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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, who embarks on a quest to reclaim stolen treasure from the dragon Smaug, along with his dwarve companions and the wizard Gandalf, and unwittingly returns to the Shire with a Ring of Power.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
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. When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever.
Author
Publisher
Little Brown
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
An award-winning book from the author of Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life and The Candymakers for fans for of Wonder and Counting by Sevens.
Mia Winchell has synesthesia, the mingling of perceptions whereby a person can see sounds, smell colors, or taste shapes. Forced to reveal her condition, she must look to herself to develop an understanding and appreciation of her gift in this coming-of-age novel.
Author
Series
Lord of the rings volume pt. 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Author
Series
Carter House girls volume 4
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
206 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As Mrs. Carter becomes increasingly distracted by General Harding, her boardinghouse girls find more opportunities to get into trouble, especially during a weekend getaway to a luxurious Vermont ski lodge, to which some of the girls have invited boys.
Author
Series
Carter House girls volume 3
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
217 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the Carter boardinghouse for rich teenaged girls who are interested in fashion, the race for high school homecoming queen turns friends and roommates against one another, and, as the votes roll in, some of the girls grow smarter and closer to God, while others seem to make the same mistakes over again.
Author
Series
Carter House girls volume 5
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
206 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a Winter Ball that was a mix of fun and worry, seventeen-year-old DJ sets aside her hope for a quiet Christmas and joins Taylor in Las Vegas, although she fears she will do nothing but try to keep her roommate out of trouble.
Author
Series
Carter House girls volume 6
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
214 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Life at the Carter house is in an uproar, with Taylor coming home from rehab treatment, Kriti developing a possible eating disorder, and Eliza creating competition between the girls for the New York debut at Spring Fashion Week.
10) The Juliet club
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
402 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When high school junior Kate wins an essay contest that sends her to Verona, Italy, to study Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" over the summer, she meets both American and Italian students and learns not just about Shakespeare, but also about star-crossed lovers--and herself.
Author
Series
Carter House girls volume 2
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
218 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
DJ's efforts to make sense of Christianity, prayer, and the Bible only seem to make it harder for her to deal with the inability of the girls in her grandmother's boardinghouse to get along, especially after Taylor begins flirting with Rhiannon's boyfriend.
12) Wolf-speaker
Author
Series
The immortals volume 2
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
With the help of her animal friends, Daine fights to save the kingdom of Tortall from ambitious mortals and dangerous immortals.
13) Mixed bags
Author
Series
Carter House girls volume 1
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
219 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
DJ's grandmother is a former fashion model who has restored an old mansion and turned it into a boarding house for rich teenaged girls who are interested in fashion, presenting DJ with a conflict between retaining her tomboy identity or changing her style, as she decides whether or not to try to fit in.
14) War horse
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
165 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
World War I has started and the military needs horses to move equipment, charge the enemy, and carry wounded soldiers off the battlefield. Joey, a farm horse is sold to the Army. Joey misses the farmer's son, Albert, and spends the war years wondering if the war will ever end and if he will ever see Albert again.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
278 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After wasting away in a mental institution for a year and a half, Ariana Osgood is finally back where she belongs. She has a new look, a new name, and a new life--all thanks to her former friend Briana Leigh Covington. Now enrolled as a junior at the exclusive Atherton-Pryce boarding school just outside of D.C., Ariana sleeps in Frette sheets, flirts with the captain of the crew team, and gossips with the most beautiful girls on campus. She killed...
16) Vampire Academy
Author
Series
Vampire Academy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and returned to St. Vladimir's Academy, where one focuses on mastering magic, the other on physical training, while both try to avoid the perils of gossip, cliques, gruesome pranks, and sinister plots.
Author
Series
Vampire Academy novel volume 4
Publisher
Razorbill
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Just days before graduating from St. Vladimir's Academy, guardian-in-training Rose travels to Siberia to drive a stake into the heart of the boy she loves, the monstrous vampire Dimitri.
18) Frostbite
Author
Series
Vampire Academy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
While on a school skiing trip, guardian-in-training Rose faces everything from misunderstandings between friends to fights among factions of Moroi as reports of horrific Strigoi attacks raise tensions, ultimately leading Rose and some of those closest to her into a battle that teaches her much about life, death, and love.
19) Shadow kiss
Author
Series
Vampire Academy volume 3
Publisher
Razorbill
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
444 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
While Rose is coping with the darker effects of being shadow-kissed, her relationship with Dimitri is finally taking off, and when he disappears during a Strigoi attack on St. Vladimir's Academy, she must make a terrible choice.