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61) Black hole sun
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
On the planet Mars, sixteen-year-old Durango and his crew of mercenaries are hired by the settlers of a mining community to protect their most valuable resource from a feral band of marauders.
62) Firstlife
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
The New York Times–bestselling novel with “an inventive premise and easy-to-root-for characters . . . a series opener [young adult fantasy] fans will enjoy” (Kirkus Reviews).
From the author of the New York Times–bestselling White Rabbit Chronicles series comes the first book of a new series.
Tenley “Ten” Lockwood is an average seventeen-year-old girl . . ....
From the author of the New York Times–bestselling White Rabbit Chronicles series comes the first book of a new series.
Tenley “Ten” Lockwood is an average seventeen-year-old girl . . ....
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • Set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. • Now an original series on HBO Max. • Over one million copies sold!
Kirsten...
Kirsten...
Author
Series
When the wind blows volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Two women try to unravel an astonishing murder plot with the help of an amazing eleven year old girl.
65) Crazy House
Author
Series
Crazy House volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a future world where teenagers are taken, imprisoned, and forced to fight for their survival, well-behaved Cassie will do whatever it takes to save her rebellious twin sister from Death Row.
66) Feedback
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"After escaping the walls of Maxfield Academy, Benson Fisher finds himself trapped in a town that is also under the school's control--where he discovers that Maxfield's plans are deadlier than anything he imagined"--
67) Forbidden
Author
Series
Books of mortals volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Many years have passed since civilization's brush with apocalypse. The world's greatest threats have all been silenced. There is no anger, no hatred, no war. There is only perfect peace... and fear. But a terrible secret has been closely guarded for centuries: Every single soul walking the earth, though in appearance totally normal, is actually dead, long ago genetically stripped of true humanity. Fleeing pursuit, with only moments to live, a young...
68) Hole in the sky
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2005, c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In a future world ravaged by a mutant virus, sixteen-year-old Ceej and three other teenagers seek to save the Grand Canyon from being flooded, while trying to avoid capture by a band of renegade Survivors.
69) Neverworld wake
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"A group of teens who all attended the same elite prep school reunite a year after graduation. After a night on the town, the teens are faced with an impossible choice--only one of them can live and the decision must be unanimous"--
Author
Publisher
Amulet books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
F. C. Yee's The Rise of Kyoshi delves into the story of Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom-born Avatar. The longest-living Avatar in this beloved world's history, Kyoshi established the brave and respected Kyoshi Warriors, but also founded the secretive Dai Li, which led to the corruption, decline, and fall of her own nation. The first of two novels based on Kyoshi, The Rise of Kyoshi maps her journey from a girl of humble origins to the merciless pursuer...
71) Tempest
Author
Series
Tempest novel volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Dunn Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
After his girlfriend Holly is fatally shot during a violent struggle, nineteen-year-old Jackson uses his supernatural abilities and travels back in time two years, where he falls in love with Holly all over again, learns that his father is a spy, and discovers powerful enemies of time who will stop at nothing to recruit him for their own purposes.
72) Elusion
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Teens uncover the dangerous secrets of a virtual reality program that's taking the country by storm"--
Author
Series
Steampunk chronicles volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
London, 1897. When mechanical genius Emily is kidnapped by rogue automatons, Finley Jayne and her fellow misfits fear the worst. To save those she cares about, Emily must confront The Machinist's ultimate creation -- an automaton more human than machine.
75) Frankenstein
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A monster created by scientist Victor Frankenstein from parts of corpses and brought to life develops loathing for himself and hatred for his creator as he learns to think for himself.
76) Mortal
Author
Series
Books of mortals volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Rom Sebastian discovered a secret and consumed an ancient potion of blood to bring himself back to life. Nine years later, surviving against impossible odds, he has gathered a secret faction of followers who have also taken the blood--the first Mortals in a world that is dead. But the Order has raised an elite army to hunt and crush the living, and no one knows the path to survival.
77) Wayfarer
Author
Series
Passenger volume 2
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Formats
Description
Robbed of the powerful object she needed to save her mother, time traveler Etta Spencer is stranded far from home and the privateer she loves before resolving to destroy the astrolabe, a mission that is challenged by a shattering revelation.
78) Breathe
Author
Series
Breathe volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"In a barren land, a shimmering glass dome houses the survivors of the Switch, the period when oxygen levels plunged and the green world withered. A state lottery meant a lucky few won safety, while the rest suffocated in the thin air. And now Alina, Quinn, and Bea--an unlikely trio, each with their own agendas, their own longings and fears--walk straight into the heart of danger. With two days' worth of oxygen in their tanks, they leave the dome....
79) The infinite sea
Author
Series
5th wave volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others' ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.
80) Breaking sky
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In the year 2048 Chase Harcourt, call sign "Nyx," is one of only two pilots chosen to fly the experimental "Streaker" jets at the junior Air Force Academy, but few know the pain and loneliness of her past or the dark secret about her father, and as the world tilts toward war, Chase cracks open a military secret.
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