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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
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The enchantment continues... The universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories - and secrets - that are wondrous, vicious, and romantic. How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from young man to killer? When did Princess Winter and the palace guard Jacin realize their destinies? With six stories - two of which have never before been published - and an exclusive never-before-seen excerpt from Marissa...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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"When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis finds the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James outside the gates of an exclusive resort, she teams up with Ashley's older sister Nora to find the killer, and she is thrown into a world of unimaginable wealth and privilege--and the fight for her life."--
23) The jealous kind
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Holland family saga volume 3
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On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their sexuality. But beneath the glitz and superficial normalcy, a class war has begun, and it is nothing like the conventional portrayal of the decade. Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and a world of violence he did not know existed. When Aaron spots the beautiful and gifted...
25) Red at the bone
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Two families from different social classes are joined together by an unexpected pregnancy and the child it produces. In 2001, it is the evening of sixteen-year-old Melody's coming-of-age ceremony in her grandparents' Brooklyn brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the soundtrack of Prince, she wears a special, custom-made dress. But the event is not without poignancy. Sixteen years earlier, that very dress...
26) Court of Fives
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Series
Court of Fives trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
Description
When a scheming lord tears Jess's family apart, she must rely on her unlikely friendship with Kal, a high-ranking Patron boy, and her skill at Fives, an intricate, multi-level athletic competition that offers a chance for glory, to protect her Commoner mother and mixed-race sisters and save her father's reputation.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 26
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Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton herself called "a society of irresponsible pleasure-seekers" with a precision comparable to that of Proust. And her brilliant and complex characterization of the doomed Lily Bart, whose stunning beauty and dependence on marriage for economic survival reduce her to a decorative object,...
28) The Elite
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Selection series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
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"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"--
32) Howards End
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"First published in 1910, Howards End is the novel that earned E. M. Forster recognition as a major writer. At its heart lie two families - the wealthy and business-minded Wilcoxes and the cultured and idealistic Schlegels. When the beautiful and independent Helen Schlegel begins an impetuous affair with the ardent Paul Wilcox, a series of events is sparked - some very funny, some very tragic - that results in a dispute over who will inherit Howards...
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Girls of paper and fire series volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
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"In this mesmerizing sequel to the New York Times bestselling Girls of Paper and Fire, Lei and Wren have escaped their oppressive lives in the Hidden Palace, but soon learn that freedom comes with a terrible cost. Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known as the Moonchosen, the commoner who managed to do what no one else could. But slaying the cruel Demon King wasn't the end of the plan---it's just the beginning. Now Lei...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
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"A collection of four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view, that follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegationto Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, the first clues thata foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions, and the weeks after he meets Tris Prior"--Provided by OCLC.
37) Buried heart
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Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
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"Jessamy is at the crux of a revolution forged by the Commoner class hoping to overthrow their longtime Patron overlords, but when enemies from foreign lands attack the kingdom, she must find a way to defend their home and all the people she loves, Efean and Saroese alike"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 66
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This book is a satire of early 19th century British society. A bewitching beauty who bends men to her will using charm, sex, and guile. An awkward man who remains loyal to his friends, even when those friends don't deserve his affection. A mother who cannot get over the loss of her husband and devotes her life to her child. Though written in 1847-48, William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair is peopled by types who remain familiar today. The novel's...
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Vampire Academy volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 23
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In this final novel in the "Vampire Academy" series, Rose is on trial for her life. Sworn to protect Lissa who is vying for the royal throne, Rose realizes she will have to take her future into her own hands and prove her innocence.
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