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1) UnDivided
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Three teens band together in order to sway the government to repeal all rulings in support of a procedure in which unwanted teenagers are captured and are unwound into parts that can be reused for transplantation.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain's King George III, Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the reader from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe. What started as protest and unrest in the colonies soon escalated to a world war with devastating casualties. O'Reilly and Dugard recreate the war's landmark battles, including Bunker...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
323 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old America Singer is one of only six girls still competing in the Selection--but before she can fight to win Prince Maxon and the Illean crown, she must decide where her own heart truly lies.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
327 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in the caste-divided nation of Illea, which formed after the war that destroyed the United States. America is chosen to compete in the Selection--a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Illea's prince--but all she really wants is a chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her.
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First HarperVia edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A lush, sensuous, and original tale of family, love, and history, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath. Nadia Guerra's mother, Albis Torres, left when Nadia was just ten years old. Growing up, the proponents of revolution promised a better future. Now that she's an adult, Nadia finds that life in Havana hasn't quite matched its promise; instead it has stifled her rebellious and artistic desires. Each night she DJs a...
8) The one
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"As her Selection approaches its finish, America must decide where her heart truly lies--and Prince Maxon must pick one winner to wear the crown"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
The true lives of the Fabulous Killjoys California volume s 1-6
Physical Desc
156 pages ; Chiefly color illustrations ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Over a decade ago, the Killjoys, a team of revolutionaries, lost their lives while saving a mysterious young girl from the tyrannical megacorporation Better Living Industries. Today, the Killjoys live on in memory, if not belief, as BLI widens its reach and freedom fades. The Girl, now grown, reemerges and is put in the spotlight as a saviour, a role she knows nothing about. But with the new revolution hell-bent on body counts, the Girl must look...
Author
Series
Unwind trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the destruction of the Graveyard, Connor and Lev are on the run, seeking a woman who may be the key to bringing down unwinding forever. Meanwhile Cam, the rewound boy, tries to prove his love for Risa by bringing Proactive Citizenry to its knees.
Author
Series
Physical Desc
215 pages : Chiefly color illustrations ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Forget everything you already knew about the Fabulous Killjoys! Writers Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, along with Illustrator Leonardo Romero (Hawkeye), colorist Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), and letterer Nate Piekos (The Umbrella Academy) team up to present an all-new modern day Killjoys series as Way and Simon take it all the way back to the original story that inspired My Chemical Romance's concept album Danger Days and its dystopian comic book series...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
467 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A richly woven biography of the beloved patriot Betsy Ross, her fabled creation of "the first flag," and an enthralling portrait of everyday life in Revolutionary War-era Philadelphia.
14) Internment
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
387 pages, 22 cm
Language
English
16) Borstal boy
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1959
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
372 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
17) UnWholly
Author
Series
Unwind trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
402 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Connor, Lev, and Risa's high-profile revolt against unwinding, using teens to provide tissues for transplant, a sadistic bounty hunter who takes "trophies" from the unwinds he captures starts to pursue them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing. a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Large print edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
605 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain's King George III, Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the reader from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe. What started as protest and unrest in the colonies soon escalated to a world war with devastating casualties. O'Reilly and Dugard recreate the war's landmark battles, including Bunker...
19) The Selection
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition...
20) Unwind
Author
Series
Unwind trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives.
The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control....