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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear ... This sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman ; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical...
3) Snow crash
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 27
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English
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In the future the only relief from the sea of logos is the computer-generated universe of virtual reality. Now a strange computer virus, called Snow Crash, is striking down hackers, leaving an unlikely young man as humankind's last hope.
4) Blood work
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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Eight weeks after a heart transplant saves his life, former FBI agent Terry McCaleb discovers that his new heart came from a murder victim, leading Terry to become involved in tracking down the killer.
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Sorry. The single word is written on a mirror. In front of it hangs a Minneapolis Internal Affairs cop. Was it suicide? Or a kinky act turned tragic? Either way, it wasn't murder. But homicide detective Sam Kovac and his wisecracking partner, Nikki Liska, think differently. Together they begin to dig at the edges of the young cop's death, uncovering one motive, and one suspect, after another. They find themselves chasing a killer who will stop at...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Wishing to show off his strength, bravery, and Yankee loyalty, Henry Flemming eagerly signs up to fight for the Union. Once in the heat of battle, though, he has a change of heart and quickly recedes from the line of duty. Later, feeling enormously guilty about his cowardice, Henry commits an act of true courageousness.
10) Just one look
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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A seemingly innocuous twenty-year-old photograph turns a woman's peaceful life upside down when her husband mysteriously vanishes with the photograph.
11) Sacred stone
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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16) Light in August
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Joe Christmas does not know whether he is black or white. Faulkner makes of Joe's tragedy a powerful indictment of racism; at the same time Joe's life is a study of the divided self and becomes a symbol of 20th century man. Light in August is the story of Lena Grove's search for the father of her unborn child, and features one of Faulkner's most memorable characters: Joe Christmas, a desperate drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.
19) Blood brothers
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Every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month, strange things happen, and three friends--Caleb, Fox, and Gage--must battle against evil with the women who love them by their sides.
20) Hot stuff
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"Cate Madigan isn't asking for trouble. Her wacky Irish family is constantly playing matchmaker for her with men who leave much to be desired. All she wants is peace and quiet and a nice place to live while she saves her money from tending bar in a lively Boston pub. Okay, so what if her roommate is a cross-dressing lounge singer named Mary Longfellow? In exchange for cheap rent, all she has to do is take care of his plants and collect his mail when...
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