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From the New York Times bestselling author of the V.I. Warshawski series comes “a gripping contemporary novel…of fear and conflict in heartland America” (Publishers Weekly).
In Kansas, on land that once saw some of America’s bloodiest antislavery battles, three families have coexisted for more than one hundred fifty years: the Grelliers, the Fremantles, and the Schapens. Once allies in the fight against...
In Kansas, on land that once saw some of America’s bloodiest antislavery battles, three families have coexisted for more than one hundred fifty years: the Grelliers, the Fremantles, and the Schapens. Once allies in the fight against...
2) Uncaged
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Singular menace volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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"When an animal rights action at a research lab goes wrong, a terrible secret is exposed, and Shay must find her brother Odin before the researchers at Singular Corp can silence both of them"--
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Violet Mackerel books volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Violet and Rose organize a protest to save the big oak tree in Clover Park
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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When the high school cheerleading team takes over a soda vending machine's funds, which were previously collected by the pep band, Gabe Johnson, an overweight "band geek" tired of being called names and looked down on, declares war
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Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 22
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English
Description
In a dystopian, near-future Britain, sixteen-year-old Trent, obsessed with making movies on his computer, joins a group of artists and activists who are trying to fight a new bill that will criminalize even more harmless internet creativity
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba
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Ellie McDoodle volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Ellie writes and doodles in a journal of her family's move to a new home and her struggle to make friends, which gets a lot easier as she leads a nonviolent protest about long lunch lines at school
9) Torch
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English
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"Czechoslovakia, 1969. Seventeen-year-old Pavol has watched his country's freedoms disappear in the wake of the Soviet Union's invasion. He's seen his own dreams disappear too. In a desperate, fatal act of protest against the oppressive new government, he sets himself on fire in public, hoping to motivate others to fight for change. Instead, Pavol's death launches a government investigation into three of his closest friends. Štěpán finds his Olympic...
10) Private lines
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Publisher
Wells Street Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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It's tough to compete in the global marketplace when you're an American stuck in Paris during the biggest anti-U.S. protests in European history. No wonder Tyler Harding is tired! He just wants to strike an agreement for his telecom company and get some sleep. But the intriguing Frenchwoman in charge of his deal intends to wake him up in more ways than one. Meanwhile, in the company's Milwaukee branch, account exec Carly Emerald is juggling the demands...
11) Kent State
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Told from different points of view--protesters, students, National Guardsmen, and "townies"--recounts the story of what happened at Kent State in May 1970, when four college students were killed by National Guardsmen, and a student protest was turned into a bloody battlefield
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