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1) Mockingjay
Author
Series
Hunger Games volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Katniss Everdeen's having survived the Hunger games twice makes her a target of the Capitol and President Snow, as well as a hero to the rebels who will succeed only if Katniss is willing to put aside her personal feelings of anger and distrust and serve as their pawn. She must accept responsibility for countless lives in order to change the course of the future of Panem. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution...
2) Halt's peril
Author
Series
(John Anthony).Ranger's apprentice volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Tennyson, the false prophet of the Outsider cult, has escaped and Halt is determined to stop him before he crosses the border into Araluen, but Genovesan assassins put Will and Halt's extraordinary archery skills to the test.
Author
Series
(John Anthony).Ranger's apprentice volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Halt, Will, and Horace set out for Hibernia, where a quasi-religious group, the Outsiders, is sowing confusion and sedition, and they find that secrets from Halt's past may hold the key to restoring order before the last kingdom is undermined.
Author
Series
Dragonwatch volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Language
English
Description
Seth and Kendra, newly appointed caretakers of Wyrmroost, soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when the dragons, led by Celebrant, rebel.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given...
Author
Series
Hunger Games volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. Nothing is...
Author
Series
Ember in the ashes novel volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Description
Beyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger as the Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, Laia of Serra, and Elias Veturius all face increasing dangers.
The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power... the lives of all those in the Empire hang in the balance. Far to the east, Laia...
11) Typhoon fury
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the leader of a militant communist insurgency in the Philippines escapes capture from the U.S. government with almost supernatural ease, it's up to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon to catch him. Tracing the Filipino insurgent through his drug lord allies, Cabrillo learns his new adversary has his eye on an addictive chemical compound developed during World War II that can turn civilians into supersoldiers. And he's not the only one. An...
12) Hellhole
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
On a colonized planet called Hellhole, defeated and exiled rebel General Tiber Adolphus continues his honorable opposition to the political scheming and selfish machinations of the Crown Jewel worlds and grandmotherly Diadem Michella Duchenet. Adolphus and his companions work in secret to undermine the royal space travel monopoly and form a coalition of Deep Zone planets.
13) Sixth column
Author
Language
English
Description
It's six against six million in a brilliantly waged near-future war for nothing less than liberty and justice for all. The totalitarian East has triumphed in a massive invasion, and the United States has fallen to a dictatorial superpower bent on total domination. That power is consolidating its grip through concentration camps, police state tactics, and a total monopoly upon the very thoughts of the conquered populace.
14) Queen of shadows
Author
Series
Throne of glass novel volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 29
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
"Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. Embracing her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen, Celaena returns to the empire--for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past"--
15) The ferryman
Author
Language
English
Description
"Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery,...
17) Starship: rising
Author
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When a captain discovers a government secret that could lead to the destruction of their galaxy, he has to rise up against the oppressive regime of the government.