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Red Queen

Posted on October 18, 2018 by webmaster

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Red Queen
by Victoria Aveyard

Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood—those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.
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To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard—a growing Red rebellion—even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays, the only certainty is betrayal.[/spoiler]

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Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
740L	High School	416	Thriller/Suspense	2016	9780062653659

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Everless

Posted on October 16, 2018 by webmaster

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Everless
by Sarah Holland

In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency—extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one’s own lifespan. The rich aristocracy, like the Gerlings, tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries.

No one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember. A decade ago, she and her father were servants at Everless, the Gerlings’ palatial estate, until a fateful accident forced them to flee in the dead of night. When Jules discovers that her father is dying, she knows that she must return to Everless to earn more time for him before she loses him forever.

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Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
830L	Middle School	368	Thriller/Suspense	2018	9780062653659

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The Testing

Posted on October 15, 2018 by webmaster

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The Testing
by Joelle Charbonneau

Like almost every 16-year-old in the United Commonwealth, Cia Vale hopes to be called for the Testing, her ticket out of rural Five Lakes Colony and into the University in Tosu City. Cia’s father was selected, but only vaguely remembers the experience in nightmares. Her four older brothers were passed over. Just when she has resigned herself to life as a mechanic or farmer, she gets word that she is one of four students selected from Five Lakes and is expected to board the skimmer to Tosu City the next day, most likely never to return.

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Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
830L	Middle School	352	Thriller/Suspense	2013	9780547959108

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Highly Illogical Behavior

Posted on July 5, 2018 by webmaster

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Highly Illogical Behavior
by John Corey Whaley

Sixteen-year-old Solomon has agoraphobia. He hasn’t left his house in 3 years. Ambitious Lisa is desperate to get into a top-tier psychology program. And so when Lisa learns about Solomon, she decides to befriend him, cure him, and then write about it for her college application. To earn Solomon’s trust, she introduces him to her boyfriend Clark, and starts to reveal her own secrets. But what started as an experiment leads to a real friendship, with all three growing close. But when the truth comes out, what erupts could destroy them all.

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Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
840L	Middle School	256	Growing Up	2017	0147515203

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Wings of Fire

Posted on February 24, 2018 by webmaster

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Wings of Fire 7 (Winter Turning)
by Tui Sutherland

Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they both need a second chance to make things right — if only he can find her.

[spoiler title=”Click for More”] Winter’s new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, won’t let him make this dangerous journey alone. They don’t seem to understand that IceWings, the most superior of all dragon tribes, can fix their own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen Scarlet’s vicious talons, Winter is grateful to have some help. But even the bravest dragons can’t follow him to the Ice Kingdom, where he’ll have to face the greatest threat of all: his own family. [/spoiler]

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Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
710L	Middle School	336	Adventure	2016	0545685397

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Geeks Guide to Unrequited Love

Posted on February 9, 2018 by webmaster

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Geeks Guide to Unrequited Love
by Sarvenaz Tash

Graham and Roxana have been best friends for eight years, ever since Roxy asked Graham what Hogwarts house he would be sorted into. They have grown together through various ‘fandoms’ and into a love of comic books… so much so that they have teamed together to write their own comic.

[spoiler title=”Click for More” style=”fancy”] Once Graham learns that the creator of their favorite comic will make his first public appearance in 20 years at the New York Comic Con, Graham knows they have to go. He also decides this is the perfect opportunity to tell Roxy he loves her. But once Comic Con actually starts, nothing goes as planned, and Graham is left questioning his decision to confess his feelings.[/spoiler]

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Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
830L	Middle School	256	Growing Up	2016	9781481456531

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Salt to The Sea

Posted on January 25, 2018 by webmaster

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Salt to the Sea
by Ruta Sepetys

A fictionalized World War II story based on a true tragedy. Four different teens grapple with the bitter cold, the ever-present danger of falling bombs, and their own dark secrets. There’s Joana, a pretty and empathetic Lithuanian nurse who harbors a heavy guilt; Florian, a mysterious young man struggling to hide his true identity; Amelia, a pregnant Polish girl; and Alfred, a sociopathic Nazi sailor with an inferiority complex.

[spoiler title=”Click for More” style=”fancy”] The small band of refugees slowly making their way through the frozen and battle-scarred Prussian countryside, Joana, Florian, and Amelia are determined to get aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German military ship evacuating civilians and wounded soldiers at the tail end of the war. Alfred, meanwhile, a low-ranking officer stationed aboard the ship, avoids work by hiding in the toilets, composing imaginary and boastful letters to a girl back home.[/spoiler]

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Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
840L	Middle School	448	Historic Fiction	2017	0142423629

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George Washington’s Socks

Posted on July 18, 2017 by webmaster

The Yearling
by Elvira Woodruff

A mysterious rowboat transports five adventurous kids back in time to the eve of the Battle at Trenton where they experience the American Revolution. Through encounters with Hessian soldiers, revolutionaries, and even George Washington himself, Matthew, Quentin, Hooter, Tony, and Katie watch history unfold before their eyes as they see first-hand, the grim realities of war and the cost of freedom.

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Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
840L	Middle School	176	Historic Fiction	1993	0590440365

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The Yearling

Posted on September 23, 2016 by webmaster

The Yearling
by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag and makes it a part of his family and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as his family fights off wolves, bears, and even alligators, and faces failure in their tenuous subsistence farming, Jody must finally part with his dear animal friend.

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Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
750L	Elementary School	528	Drama	2001	0689846231

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Caged Warrier

Posted on September 23, 2016 by webmaster

Caged Warrier
by Alan Lawrence Sitomer

McCutcheon Daniels’ life is full of bone-cracking violence. As a star fighter in the gritty underground Mixed Martial Arts circuit in the poorest section of Detroit, McCutcheon fights under the tutelage of his volatile and violent father, not so much for himself but to survive as protector of his beloved five-year old sister, Gemma.

McCutcheon he battles opponents who are literally trying to kill him and he struggles to find a way to protect her and himself. Along the way, he decides to trust a teacher who has taken an interest in him and discovers the truth about his mother who seemingly disappeared on his thirteenth birthday.

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Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
850	Middle School	240	Drama	2015	1484722809

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