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1) Insurgent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"--
2) Divergent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
Ponyboy can count on his brothers, and on his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up "greasers". Then one night, someone takes things too far.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
With the spellbinding crime fiction masterwork, Mistaken Identity, Lisa Scottoline rocketed onto the New York Times bestseller list-and she's remained there ever since! A stunning tale of mystery and suspense, this classic from the beloved, Edgar® Award-winning author once again leads readers down the gritty streets of Philadelphia and into the offices of the law firm of Rosato & Associates. When a new client who's been accused of murder-and who...
5) Girl mans up
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"In Ontario, Pen is a sixteen-year-old girl who looks like a boy. She's fine with it, but everyone else is uncomfortable--especially her Portuguese immigrant parents and her manipulative neighbor who doesn't want her to find a group of real friends"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Aegeon, a merchant of Syracuse, is arrested in Ephesus. Aegeon tells Solinus, the Duke of Ephesus, his tale: he was shipwrecked many years ago while sailing with his wife, Aemilia, and two pairs of identical twins--their twin sons, both named Antipholus, and twin servants, both named Dromio. In the course of the storm, his wife, one of their sons, and one their servants, were lost. At eighteen, Aegeon had allowed the remaining Antipholus and Dromio...
7) Heir of fire
Author
Series
Throne of glass novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
"Royal assassin Celaena must travel to a new land to confront a truth about her heritage, while brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world"--
"The heir of ash and fire bows to no one. A new threat rises in the third book in the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Celaena Sardothien has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak, but now she must travel to a new land to confront...
Author
Series
Openly straight volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Tired of being known as "the gay kid", Rafe Goldberg decides to assume a new persona when he comes east and enters an elite Massachusetts prep school--but trying to deny his identity has both complications and unexpected consequences.
Author
Series
Throne of glass novels volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Description
"No masters. No limits. No regrets. Aelin Galathynius takes her place as queen in the fourth book of the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Celaena Sardothien has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight. She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through...
11) Dracula
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
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Description
'I am Dracula. And I bid you welcome to my house.' He is deathly pale. His fingernails are cut to sharp points. His teeth protrude menacingly from his mouth in clouds of rancid breath. Yet even Count Dracula's unnerving appearance and the frightened reaction of the local peasants fail to warn Jonathan Harker, a young man from England, about his host. Little does Jonathan know that this is a land where babies are snatched for their blood and wolves...
12) Jellicoe Road
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
"Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he's navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican-but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough. As he gets older, Michael's coming out is only the start of learning who he is and where he fits in. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongs-and the Black Flamingo is born. Told with raw honesty, insight, and lyricism, this debut explores the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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"Not since Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine has such a powerful and urgent Native American voice exploded onto the landscape of contemporary fiction. Tommy Orange's There There introduces a brilliant new author at the start of a major career. "We all came to the powwow for different reasons. The messy, dangling threads of our lives got pulled into a braid--tied to the back of everything...
15) Supernova
Author
Series
Renegades volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
"All's fair in love and anarchy... Supernova, the epic conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer's thrilling Renegades Trilogy finds Nova and Adrian struggling to keep their secret identities concealed while the battle rages on between their alter egos, their allies, and their greatest fears come to life. Secrets, lies, and betrayals are revealed as anarchy once again threatens to reclaim Gatlon City."--provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor-even if she has to scheme her way across Europe to do it. A must-have for fans of Mackenzi Lee's extraordinary and Stonewall Honor-winning novel.
A year after an accidentally whirlwind grand tour with her brother Monty, Felicity Montague...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers- Owen's sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As Hannah's increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen's boss, as a US marshal...
19) City of bones
Author
Series
Harry Bosch mysteries volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
When a dog unearths evidence of a murder in the Hollywood Hills, Detective Harry Bosch must tackle a cold case that sparks memories he's tried to forget.
On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills — and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. As the investigation takes Bosch...
On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills — and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. As the investigation takes Bosch...
20) The wave
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When history teacher Ben Ross starts a classroom experiment, with the intention of showing students the processes behind social control in Nazi Germany, things get out of hand and the power of group pressure becomes a frightening reality.