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Shadow children volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 22
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Description
"Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin was not the only child in the Battle School; he was just the best of the best. Card tells the story of another of those precocious generals, the one they called Bean who became Ender's right hand, in the final battle against the Buggers. Bean's past was a battle just to survive. His success brought him to the attention of the Battle School's recruiters, those people scouring the planet for leaders, tacticians, and generals to...
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2002
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2002, c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When a junior high school boy and his friends decide to form a club of "second bests" and play anonymous tricks on each other's arch rivals, the harmless pranks escalate until they become life-threatening.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
Description
A new chapter in the saga of Ender's Earth. Earth and its society have been changed irrevocably in the aftermath of Ender Wiggin's victory over the Formics. The unity forced upon the warring nations by an alien enemy has shattered. Nations are rising again, seeking territory and influence, and seeking to control the skills and loyalty of the children from the Battle School. But one person has a better idea. Peter Wiggin, Ender's older, more ruthless...
9) Windwalker
Author
Series
Starlight and Shadows volume 02
Publisher
Wizards of the Coast
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Once more, Liriel Baenre and her companion, Fyodor of Rashemen, must set out across the vast continent of Faerun. This time their destination is Fyodor's homeland, to which he must return the Windwalker amulet, long counted among the treasures of the Witches of Rashemen. Their every step is dogged by enemies, for followers of the drow deities Vhaeraun and Lolth are hot on their heels. Even if they reach their destination, they will not be safe, for...
10) Among the barons
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2004, 2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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.
11) Among the brave
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2004
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 itself and others like them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Description
Bean's past was a battle just to survive. He first appeared on the streets of Rotterdam, a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else. He knew he could not survive through strength; he used his tactical genius to gain acceptance into a children's gang, and then to help make that gang a template for success for all the others. He civilized them, and lived to grow older. Then he was discovered by the recruiters for the Battle School. For Earth...
15) Among the enemy
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c2006
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.
16) Among the free
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
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.
Author
Series
Paladin of Shadows volume 3
Publisher
Baen Pub
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Former SEAL Michael Harmon ("Ghost") has settled down in the country of Georgia and built a commando-quality militia out of local tribesmen. The Keldara have an ancient history as mountain warriors and only needed modern weapons and training to bring them up to speed. Now, with the area safe from Chechen raiders and the various other terrorists that want Ghost's head, he can settle back and relax in his harem. However, a U.S. senator has a problem:...
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