Christopher Carley
1) The fort
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five friends who need to stick together after they set up a hideout in an abandoned bomb shelter and discover that the only way to be true friends is to reveal their secrets and help each other out. The morning after Hurricane Leo rips through the town of Canaan, residents awaken to widespread destruction -- power outages, downed branches, uprooted trees, broken...
2) Gran Torino
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Walt is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor, Thao, a young Hmong teenager, becomes pressured by his gang member cousin to steal Walt's Gran...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Nearly a year after his brother's suicide, sixteen-year-old Cliff "Neanderthal" Hubbard gets recruited to make life better at Happy Valley High by the school's quarterback, who claims he had a vision from God.
Cliff 'Neanderthal' Hubbard has nobody at school, and life in his trailer-park home has gone from bad to worse ever since his older brother's suicide. Then quarterback Aaron Zimmerman returns to school after a near-death experience with a bizarre...
Author
Series
Eighth day volume Book 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Formats
Description
"After an all-out battle in Mexico, Jax, Riley, and Evangeline have gone into hiding. There are still rogue Transitioners and evil Kin lords on the hunt for Riley, a descendant of King Arthur, and Evangeline, a powerful wizard with bloodlines to Merlin, in order to gain control over the Eighth Day. So when Finn Ambrose, a mysterious stranger, contacts Jax claiming to be his uncle, Jax's defenses go up--especially after Jax learns that he's holding...
Author
Series
Bendy and the ink machine volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Seventeen-year-old Buddy has spent most of his life trying to escape the Lower East Side slums of New York City. Working as a delivery boy to support his family, Buddy wants to become an artist, a dream he's sure will never be realized. But that all changes when a delivery job puts him face-to-face with Mister Joey Drew, the eccentric owner of an animation studio. Mister Drew takes Buddy under his wing as an apprentice, thrusting him into a world...
Author
Series
Charlie and Mouse volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Brothers Charlie and Mouse enjoy a special visit from Grumpy.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
"Orphan Jax Aubrey doesn't expect much on his thirteenth birthday, but when he discovers there's an extra day squeezed between Wednesday and Thursday whose origins are rooted in Arthurian legend, it's clear his lfe will never be the same"--
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
Adventure, action, and magic collide in the latest installment of the series that School Library Journal called "fast paced and exciting." In the third book of the series that VOYA recommends "for fans of Percy Jackson and Harry Potter," the war over the Eighth Day continues—and there's more at stake than ever before.
The battle between Kin and Transitioners that's been brewing for centuries has finally come to a head.
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Series
Charlie and Mouse volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Charlie and Mouse, two young brothers, enjoy a day out together, attending an imaginary party and collecting rocks.
10) Bones of a saint
Author
Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
In 1970s northern California, fifteen-year-old RJ Armante must fight to save himself and his disabled brother from the Blackjacks gang, and free his hometown, Arcangel, from its past.
1970s. RJ Armante has never known a life outside his dead-end hometown of Arcangel, CA. The Blackjacks rule as they have for generations, luring the poorest kids into their monopoly on petty crime. They've left RJ alone... until now. They want RJ to prey upon an old...
11) Refraction
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"After an attack on earth, all reflective surfaces become weapons to release monsters, causing a planet-wide ban on mirrors. Despite the danger, the demand rises, and 17-year-old Marty Callahan becomes a distributor in an illegal mirror trade--until he's caught by the mayor's son, whose slate is far from clean. Both of them are exiled for their crimes to one of the many abandoned cities overrun by fog. But they soon realize their thoughts influence...
Author
Series
Charlie and Mouse volume 4
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Charlie and Mouse and their parents are going on a camping trip, and there will be hiking, storytelling, marshmallows, and campfires, and the joy that comes from sharing it all.
Author
Series
Charlie and Mouse volume 3
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Charlie and Mouse are getting ready for Mom's birthday and things are not going exactly as planned ... but with plenty of humor and imagination, they'll prove that sometimes when things are not perfect, what they turn out to be is even better.
Author
Series
Charlie and Mouse volume 5
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Lost and found things are the theme of the day, from Mouse's missing blanket, to a large friendly dog (which Kittenhead does not like), and finally a puppy (which Kittenhead prefers).
Author
Series
Charlie and Mouse volume 6
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A boy named Mouse is mixing up a magic potion: put a drop on your nose and make a wish--and in these four stories Mouse, his brother Charlie, and their father find out if the magic potion works and their wishes come true.
Author
Description
From the author of the Newbery Honor winner Roller Girl, a heartwarming graphic novel about starting middle school, surviving your embarrassing family, and life at the Renaissance Faire that's perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier. Eleven-year-old Imogene (Impy) has grown up with two parents working at the Renaissance Faire, and she's eager to begin her own training as a squire. First, though, she'll need to prove her bravery. Luckily Impy has just...