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Series
Shadow children volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Gr 5-9-Haddix continues her science fiction dystopian tale about illegal third children in this sequel to Among the Hidden (1998) and Among the Imposters (2001, both S & S). Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police for being an illegal child. She is given the opportunity to save herself by spying on the other three children who are in the jail cell with her. Nina finds herself both drawn to them and fearful for her own life. When she has a chance...
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Luke Garner is a third-born in a restricitve society that allows only two children per family. Risking his life, he came out of hiding to fight against the Population Police Laws. Luke inadvertently sets off a rebellion that results in the overthrow of the government. The people are finally free. But who is in charge now? And will this new freedom be everything they had hoped for? When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion...
Author
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Adri's mama and papa share with their eager son some of the wisdom they have gained through the years. Their words, simple and powerful, are meant to comfort and guide him as he goes about exploring the world. Kranz's uniquely painted rockfish and honest insights will inspire parents and children of all ages as they swim through life.
5) The tower
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c.2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young man who desires to be great builds a tower higher than any pagoda so that people will look up to him.
6) Bad boy
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Every Sunday, best friends Tracie and Jonny meet for brunch in Seattle and discuss their love lives. Tracie loves bad boys who seem too good to be true (and usually are)-while Jonny foolishly falls for girls who never like him "that way." Then Tracie embarks on a makeover to turn him into a bad boy. She teaches him to scope out women at baggage claim; come back from a dinner date with a new girl's phone number scrawled on his hand; and always carry...
9) Hero
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After years of abuse from his mother and neglect from his father, ninth-grader Sean Parker is headed for trouble until he is sent to do community service at a farm owned by an old man who teaches Sean that he can take control of his own life.
10) Replay
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change as they grow up. Includes the text for the play, "Rumpopo's Porch."
11) True believer
Author
Series
Make lemonade trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Living in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, fifteen-year-old LaVaughn learns from old and new friends, and inspiring mentors, that life is what you make it--an occasion to rise to.
13) Buddha boy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Justin spends time with Jinsen, the unusual and artistic new student whom the school bullies torment and call Buddha Boy, and ends up making choices that impact Jinsen, himself, and the entire school.
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