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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Originally published in 1864, this Jules Verne classic has wowed generations of readers with its portrayal of an imaginary odyssey into a subterranean wonderland. When Axel deciphers an old parchment describing a secret passage through a volcano to the center of the earth, nothing will stop his eccentric Uncle Lidenbrock from setting out at once. With silent Hans as guide, the two men encounter natural hazards, prehistoric beasts, and other curiosities...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naĂŻve locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag - only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat, as powerful Martians build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black...
4) The giver
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
Author
Series
Witch and wizard volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A sister and brother, along with thousands of young people, have been kidnapped and either thrown in prison or turned up missing after accusations of witchcraft were made against them. The ruling regime will do anything in order to suppress life and liberty, music and books.
Author
Series
The wild robot volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
281 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Roz must take an under-the-ocean journey to save her island from a mysterious poison tide"--
8) Found
Author
Series
The missing volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
314 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
Author
Series
Wild robot volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After being captured by the Recons and returned to civilization for reprogramming, Roz is sent to Hilltop Farm where she befriends her owner's family and animals, but pines for her son, Brightbill.
10) The roar
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
In an overpopulated world where all signs of nature have been obliterated and a wall has been erected to keep out plague-ridden animals, twelve-year-old Mika refuses to believe that his twin sister was killed after being abducted, and continues to search for her in spite of the dangers he faces in doing so.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Zita is determined to find her way home to Earth, but her exploits have made her an intergalactic megastar, and as her true self is eclipsed by her public persona, she faces a robot doppelganger, and is unsure of who she can trust.
12) Sabotaged
Author
Series
The missing volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
377 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Time-travelers Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child from history, this time Virginia Dare from the Roanoke Colony, but their journey is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving them in the wrong time period. Includes author's note about the history of Roanoke Colony and Virginia Dare.
13) A new hope
Author
Series
Publisher
Spotlight
Edition
Reinforced library bound ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An alternative timeline version of the events of the original Star Wars movie. Luke Skywalker valiantly attacks the Death Star, fires his torpedoes and they miss their mark. With the Death Star still active, Luke, Han, Chewbacca, Leia and the other Rebels attempt to escape from the Yavin system.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
NEWBERY COLLECTION. Newbery Medal, 1963. A story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace and Calvin O'Keefe. They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.
Author
Series
Emperor of the universe volume 1
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
368 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When seventh grader Nicholas V. Landrew, his beloved pet gerbil Henrietta, and a package of ground beef are beamed aboard an alien space ship, they soon find themselves on the run in a madcap chase across the universe. Now all Nicholas wants to do is get back home before his parents find out and ground him forever, but with the Universal Police hot on his trail, that won't be easy. Before it's all over, Henrietta will find herself safely ensconced...
Author
Series
Hilo volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When a mysterious boy falls from the sky, friends D.J. and Gina must discover the secrets of his identity and help him save the world"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
289 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Otto and Sheed Alston are local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched powers of deduction. As summer winds down and the first day of school looms, the boys are craving just a little more time for fun, eve as they bicker over what kind of fun they want to have. That is, until a mysterious man named Mr. Flux appears with a camera that literally freezes time. Now, with the help of some very strange...
Author
Series
(Lamar R.)Alston Boys volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Otto and Sheed Alston are local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched powers of deduction. As summer winds down and the first day of school looms, the boys are craving just a little more time for fun, eve as they bicker over what kind of fun they want to have. That is, until a mysterious man named Mr. Flux appears with a camera that literally freezes time. Now, with the help of some very strange...
Author
Series
Hilo volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Everyone's favorite space boy, Hilo, is just settling into life on earth (Bowling? Knock-knock jokes? OUTSTANDING!) when strange portals begin opening up all over town. And HOLY MACKEREL! Even STRANGER creatures are coming through them! But it will take more than a GIANT MUTANT CHICKEN, A VIKING HIPPO, A MAGICAL WARRIOR CAT, or even a few MILLION KILLER VEGETABLES to stop Team Hilo . . . er, WON’T IT? Can Hilo, DJ, and GINA figure out how to send...