Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Series
Shadow children volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
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Shadow children volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In a future where the law limits a family to only two children, third-born Luke has been in hiding for the entire twelve years of his life, until he enters boarding school under an assumed name and is forced to face his fears.
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Shadow children volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Thirteen-year-old Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police, who give her the option of helping them identify illegal "third-born" children, or facing death.
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Shadow children volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In a society that allows families to have only two children, third child Matthias joins the Population Police to infiltrate their system.
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Series
Greystone secrets volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"Until their mother vanished, the Greystone kids--Chess, Emma, and Finn--knew nothing about the other world. Everything is different there. It's a mirror image, except things are wrong. Evil. Their mother tried to fix it, but she and an ally got trapped there along with Ms. Morales, their friend Natalie's mom. Now the four kids--brave Chess, smart Emma, kind Finn, and savvy Natalie--are determined to rescue everyone. To do so, they have to go back:...
Author
Series
Greystone secrets volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
The Greystone kids thought they knew. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does best--acting silly and being adored. They've been a happy family, just the three of them and their mom.But everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children reach the Greystone kids, and they're shocked by the startling similarities between themselves and these complete strangers. The other kids...
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Running out of time volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
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Twelve-year-old Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she is stuck in a fake utopian future, and that those around her are counting on her to help them escape.
Twelve-year-old Zola thinks she has the perfect life. She thinks everyone does, now that it's 2193, and humanity has solved all its problems. Insta-Closets deliver new clothes every morning, Insta-Ovens deliver gourmet meals on demand, and virtual reality goggles...
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Series
Greystone secrets volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"In the dazzling conclusion to the Greystone Secrets series from New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix, the Greystones and their doubles, the Gustanos, must team up to save the alternate world--before both worlds are lost. All secrets are revealed in this page-turning, suspenseful story that shows the importance of teamwork, telling your story, and taking action when it matters most." --
9) Found
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Series
The missing volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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.
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Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
660L
Description
Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets, but are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet -- a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world,...
Author
Series
Running out of time volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.
12) Among the barons
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Series
Shadow children volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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Description
In the future, false identities, government lies and death threats keep Luke from being safe with his new identify when the younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has taken shows up at school.
13) Among the brave
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Series
Shadow children volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In a society that allows families to have only two children, a group of third-borns tries to save themselves and others like them. Fifth in the series.
14) Torn
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Series
The missing volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
Still reeling from their experiences in Roanoke in 1600, Jonah and Katherine arrive in 1611 only moments before a mutiny on Henry Hudson's ship in the icy waters of James Bay. But things are messed up: They've lost the real John Hudson, and they find what seems to be the fabled Northwest Passageeven though they are pretty sure that route doesn't actually exist. Will this new version of history replace everything they've ever known? Is this the end...
15) Sent
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The missing volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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Description
Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by their uncle, King Richard III, but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging. Author's note includes historical facts about the princes and king.
16) Sabotaged
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Series
The missing volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Formats
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.
17) Among the free
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Series
Shadow children volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
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Description
When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion which sweeps the country and ousts the Population Police from power, he quickly realizes that the new regime is corrupt and he may hold the only key to true freedom.
18) Caught
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Series
The missing volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Description
When Jonah and Katherine travel to early 1900s Switzerland and Serbia to return Albert Einstein's daughter, Lieserl, to history, her mother Mileva grasps entirely too much about time travel and has no intention of letting her daughter go.
20) Risked
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Series
The missing volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Formats
Description
Jonah, thirteen, and Katherine, eleven, travel through time to 1918 Russia just as Alexei, Anastasia, and the rest of Tsar Nicholas II's family is about to be executed. Author's note includes facts about the Romanov's and the mystery surrounding their deaths.