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Author
Series
Winner's trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The East is pitted against the West, and Kestrel and Arin are caught between. In a game like this, can anybody really win?"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After he constructs a corpse from body parts found on the street, Hadi wants the government to prepare a proper burial, but when the corpse goes missing, a series of strange murders occur and Hadi realizes he has created a monster.
27) One silent night
Author
Series
Dark-Hunter novels volume 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
While the world carries on unawares, Stryker, who leads an army of demons and vampires, is plotting an all out onslaught against his enemies—which, unfortunately for us, includes the entire human race. To avenge his sister, Stryker prepares to annihilate the Dark-Hunters. But things go awry when his oldest enemy returns. Enter his ex-wife. Zephyra. Just when he thought nothing could stop him, he's now embroiled in a centuries old war with
...29) Skyward
Author
Series
Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spensa's world has been under attack for hundreds of years. An alien race called the Krell leads onslaught after onslaught from the sky in a never-ending campaign to destroy humankind. Pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race. She dreams of becoming a pilot, but her fate is intertwined with that of her father-- a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team. When the Krell double their fleet, this may be...
Author
Series
Farian war volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An epic space opera trilogy featuring the gunrunner empress, Hail Bristol, who must navigate alien politics and deadly plots to prevent an interspecies war. The battle for the throne is over. The war for the galaxy is just beginning. Hail Bristol, infamous galactic gunrunner and former runaway princess, never expected to inherit the throne of Indrana. But after avenging the murder of her entire family and cleansing the Empire of usurpers in a bloody...
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Fear is a classic of war literature, a book to place on the shelf with Storm of Steel, A Farewell to Arms, and Going After Cacciato. Jean Dartemont, the hero of Gabriel Chevallier's autobiographical novel, enters what was not yet known as World War I in 1915, when it was just beginning to be clear that a war that all the combatants were initially confident would move swiftly to a conclusion was instead frozen murderously in place. After enduring...
Author
Series
Hammer's slammers volume 2
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Collects four novels on the fictional exploits of the tank mercenaries commanded by Colonel Hammer known as "Hammer's Slammers.".
Author
Series
5th wave volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others' ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.
34) Wicked saints
Author
Series
Something dark and holy volume 1
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
A girl who can speak to gods, a prince who must learn whom to trust, and a boy with a monstrous secret seek to assassinate the king and stop a centuries-long war.
35) Prince's gambit
Author
Series
Captive prince trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
With their countries on the brink of war, Damen and his new master, Prince Laurent, must exchange the intrigues of the palace for the sweeping might of the battlefield as they travel to the border to avert a lethal plot. Forced to hide his identity, Damen finds himself increasingly drawn to the dangerous, charismatic Laurent. But as the fledgling trust between the two men deepens, the truth of secrets from both their pasts is poised to deal them the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When all hope for a peaceful coexistence between humankind and aliens seems lost, Eva Nine, with help from an unlikely ally, tries to thwart the evil Loroc's ultimate plan for life on Orbona.
Author
Publisher
Maclehose Press, an imprint of Quercus
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
One night in autumn 1944, a gunshot echoes through the alleyways of a small town in occupied Poland. An SS officer is shot dead by a young Polish Jew, Margarita Ejzenstain. In retaliation, his commander orders the execution of thirty-seven Poles--one for every year of the dead man's life. First hidden by a sympathetic German couple, Margarita must then flee the brutal advance of the Soviet army with her newborn baby. So begins a thrilling panorama...
40) War
Author
Publisher
Aldana Libros
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning, stunningly illustrated, sober depiction of war. A recipient of the prestigious Nami Concours prize, this remarkable book of striking, often surreal illustrations and sparse prose reveals the many sides of war: where it comes from, how it creeps up on us, and how it destroys everything in its wake. During a time when wars are fought around the world, this evocative and bold interpretation may serve as a vehicle for difficult yet...
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