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1) The Scorch Trials

Author

Dashner, James

Series

Maze runner trilogy volume 2

Formats

Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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The second book in the blockbuster phenomenon The Maze Runner series now features chapters from The Fever Code, the highly-anticipated conclusion to the MAZE RUNNER SERIES—the novel that finally reveals how the maze was built!

Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun.
The Gladers...

2) Mockingjay

Author

Collins, Suzanne

Series

Hunger Games trilogy volume 3
The Hunger Games

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway

Description

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Katniss Everdeen's having survived the Hunter games twice makes her a target of the Capitol and President Snow, as well as a hero to the rebels who will succeed only if Katniss is willing to put aside her personal feelings and serve as their pawn.

3) The Capture

Author

Lasky, Kathryn

Series

Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 1

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

Description

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A classic hero mythology about the fight between good and evil, Guardians of Ga'Hoole is filled with adventure, suspense, and heart.

Soren is born in the forest of Tyto, a tranquil kingdom where the Barn Owls dwell. But evil lurks in the owl world, evil that threatens to shatter Tyto's peace and change the course of Soren's life forever.Soren is captured and taken to a dark and forbidding canyon. It's called an orphanage, but Soren believes...

4) The surge

Author

Smith, Roland

Series

Storm runners

Pub. Date

2011

Physical Desc

133 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Description

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After barely surviving a terrifying hurricane, Chase and his friends Nicole and Rashawn have made it to the safety of Nicole's family farm, which is also the winter home of the Rossi Brothers Circus, where flood waters are rising and dangerous circus animals are on the loose.

5) Unwind

Author

Shusterman, Neal

Series

Unwind trilogy

Pub. Date

c2007

Physical Desc

335 p. ; 22 cm.

Description

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In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.

6) A long walk to water: a novel

Author

Park, Linda Sue

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

121 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Appears on list

NYT - Middle Grade Paperback

Description

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When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

7) The Earth Dragon awakes: the San Francisco earthquake of 1906

Author

Yep, Laurence

Pub. Date

Physical Desc

117 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Description

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Eight-year-old Henry and nine-year-old Chin love to read about heroes in popular "penny dreadful" novels, until they both witness real courage while trying to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

8) Overboard!

Author

Johnson, Terry Lynn

Series

Survivor diaries volume 1

Pub. Date

[2017]

Physical Desc

103 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Description

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Eleven-year-old Travis and twelve-year-old Stacey, separated from their families after being thrown into the Atlantic off the coast of Washington, battle hypothermia as they struggle to survive. Includes Coast Guard-approved cold-water survival tips.