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Spirit animals. Main series volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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As a dark force engulfs the land, the fate of Erdas has fallen on the shoulders of four young strangers who each have forged a rare bond with their spirit beasts -- a bond that gives great powers to all of them.
22) With these hands
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Set in a variety of locales, from the Arctic to the South Seas and from city streets to the frontier, this collection of eleven short stories portrays men and women pushed to the limits of endurance.
23) Riptide
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
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For generations, treasure hunters have tried to unlock the deadly puzzle known as the Water Pit: a labyrinth of shafts and tunnels that honeycombs the heart of a small island off the coast of Maine. Reputed to be the hiding place of pirate treasure, the Water Pit possesses an inexplicable ability to kill those who venture into it, from professionals to innocent explorers. The most comprehensive, high-tech expedition ever assembled has come to Maine...
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IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 42
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"A swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honor, and derring-do, it is set in France during the 1620s and richly populated with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, kings, queens, cavaliers, and criminals in a whirl of adventure, espionage, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, love, scandal, and suspense. Dumas transforms major and minor historical figures into larger-than-life characters: the brave d'Artagnan, an impetuous young man in pursuit of glory; the...
26) The jungle books
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
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"Mowgli, lost in the deep jungle as a child, is adopted into a family of wolves. Hunted by Shere Khan, the Bengal tiger, Mowgli is allowed to run with the wolf pack under the protection of Bagheera, the black panther, and of Baloo, the brown bear who teaches wolf cubs The Law of the Jungle. Through many legendary adventures, Mowgli evolves from a vengeful member of the pack to a just and compassionate human being who at last returns to join--perhaps...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
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William Goldman's beloved novel has sold over one million copies. A movie, released twenty years ago, perfectly captured the spirit of the book and has introduced new fans to its pages ever since. In 1941 a young boy lies bedridden from pneumonia. His perpetually disheveled and unattractive father, an immigrant from Florin with terribly broken English, shuffles into his bedroom carrying a book. The boy wants to know if it has any sports. His father...
28) Saving Faith
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A plot by the CIA to blackmail members of Congress into giving the agency more power. For the plot to succeed, a beautiful Washington lobbyist has to be killed, but a detective comes to her aid and they turn the tables on the plotters.
29) The Young Elites
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Young elites volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
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"Adelina Amouteru survived the blood fever, a deadly illness that killed many, but left others with strange markings and supernatural powers. Cast out by her family, Adelina joins the secret society of the Young Elites and discovers her own dangerous abilities"--
30) Story thieves
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Story thieves volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Except for reading the Kiel Gnomenfoot magic adventure series, Owen's life is boring until he sees his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the school library and he learns that Bethany is half-fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character.
31) Dragon rider
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Dragon rider volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
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After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.
32) The Storm
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NUMA files volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
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A NUMA research vessel is taking water samples in the Indian Ocean, when a member of the crew spots a black sheen ahead of them. A swarm of black particles suddenly attacks the ship, killing everyone aboard, while the ship goes up in flames. A few hours later, Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and other members of the NUMA Special Assignments Team are on their way to the site. What they find will lead to the discovery of a plan to permanently alter the...
33) Lost Empire
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Through Tanzania and Zanzibar, into the rainforests of Madagascar, and across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the legendary site of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion, husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo and their ruthless opponents pursue the hunt for a relic--but only one can win. And the penalty for failure is death.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 28
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A surprisingly prophetic science fiction story, first published in 1870, about an electric submarine, its mysterious captain, and the adventures of a French scientist and his companions have while prisoners on board the boat.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
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When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
36) Valhalla Rising
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 30
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Confronting an extraordinary series of monsters, both human and mechanical, modern and ancient, NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt treads upon territory previously known only to legend as he investigates the sinking of a luxury cruise ship, the "Emerald Dolphin". In the high-tech adventure, the past and future collide to create a whale of a tale to equal Cussler's bestselling "Atlantis Found."
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Sean Dillon thrillers volume 5
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In 1985, off the northwest coast of England, an audacious hijacking by Irish Protestant paramilitaries culminates in the disappearance of one hundred million pounds in gold bullion. En route to Ireland, the seagoing barge "Irish Rose" capsizes and sinks under mysterious circumstances. Michael Ryan, the mastermind behind the plot, his niece Kathleen, and the mysterious Martin Keogh survive the disaster.
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The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope - The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order for the king to retain the crown, his coronation must proceed. Fortuitously, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania who resembles the monarch is persuaded to act as...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
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When young magicians Carter and Sadie Kane learned how to follow the path of the ancient Egyptian gods, they knew they would have to play an important role in restoring Ma'at order to the world. What they didn't know is how chaotic the world would become. The Chaos snake Apophis is loose and threatening to destroy the earth in three days' time. There is, possibly, one way to stop Apophis, but it is so difficult it might cost Carter and Sadie their...