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1) Mockingjay
Author
Series
Hunger Games trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
The greatly anticipated final book in the New York Times bestselling Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.
The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss Everdeen. The final book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins will have hearts racing, pages turning, and everyone talking about one of the biggest and most talked-about books and authors in recent publishing history!
Author
Series
Hunger Games trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The second book in Suzanne Collins's phenomenal and worldwide bestselling Hunger Games trilogy.Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among...
Author
Series
Dandelion dynasty volume 3
Publisher
Saga Press
Language
English
Description
The Dandelion Dynasty quartet chronicles the emergence of a new nation in the aftermath of the fall of a corrupt empire. Set in a secondary fantasy world in which the heroes are engineers, not magicians, it melds East Asian and Classical philosophies and traditions, spans multiple generations and continents, and builds a new mythology from the actions of its heroes.
4) Natural city
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Korean
Description
Rebuilt after a devastating war, the world of 2080 has given rise to advanced technologies including the creation of cyborgs. When the cyborgs revolt, Noma (Yun Chan) and R (Yoo Ji-tae - Oldboy, Lady vengeance) lead an elite military squad ordered to eliminate the rebellion. Unbeknownst to anyone, R is harvesting AI chips from dead cyborgs in order to save his dying lover, Ria (Seo Rin), a cyborg just days away from shutting down. Intent on stopping...
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English
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Description
A vision of our near-extinction with a heroine, a reimagined Joan of Arc, poised to save a world ravaged by war, violence, and greed and forever change history in this provocative dystopian novel. This novel raises questions about what it means to be human, the fluidity of sex and gender, and the role of art as means for survival.
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Series
Prince Charlie's Angels volume 1
Language
English
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Description
In the Scottish Highlands, Toran Fraser encounters the mysterious rebel Mistress J, and he can't resist being recruited to her cause.
7) The stranded
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the Arcadia. Once a luxurious cruise ship, it became a refugee camp after being driven from Europe by an apocalyptic war. Now it floats near the coastline of the Federated States-- a leftover piece of a fractured USA. For forty years, residents of the Arcadia have been prohibited from making landfall. It is a world of extreme haves and have-nots, gangs and make-shift shelters. Esther is a loyal citizen, working flat-out to have the rare...
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Language
English
Description
Founded by a mysterious genius, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing...
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Series
Dragonwatch volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seth and Kendra, newly appointed caretakers of Wyrmroost, soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when the dragons, led by Celebrant, rebel.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Halt, Will, and Horace set out for Hibernia, where a quasi-religious group, the Outsiders, is sowing confusion and sedition, and they find that secrets from Halt's past may hold the key to restoring order before the last kingdom is undermined.
Author
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
A tale set during the partnership between Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine finds them negotiating a sensitive political treaty that is challenged by an insurgent uprising on an inhospitable planet where the pair are forced to overcome mutual distrust inorder to survive.
Author
Series
Tiger at midnight volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Esha, a legendary rebel who has been given the mission to assassinate the ruthless General Hotha, crosses paths with the general's freedom-seeking nephew, Kunal, initiating an impossible chain of events.
13) Highland sword
Author
Series
Royal Highlander volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Award, George Packer is a venerated staff writer for The New Yorker-with four tours on assignment in Iraq. With The Assassins' Gate, he offers a penetrating work of journalism on the United States' occupation of Iraq. The Assassins' Gate, dubbed so by American soldiers, is the entrance to the American zone in the city of Baghdad. In 2003, the United States blazed into Iraq to depose dictator Saddam Hussein. But after...
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The teenage princess of a future-world Canadian superpower, where royal children are held hostage to keep their countries from waging war, falls in love with an American prince who rebels against the brutal rules governing their existences.
Author
Series
Rebel mechanics novels volume 1
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
In 1888 New York City, sixteen-year-old governess Verity Newton agrees to become a spy, whatever the risk, after learning that the man for whom she has feelings sympathizes with rebels developing non-magical sources of power, via steam engines, in hopes of gaining freedom from British rule.
Author
Series
Tiger at midnight volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
For Kunal and Esha, finally working together as rebels, the upcoming Sun Mela provides the perfect guise for infiltrating King Vardaan's vicious court. Kunal returns to his role as dedicated soldier, while Esha uses her new role as adviser to Prince Harun to seek allies for their rebel cause. Getting into the palace was the easy task; coming out together will be a battle for their lives.
19) Tarnished city
Author
Series
Dark gifts trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey
Language
English
Description
The rebellion to free the lower classes from ten years of forced service to unfairly advantaged, magically powered rulers may have failed. A brother and sister, would-be revolutionaries--one imprisoned, the other desperate for aid-- have seen their magical allies stripped of their power, while the mysterious young aristocrat has revealed the incredible extent of his dark gifts.
Author
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Laia is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution. -- Provided by publisher.
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