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Author
Series
Throne of glass novel volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Language
English
Description
After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
HL 920L
Language
English
Description
The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of master mystery writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most accomplished stories. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson confront one of their most difficult cases ever: is there truly a curse on the old Baskerville estate? Is there truly a ghostly beast lurking on the dark, eerie moors? A masterful concoction of plot and mood, this story is guaranteed to give you the shivers.
Author
Series
Jackaby volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"The highly anticipated third volume of the paranormal detective series perfect for "readers who enjoy Doctor Who, Supernatural, Grimm...and of course, Sherlock Holmes stories, and who are ready to say up into the wee hours." Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly landlord of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the services of her detective-agency tenants to solve a decade-old murder--her own. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, dive into the cold...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Erin Blake has one of those names. A name that, like Natalee Holloway or Elizabeth Smart, is inextricably linked to a grisly crime. As a toddler, Erin survived for three days alongside the corpse of her murdered mother, and the case?which remains unsolved?fascinated a nation. Her father's identity unknown, Erin was taken in by her mother's best friend and has become a relatively normal teen in spite of the looming questions about her past. Fourteen...
13) Tell
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
Formats
Author
Series
Aggie Morton mystery queen volume 2
Publisher
Tundra, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
"For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, Christmas becomes a lot more exciting when a dead body is found in this second book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency. Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is looking forward to Christmas. Having just solved a murder and survived her own brush with...
15) Until the end
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
At the start of the school year, the popular girls throw a party, but things go wrong when one of their classmates is found dead. The death is declared a suicide, but nothing quite adds up. Convinced there's a murderer on the loose, no one knows who can be trusted. Nowhere is safe, not the homecoming dance, not even graduation.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
The Vickery twins, Lee and Felix, live in a house in Poplar Wood, where, because of the "Agreement," their mother serves Memory, and their father assists Death, and only Lee is allowed to leave the house, except for Halloween; but when a local girl is murdered, Gretchen Whipple, daughter of the mayor, offers the boys a deal--help her solve the crime and she will help them break the Agreement, and regain their freedom.
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Lilac. The bard songs say that she's the world's most fearsome bounty hunter. That there's no criminal she can't catch, no mystery she can't solve. None of that is true. Yet. In reality, the Lilac is just a kid, and the bard who wrote all that is her best friend, Dulcinetta. But the Lilac has set her goals on becoming the best bounty hunter in the Thirteen Kingdoms--and when a priceless artifact goes missing from the home of famed monster hunter...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Responding to a letter from her uncle, Anna returns to Wisteria only to find that his body has been found in the trunk of a burned-out car. Her aunt seems psychotic, and, although Anna's first impulse is to leave at once, she becomes drawn into the mystery, along with her neighbor Zack.