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Author
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
65) The other mother
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From Matthew Dicks, the beloved author of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, comes The Other Mother, a novel about a teenage boy coping with the rupture of his family by viewing his mother in an unusual light. The one he loves most, is the one he knows least. Thirteen-year-old Michael Parsons is dealing with a lot. His father's sudden death; his mother's new husband, Glen, who he loathes; his two younger siblings, who he looks after more and more now...
66) Taboo tattoo: 01
Author
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"By all accounts, middle schooler Seigi is pretty unremarkable except for his martial arts prowess and a desire to protect the weak. But when his good intentions are put to the test by saving an old homeless man from some street thugs, the mysterious man shows his gratitude by...burning a tattoo onto Seigi's palm?! It turns out, the tattoo is a powerful secret weapon that everyone-- including a formidable girl with a tattoo of her own-- is after....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster.
70) The other wind
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Haunted by dreams of the dead who seek to invade Earthsea through him, the sorcerer Alder enlists the aid of Ged, a former Archmage, who advises him to find the holiest place in the world, which holds the key to preserving Earthsea.
Author
Series
Cursebreaker series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
Eighteen for the three hundred twenty-seventh time, Prince Rhen despairs of breaking the curse that turns him into a beast at the end of each day until feisty Harper enters his life.
Author
Series
Sunbearer duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Transgender demigod Teo is unexpectedly selected for the Sunbearer Trials, a fierce competition among demigod heroes where the winner sacrifices the loser to Sol, their blood fueling the Sun Stones that protect Reino del Sol.
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