands, twelve-year-old Mara has always been fascinated by the magic that drifts on the air as songs. But as a servant for the powerful Lady of the Tides, Mara must earn her keep by searching for magical treasures deep in the murky ocean. Then Mara finds the skeletons of strange hybrid creatures that haven't existed in the city for centuries--all humming with a powerful spell-song. Convinced her discovery...
9) At the pool
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Discusses safety in and around a swimming pool.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life cycle of plants describes their path from seed or spore to plant and back to seed again, with information on photosynthesis and reproduction, and an activity for making a seed sprout.
11) Luminous
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Liora has spent her life in hiding, knowing discovery could mean falling prey to the king's warlock, Darius, who uses mages' magic to grow his own power. But ... Darius doesn't take her. Instead, he demands that her younger sister return to the capital with him ... To make matters worse, Evran, Liora's childhood friend and the only one who knows her secret, goes missing ... To find Evran and to save her sister, Liora must embrace the power she has...
Author
Series
Beyond the ruby veil volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Emanuela has used her magic to rule the six cities of Occhia absolutely and without mercy toward those who 'disrespect' her, while her enemy Verene controls the resistance, just as they agreed--but now everything is going wrong, the 'omens' are out of control, and since Emanuela has already killed the old rulers who might have explained the deeper secrets of magic, she and Verene will have to work together in order to keep all the cities from collapsing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When British soldiers accuse Samuel Richardson's father and uncle of being rebellious Patriots, Samuel must work together with his cousin Molly to help the family make an escape. Follow along on their adventure as they witness the early days of the American Revolution and come up with a daring plan to save their fathers.
14) Like other girls
Author
Publisher
Freeform Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
""What if I played football?" I ask. As soon as it's out of my mouth, I feel stupid. Even suggesting it feels like I've overstepped some kind of invisible line we've all agreed not to discuss. We don't talk about how Mara is different from other girls. We don't talk about how Mara is gay but no one says so. But when I do stuff like this, I worry it gets harder for us all to ignore what's right in front of us. I direct my gaze to Quinn. "What do you...
15) Orangutans
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that orangutans are the only great apes that live outside of Africaor they are the only great apes that dwell almost exclusively in trees? These amazing apes are also at risk due to habitat loss. Learn fascinating facts like theseand moreall in the pages of this book!"-- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Living water volume 1
Publisher
Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"For the women of the Samaritan village of Sychar, the well is a place of blessing--the place where they gather to draw their water and share their lives--but not for Mara. Shunned for the many sins of her mother, Nava, Mara struggles against the constant threats of starvation or exile. Mara and Nava's lives are forever changed with the arrival of two men: Shem, a mysterious young man from Caesarea, and Jesus, a Jewish teacher. Nava is transformed...
17) Black bears
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that black bears are the most common bears on Earthbut that some black bears actually have white fur? Be surprised and awed by every page of this captivating book! Features include stunning photography; a fact file which breaks down vital data points in an easy-to-follow and understand format; fast facts; a family tree to show the evolution of and how this animal fits into the wider category of its scientific order; a glossary and more....
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Two teen girls, Mara and Rory, navigate a complex web of love, infection, and survival as they reunite in an experimental resettlement program, grappling with their pasts and the looming threat of the virus that once transformed Mara into a monster.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Mara Alencar's mother Ana is the moon, the sun, the stars. Ana, a struggling voice-over actress, is an admirably brave and recklessly impulsive woman who does everything in her power to care for her little girl. With no other family or friends her own age, Ana eclipses Mara's entire world. They take turns caring for each other--in ways big and small.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For weeks in 1993, after the murders of three eight-year-old boys, police in West Memphis, Arkansas, seemed stymied. Then suddenly detectives charged three teenagers--alleged members of a satanic cult--with the killings. Despite stunning investigative blunders, a confession riddled with errors, and an absence of physical evidence linking any of the accused to the crime, the teenagers were tried and convicted. Jurors sentenced Jason Baldwin and Jessie...
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