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962) Blade of secrets
Author
Series
Bladesmith novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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"In the first book in Tricia Levenseller's exciting new YA fantasy duology, a teenage blacksmith with social anxiety is forced to go on the run to protect the world from the most powerful magical sword she's ever made"--
Ziva prefers metal to people. She spends her days tucked away in her forge, safe from society and the anxiety it causes her, using her magical gift to craft unique weapons imbued with power. She receives a commission from a powerful...
963) The Baby Experiment
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English
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When 14-year-old-Johanna learns that her orphanage is experimenting on babies, she kidnaps one of them and sets off for Amsterdam. Johanna is a 14-year-old Jewish girl who lives in Hamburg, Germany, in the early 18th century. She feels stifled by the daily drudgery of her life and dreams of seeing what lies outside the confines of the Jewish quarter. Johanna lies about her identity and gets a job as a caregiver at an orphanage. Until it's too late,...
964) Trust Me
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Trust Me is the thrilling conclusion to the Find Me trilogy, in which loose ends come together and chilling plot twists complicate Wick Tate's life more than ever. Perfect for fans of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
With all of Wick Tate's secrets-who can she really trust? Wick is used to relying on only herself, but when she has nowhere left to turn, she's going to have to learn to trust someone if she's going to finally escape her demons…
965) Long Story Short
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
From Ireland's first laureate for children's literature comes a story of abuse and neglect told with sincerity, heart, and a healthy dose of humor.
Jono has always been able to cope with his mother's drinking, but when she hits his little sister Julie, he decides it's time for them to run away. Told in Jono's funny, self-conscious voice, the layers of his past and the events of his escape are gradually revealed. Amusing and touching but never sentimental,...
966) A Big Dose of Lucky
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Malou has just turned sixteen-hardly old enough to be out in the world on her own-and all she knows for sure is that she's of mixed race and that she was left at an orphanage as a newborn. When the orphanage burns to the ground, she finds out that she may have been born in a small town in Ontario's cottage country. Much to her surprise, Parry Sound turns out to have quite a few young brown faces, but Malou can't believe they might be related to her....
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English
Description
Breaking through the veil that separates the dead from the living was just the beginning.
Peter Green's exploits in the world of the Unliving have earned him quite the reputation, but some are still questioning if he's the real deal. In fact, he's not too sure himself if his first great and successful adventure wasn't just... a stroke of luck, perhaps?
However, he won't get any time to figure it out - his uncle needs him and two new friends...
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Français
Description
Une vie chamboulée par une simple rencontre...
J'avais tout pour être heureuse. En vacances à la plage chez mon adorable grand-mère, je ne souhaitais rien d'autre que d'y rester toute ma vie.
C'est alors que je rencontrai cette jeune fille, dansant pieds nus dans le sable, Esméralda la sorcière. Elle m'offrit un flacon de verre rouge dont le contenu, me disait-elle, pourrait exaucer tous mes voeux... Mais j'ignorais que ma vie allait en...
969) Finding Grace
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English
Description
Abandoned on the steps of a Belgian convent as a baby, thirteen-year-old Grace has grown up among the nuns. But her days as a caretaker and companion for her older sister, Dotty, have come to a sad end with Dotty's death, and now Grace is living among the girls who attend the convent's boarding school-the very same girls who taunted and bullied her sister for having Down syndrome. Grace desperately wants to know who left her at the convent; she wants...
970) Apples in Applath
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English
Description
Red headed Marcus lost his parents as a baby, his grandma at age nine and his freedom at ten. Now he is on the run with two of his cell mates and one of them is gravely injured. Where can they go, who will help, and how will Marcus know whether to trust his friends or the ragtag group of runaways and the recluse bear of a man who harbors them? When the worst happens, will he put his own freedom on the line and at what cost?
"A page turner! Do not...
971) Last Son of Krypton
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Series
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English
Description
The distant planet KRYPTON faces total destruction. Before it explodes, the scientist JOR-EL and his wife LARA send their only son into outer space. Later, the child's rocket crashes into a Kansas cornfield where a farmer and his wife discover the boy and his strange powers.
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English
Description
In Heather Kassner's spine-chilling fantasy novel, reminiscent of Serafina and the Black Cloak, an orphaned girl chases a thieving boy into a magician's land of starless, moonless gloom where other children have gone missing before her.
"Gleams with an eerie magic, its characters burning bright and fierce. A visual treat of a tale." -Stefan Bachmann, international bestselling author of Cinders and Sparrows
In order to survive on her own, twelve-year-old...
973) King Me!
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Language
English
Description
Life couldn't be better for ten-year-old Ryan King. He spends his days playing video games, riding his bike, or snuggled close to his dad as they follow the adventures of their favorite comic book superheroes, the Inhumans. Then one day Dad gets a troubling phone call and nothing will ever be the same. Ryan finds himself in a new home and a new school, with new friends and a new foe, and with only his imaginary superheroes to help him. But, who will...
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English
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This appealing teen read tells the story of Katie, a teen from an abused home, and her journey through foster care. Katie is always surrounded by wealth, but feels terribly alone because of the secret horror of her angry, abusive father. When she's thrown out of her house and put into foster care, it seems like the end of the world. But as she moves through the foster care system, she begins to realize that she can help others. Can she, at last, find...
975) Connecting Dots
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Series
Language
English
Description
After years of being passed around to various relatives, Cassandra Jovanovich has found a home where she feels she belongs. All she wants to do is forget her past and pursue her dream of becoming an actress. But her new friend, Leanna Mets, "the most annoying person she has ever met," wants to know how Cassandra became an orphan, and encourages her to write her story. Cassandra's memories reveal how the death of her grandmother and the cruelty of...
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English
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With the Shenandoah Valley Railroad now operational and the American Civil War lingering in recent memory, narrator Billy Washita sets his heart on finding the secret to his past.
Along with his friend, Rascal, Billy follows where the railroad leads. Along the way, the two fatherless wanderers encounter five more orphans, each with their own stories of abandonment. Together, their uncertain hope for adoption means facing fears, suffering unrequited...
977) Torn Away
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Declan lives only for revenge. His mother, father and sister were all killed on the streets of Belfast, and Declan will stop at nothing to settle the score. When he is torn away from his native soil and sent to live with relatives in Canada, he is disgusted by their efforts to welcome him into their lives, and determined to make them regret their hospitality. Can he devise a plan to return to Ireland and rejoin his cause? Or will...
978) Remember Me
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
If you like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or Michelle Gagnon's Don't Turn Around trilogy, you'll love Remember Me by Romily Bernard. In this edge-of-your-seat thrilling sequel to Find Me, Wick Tate, sarcastic teen hacker, is back. Wick had thought her troubles were over. But she should've known better. Now, Wick is once again dealing with criminals and corrupt cops . . . and a brooding new love interest. The pressure might be too much, as secrets-including...
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English
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A sexual assault survivor seeks to find her truth, face her truth and speak her truth. Grace once spent the best summers of her life in New Harbor. Now that she's returned, though, the place just reminds her of all she's lost: her father, her best friend, her boyfriend and any memory of the night that changed her forever. People say the truth will set you free, but Grace isn't sure about that. Once she starts looking for it, the truth about that night...
980) Football hero
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
When twelve-year-old Ty's brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in trouble with the Mafia.
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