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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.
2) Believe
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Janine is the "Soul Survivor," the girl who, as a small child, was the only survivor of a Palestinian suicide bomb in Israel that killed her parents. Ten years on, she feels like she's public property more than her own person"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to 'aging out' out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse.... As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds...
5) Enchantée
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
449 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
After smallpox takes their parents, seventeen-year-old Camille supports herself and her sister by magically transforming herself into a baroness in the court at Versailles, then faces difficult choices as the French Revolution looms.
Author
Publisher
Kathy Dawson Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Recently orphaned Jane accepts an unexpected invitation from an old acquaintance to an island mansion where she will face five choices that could ultimately determine the course of her newly untethered life"--
Author
Series
Tiger's curse volume 3
Publisher
Splinter
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 25
Physical Desc
543 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After battling the villanous Lokesh, Kelsey and the Indian princes Ren and Kishan return to India, where Kelsey learns that Ren has amnesia, and five cunning dragons try to keep the trio from breaking the curse that binds them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Splinter
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Oregon teenager Kelsey forms a bond with a circus tiger who is actually one of two brothers, Indian princes Ren and Kishan, who were cursed to live as tigers for eternity, and she travels with him to India where the tiger's curse may be broken once and for all.
Author
Series
Tiger's curse volume 2
Publisher
Splinter
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Kelsey returns home to Oregon, where Mr. Kadam has enrolled her in college, but danger sends her back to India to begin another quest, this time with Kishan, to try to break the curse that forces Kishan and his brother Ren to live as tigers.
10) Tiger's destiny
Author
Series
Tiger's curse volume 4
Publisher
Splinter
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
Physical Desc
447 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan race against time and the evil sorcerer Lokesh on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal as they seek Durga's final gift, the Rope of Fire, that will finally break the tiger's curse.
11) Clockwork angel
Author
Series
The infernal devices volume 1
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.
12) Library of souls
Author
Series
Publisher
Quirk Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Time is running out for the Peculiar Children. With a dangerous madman on the loose and their beloved Miss Peregrine still in danger, Jacob Portman and Emma Bloom are forced to stage the most daring of rescue missions. They'll travel through a war-torn landscape, meet new allies, and face greater dangers than ever. Will Jacob come into his own as the hero his fellow Peculiars know him to be? (Features more than 50 all-new Peculiar photographs.)
13) The cruel prince
Author
Series
The Folk of the Air volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him and face the consequences. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues...
Author
Series
Strange the dreamer volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
War orphan and junior librarian Lazlo Strange gets an unexpected opportunity to follow his dream of seeking the mythic lost city of Weep with the Godslayer and his band of legendary warriors.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sent to America at age nine with nothing but an old guitar, Frankie Presto achieves success on the mid-twentieth-century music scene before becoming overburdened by his ability to affect people's futures through his music.
Author
Series
Strange the Dreamer volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
"As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected"--
Author
Series
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children volume 1
Publisher
Quirk Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
A horrific family tragedy sends sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of an old orphanage that was home to children who were more than just peculiar, but possibly dangerous--and who may still be alive. Illustrated with vintage found photographs.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel...
19) The wicked king
Author
Series
[The Folk of the Air volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
As administrative officer to High King Cardan, Jude must fight to keep control of the Faerie throne while her younger brother, Oak, enjoys the childhood she never knew.