Alan Gratz
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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When Iranian-American Kamran Smith learns that his big brother, Darius, has been labelled a terrorist, he sets out to piece together the codes and clues that will save his brother's life and his country from a deadly terrorist attack.
3) Two degrees
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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Akira is riding her horse in the California woods when a wildfire sparks—and grows scarily fast. How can she make it to safety when there are flames everywhere? Owen and his best friend, George, are used to seeing polar bears on the snowy Canadian tundra. But when one bear gets way too close for comfort, do the boys have any chance of surviving? Natalie hunkers down at home as a massive hurricane barrels toward Miami. When the floodwaters crash...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"In this thrilling historical adventure set during World War II, Steve Rogers (AKA Captain America) and his young sidekick, Bucky Barnes, encounter threat like none they've ever seen -- a Ghost Army. The dead of this war and wars past are coming back to life, impervious to bullets, flames, or anything else the Allies can throw at them. The armies rise from the ground in the night and seem to disappear without a trace. How can Cap and Buck fight something...
8) Heroes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
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Aboard the battleship the USS Utah with their Navy pilot fathers during WWII when the ship is attacked by the Japanese, Frank and Stanley find their friendship--and dreams--in jeopardy when Stanley is seen as the "enemy" because his mother is Japanese American.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
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A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books as they start a secret banned books locker library, make up ridiculous reasons to ban every...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
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In Allies, Alan Gratz's thrilling novel of D-Day, we met Samira, a young girl who is part of the underground French resistance during World War II. Samira cracks codes and trades secrets in order to sabotage the Nazis' plans.
In Resist, we delve deeper into Samira's story. Here, we follow Samira as she journeys through the Nazi-occupied French countryside, on a daring rescue mission to find her captured mother. Accompanied only by a loyal dog named...
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Series
League of Seven volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Archie Dent is convinced that he and his friends Hachi and Fergus are the first three members of a new League of Seven: a group of heroes who come together to fight the Mangleborn whenever the monsters arise to destroy humanity. His belief is put to the test when they are forced to undertake separate missions. Archie and his faithful Tik-Tok servant Mr. Rivets pursue a shapeshifting girl who has stolen the Dragon Lantern, an ancient artifact with...
Author
Series
League of Seven volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Description
In an alternate 1875 America electricity is forbidden, Native Americans and Yankees are united, and eldritch evil lurks in the shadows. Young Archie Dent knows there really are monsters in the world. His parents are members of the Septemberist Society, whose job it is to protect humanity from hideous giants called the Mangleborn. Trapped in underground prisons for a thousand years, the giant monsters have been all but forgotten - but now they are...
13) Refugiado
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"Josef es un chico judío que vive en la Alemania nazi, Isabel es una chica cubana que se ve obligada a huir de su país después de las revueltas en contra del gobierno de Castro, en 1994, y Mahmoud es un muchacho que padece la guerra de Siria en 2015. Tres jóvenes distintos y una misión en común: huir de su país."--Publisher's description.
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Description
While obtaining a Western education at a prestigious Japanese boarding school in 1890, sixteen-year-old Toyo also receives traditional samurai training which has profound effects on both his baseball game and his relationship with his father.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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Cuando Amy se dirige a la biblioteca de la escuela para recoger su libro favorito, Pippi Calzaslargas, descubre que no estn su estanter En un principio piensa que otra persona se lo ha llevado, pero la bibliotecaria le explica que no es asella misma se ha visto obligada a retirarlo porque algunos padres creen que el libro no es apropiado para una escuela primaria. Con el paso de los d, la lista de libros censurados por el consejo escolar se irngrosando....
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America. Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward...