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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 20
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo, this is the classic thriller of science run amok that took the world by storm.
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
“[Michael] Crichton’s dinosaurs are genuinely frightening.”—Chicago Sun-Times
An...
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
“[Michael] Crichton’s dinosaurs are genuinely frightening.”—Chicago Sun-Times
An...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Weaves three stories about 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement park. Eddie meets 5 individuals in heaven each with a story to share, a secret to reveal and a lesson. The have profound meanings for Eddie on the real purpose of his life.
4) Joyland
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
5) The island
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"When the teens arrive, they're stunned: the resort is even better than they imagined. Their hotel rooms are unreal, the park's themed rides are incredible, and the island is hauntingly beautiful. Their jam-packed schedule seems to cover every moment of their visit. But soon they realize that something's missing: getting off the island alive."
Author
Series
Goosebumps HorrorLand volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Billy and Sheena go with their Uncle, Dr. Deep, to search for treasure and are pursued by pirates who have been dead for two hundred years, and when Billy and Sheena return to land and visit Horrorland they encounter their worse fears.
Author
Series
Goosebumps HorrorLand volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Britney battles against her cousin's new ventriloquist dummy and discovers a frightening secret in a new amusement park called HorrorLand.
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2009, 2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"In this fantastical thriller, five young teens tapped as models for theme park "guides" find themselves pitted against Disney villains and witches that threaten both the future of Walt Disney World and the stability of the world outside its walls. Using a cutting-edge technology called DHI--which stands for both Disney Host Interactive and Daylight Hologram Imaging--Finn Whitman, an Orlando teen, and four other kids are transformed into hologram...
Author
Series
Goosebumps HorrorLand volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Julie begins to suspect that HorrorLand is not all fun after she is attacked by a giant spider.
Author
Series
Heaven volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
"In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie--the little girl he saved on earth--in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect. Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom's beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving...
Author
Series
Goosebumps HorrorLand volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
What should Carly Beth be for Halloween this year? Terrified! Late at night, and ugly green mask is mysteriously calling out to her. If Carly Beth survives the night, even a scary theme park might sound like a vacation. Or maybe not! At Horrorland, every night is Halloween. And those monster masks? They aren't masks at all.
16) Swamplandia!
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 20
Description
Twelve year old Ava must travel into the Underworld part of the swamp in order to save her family's dynasty of Bigtree alligator wresting. This novel takes us to the swamps of the Florida Everglades, and introduces us to Ava Bigtree, an unforgettable young heroine. The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline, and Swamplandia!, their island home and gator wrestling theme park, formerly no. 1 in the region, is swiftly being encroached upon...
Author
Series
Goosebumps HorrorLand volume 11
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Lizzie and Luke have uncovered secret information about the freaky amusement park. Lizzie wants to help the others, but since the twins don't trust her, they're all in a deadlock. Did someone say DEAD? A trip through the Hall of Mirrors lets the kids escape HorrorLand and enter Panic Park. Safe at last! Or are they? Why are there no exits? What's in the Tunnel of Hate? Have they been tricked again?"--P. [4] of cover.
18) Heads, you lose!
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Jessica and her best friend, Ryan, find the perfect HorrorLand souvenir --a two-headed coin with mysteriously dark powers. After an unlucky flip of the coin, they find themselves in a strange land being chased down by angry guards. HorrorLand was scary but this is much worse. Will they be able to escape?
Author
Series
Goosebumps HorrorLand volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
It's a whole new ride from master of horror and bestselling author R.L. Stine--with a story so fiendish that it can't be contained to just one book!
Boone and Heather are psyched for summer camp. The legends of man-eating snakes and disappearing campers are hisss-terical! Sure, it's strange that the camp lotion makes their skin peel, but there's a good explanation, right? Right?! Things get even wrose when Boone joins the other eleven Very Special--And...
20) Utopia: a novel
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 23
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