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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo’s dictatorship.
Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears...
Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears...
Author
Series
Girls of paper and fire series volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Lei, seventeen, is stolen from her home to become one of nine Paper Girls, the Demon King's concubines, she proves to be more fire than paper.
5) Hope and Red
Author
Series
Empire of storms volume 1
Publisher
Orbit Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Two orphans, one trained as a cold-blooded assassin and the other raised by a matriarch of the criminal underworld, work together to take down the empire that cost them their families.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In this near-future retelling of the Dickens classic "A Tale of Two Cities," a deadly revolution breaks out in a New York City divided by light and dark magic.
Author
Language
English
Description
A ferryman, gently shepherding the people of Prospera through the retirement process when the monitors embedded in their forearms fall below 10 percent, Proctor Bennet, of the Department of Social Contracts, receives a disturbing and cryptic message from his father, while The Support Staff, who keep Prospera running, organize a revolution that causes Proctor to question everything he once believed.
Author
Publisher
Forge, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When the Revolutionary Front takes control of Salt Lake City, soldier James Trent finds himself on the front lines, fighting for something he doesn’t even know if he believes in, and goes up against a female sharpshooter fueled by revenge against the government.
10) Kingdom of ashes
Author
Series
Wicked thing volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Determined to free the kingdom from the king's tyrannical rule, Aurora, branded a traitor, seeks the help of the handsome but devious Prince Finnegan, who helps her harness her magical powers.
11) A wicked thing
Author
Series
Wicked thing volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
One hundred years after falling asleep, Aurora wakes to the kiss of a prince and a kingdom that has dreamed of her return, but her happily-ever-after seems unlikely as she faces the loss of everything she knew and a cruel new king.
12) The final day
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The Final Day immerses readers once more in the story of our nation's struggle to rebuild itself after an electromagnetic pulse wipes out all electricity and plunges the country into darkness, starvation, and terror. After defeating the designs of the alleged federal government, John Matherson and his community have returned their attention to restoring the technologies and social order that existed prior to the EMP attack. Then the government announces...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In Romania in 1989, when people who say or do the wrong thing disappear, ten-year-old aspiring writer Ileana copes with fear, hunger, and cruelty by writing new endings to stories, including her own.
Author
Publisher
TorDotCom/Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Recruited by the Bandits of Liangshan, expert arms instructor Lin Chong, disgraced, tattooed as a criminal and on the run from an Imperial Marshall who wants her dead, joins these mountain outlaws who live on the fringe of society—and who are ready to make history or tear it apart.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
16) It ends in fire
Author
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Raised by an underground rebel group after the murder of her parents, seventeen-year-old Alka goes undercover at the most prestigious school of magic in an attempt to recruit for the rebellion and win the Great Game which would give her access to the seat of her enemies' power.
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Serenity is bound for the planet Kerry with a hold full of sealed, unidentified cargo for the planet's highest-ranking nobleman. The duke is a surprisingly genial man whose court brings all the fanciness and fun of Persephone's high society but little of the pretension--and, most importantly, he's got the promise of more work. Obliged to stick around while Inara is with a client--and hoping to score future employment--the crew settles in. Everyone...
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