M. T. Anderson
2) The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation: Vol. II,The kingdom on the waves
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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When Octavian hears that Lord Dunmore, governor of Virginia, will free all slaves who join his "Ethiopian Regiment," the recent runaway gladly signs up. Upon enlisting, Octavian is reunited with his friend Pro Bono. The two comrades, who once shared a master, are thrilled to meet again, but their joy quickly subsides.
4) Nicked
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"The year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian port city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to action. But his superiors, and the power brokers they serve, have different plans for the tender-hearted Brother Nicephorus. Enter Tyun, a charismatic treasure hunter renowned for "liberating" holy relics from their tombs. The six-hundred-year-old bones of Saint Nicholas...
5) Feed
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon — a chance to party during spring break. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who has decided to fight the feed and its ever-present ability to categorize human thoughts and desires....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Quarantined with his family as a global plague ravages the world, Clay retreats to the woods where he meets a special little dog who leads him on surreal adventures where choosing the wrong path could cause them both to lose their way forever.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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"Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into goblin territory, deliver a priceless peace offering to their mysterious dark lord, and spy on the goblin kingdom from which no elf has returned alive in more than a hundred years. Brangwains host, the goblin archivist Werfel, is delighted to show Brangwain around. They should be the best of friends, but a series of extraordinary double crosses,...
10) Apex predator
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Horizon volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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The journey through the rift becomes even rockier as the survivors are forced to take to the water, crossing a vast deepwater basin on improvised boats. To make it, Molly and the others must work together, but a rift of a different kind is forming among the survivors. If they aren't careful, it could eat them alive.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A boy enjoys living quietly by himself at The End of the World until Mr. Constantine Shimmer, "Professional Visionary," builds an inn and an amusement park, demanding that tourists come and have "Fun Without End!"
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Looking forward to a vacation, Katie, Lily, and Jasper attach their flying Gyroscopic Sky Suite to the Moose Tongue Lodge and Resort, where they mingle with other child heroes found in books, and where they become embroiled in a mystery involving lederhosen-clothed quintuplets and a screaming ventriloquist.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Ys, city of wealth and wonder, has a history of dark secrets. Queen Malgven used magic to raise the great walls that keep Ys safe from the tumultuous sea. But after the queen's inexplicable death, her daughters drift apart. Rozenn, the heir to the throne, spends her time on the moors communing with wild animals, while Dahut, the youngest, enjoys the splendors of royal life and is eager to take part in palace intrigue. When Rozenn and Dahut's bond...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Eager for glory and heedless of others, Sir Yvain sets out from King Arthur's court and defeats a local lord in battle, unknowingly intertwining his future with the lives of two compelling women: Lady Laudine, the beautiful widow of the fallen lord, and her sly maid Lunette" -- provided by publisher.
18) Whales on stilts
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.
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National Book Award Winner!
This deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.
It sounds like a fairy tale. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother — a princess in exile from a faraway land — are the only persons
...20) Thirsty
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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From the moment he knows that he is destined to be a vampire, Chris thirsts for the blood of people around him while also struggling to remain human.