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Battle dragons volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
To protect his friends and family, Abel must figure out what is worth fighting for when he partners with a stolen dragon, an action that has him riding in kin battles and keeping more secrets than a dragon has scales.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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When his aunt and uncle become pawns in a Chinese gang's plan to steal the Khan's most prized possession, junior archaeologist Addison and his friends are caught in the middle of a war between the gang and a band of Russian adversaries.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harrassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.
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Battle dragons volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
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"In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang war that could tear his family apart. In the city of Drakopolis, dragons and humans have co-existed for centuries. Dragons burn the city's garbage, taxi its busy citizens from place to place, and even compete in vicious underground battles for ganglike kins. But the dragons also compete in legal sports, like the spectacular...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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When wealthy, seemingly perfect Brittany and Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, develop a relationship after Alex discovers that Brittany is not exactly who she seems to be, they must face the disapproval of their schoolmates--and others.
8) The Saints
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Quarantine volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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The world inside an infected Colorado high school quarantined by the government takes a startling turn for the worse when a new gang enters the school and starts gaining power.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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When he returns to Illinois and the gang culture on the south side of Fairfield after six years in Colorado, high school senior Luis Fuentes, who dreams of becoming an astronaut, falls for a girl and enters a dark world after learning some disturbing news about his family.
10) Scorpions
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
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English
Description
The Scorpions are a gun-toting Harlem gang, and Jamal Hicks is about to become tragically involved with them in this authentic tale of the sacrifice of innocence and the struggle to steer clear of violence. This Newbery Honor Book will challenge young men to consider their own decisions as they come of age in a complex and often frustrating society. Pushed by a bully to fight and nagged by his principal, Jamal is having a difficult time staying in...
11) Our violent ends
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Series
These violent delights volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
"Though secrets and lies keep Juliette and Roma apart, a monster still prowls the city of Shanghai, and the two are going to have to put aside their differences to end this threat once and for all"--
Author
Series
These violent delights volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In 1926 Shanghai, eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city.
13) Trell
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Determined to clear her father of the wrongful conviction for a gang-related crossfire death, thirteen-year-old Trell persuades a reporter and a lawyer to investigate the case and uncover the truth.
14) In darkness
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
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In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, fifteen-year-old Shorty, a poor gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a ruined hospital, and as he grows weaker he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in the 1804.
15) Bones of a saint
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Language
English
Description
In 1970s northern California, fifteen-year-old RJ Armante must fight to save himself and his disabled brother from the Blackjacks gang, and free his hometown, Arcangel, from its past.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Brought to Moscow in 1990s Russia by his mother's abusive boyfriend, five-year-old Mishka is forced by a gang of homeless children to lie and steal until he finds comfort and love with a pack of dogs. Includes historical note.
17) Your corner dark
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Seventeen-year-old Frankie Green yearns to leave Jamaica and study in the United States, but when his father is shot he is forced to give up his scholarship and join his uncle Joe's gang.
18) Dough boys
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, thirteen-year-old best friends Simp and Rollie play on a basketball team in their housing project, but Rollie dreams of being a drummer and Simp, to impress the gang leader, Coach Tez.
19) Brigands M.C
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CHERUB volume mission 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
When Dante is given the chance to become a member of CHERUB, he joins James and Lauren Adams on a mission to infiltrate a motorcycle club, but becomes obsessed with getting revenge on the people who killed his family.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
As sixth-grader Archie and his six-year-old brother Oggie shuttle back and forth between their separated parents' two homes, Archie tries desperately to take care of Oggie and to pretend that everything is normal.
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