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Author
Series
Pandava volume 5
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Pandavas call on old friends, make new allies, and face fearsome trials as they embark on a mission to stop the Sleeper from accessing the nectar of immortality, but ultimately Aru must decide who deserves immortality -- the devas or the asuras -- and an unexpected answer comes from an unexpected place.
Author
Series
Theodosia Throckmorton books volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Theo uses arcane knowledge and her own special talent when she encounters two secret societies, one sworn to protect the world from ancient Egyptian magic and one planning to harness it to bring chaos to the world, both of which want a valuable artifact stolen from the London museum for which her parents work.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Penhallow Fitch, a gargoyle assigned to protect a Boston apartment building, must fight against evil spirits called Netherkin and the Boneless King to keep the residents of the building and the city safe.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When her father is cursed by a rival witch, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous assumes his duties as Dark Lord of the realm, but soon questions her father's code of good and evil.
65) Dark tide
Author
Series
Waterfire saga volume 3
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Astrid struggles with a shameful secret, Ling discovers courage in a prison camp, and Serafina lines up allies to help fight the final battle for her underwater realm"--
66) Deep blue
Author
Series
Waterfire saga volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Uncovering an ancient evil, Serafina, a mermaid of the Mediterranean Sea, searches for five other mermaid heroines who are scattered across the six seas, to save their hidden world.
67) Silence
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Patch and Nora enter a desperate fight to stop a villain who holds the power to shatter everything they've worked for -- and their love -- forever.
Author
Publisher
Disney, Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Whether it's Luke getting his lightsaber, or Leia chasing Imperial troopers through the forest of Endor, the galaxy is full of adventures! This illustrated chapter book is packed with mini adventures young fans will love, and introduces readers to many of the iconic moments that span the beloved Star Wars saga.
69) Little good wolf
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Sent by his parents to Bad School to learn to be a big, bad wolf, Little Good Wolf, unable to be selfish or rude, discovers a way to be a wolf while being GOOD!"--
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Cahill files volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the first Vesper attack on Jan van Eyck's altarpiece at Ghent in the 1600s, then jumps to WWII and young Grace Cahill's desperate bid to save the masterwork from the Nazis.
71) Exile
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 14
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When the Band is exiled, old friends, loyal family and allies devise a plan to free young king Coryn and the tree from the hold of Striga, a former dragon owl from the Middle Kingdom beyond the Unnamed Sea.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Tied by destiny, Prewitt the Bargeboy and Calliope the Lost Princess set out on their twelfth birthdays, determined to end the reign of the evil Spectress and her marauders by calling the Firebird back to Lyrica.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Three children must defeat a mysterious doctor who builds an irresistible and dangerous playground in their neighborhood and then uses his power to heal children who get injured--stealing some of their life essence in the process"--
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When evil Dr. Glockenspiel threatens all the books in the world, only one person can stop him--a book-wielding, super-secret operative called Lyric McKerrigan.
76) The burning tide
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Fall of the beasts volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Working in separate worlds to stop the awakening Wyrm, Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan find support in a strange group of allies but will have to work quickly to locate an ancient trap that could bring about the end of the war.
77) Stormspeaker
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Fall of the beasts volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Framed for a crime they didn't commit, four fugitives travel the deserts of Nilo looking for a secret library that houses the wisdom of Erdas and is guarded by their old friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Before she became Wonder Woman, Diana lived as a princess and a warrior on a secret, faraway island. Discover how she trained to become an Amazon warrior and one of the world's greatest heroes!
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