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Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 11
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old MI6 agent Alex Rider travels around the world on a dangerous mission to destroy the deadly terrorist organization, Scorpia, once and for all.
2) Two degrees
Author
Language
English
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Description
When three children endure separate climate change disasters--a wildfire in the California woods, a close encounter with a hungry polar bear in Canada, and a massive hurricane in Florid--they emerge from their experiences committed to changing the world.
3) The turning
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Language
English
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Description
"Aran has never truly fit in with his selkie clan. He was born in his human form, without a pelt to transform him into a sleek, strong seal. Each day he waits, left behind while his selkie family explores the deep ocean. What if his pelt never comes?"--
4) Small spaces
Author
Series
Small spaces quartet volume 1
Language
English
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"After eleven-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through scary woods, and must use all of her wits to survive. She must stick to small spaces"--
5) Nightfall
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"On a distant island where day and night exist on fourteen-year cycles, and the islanders migrate south each sunset, three children get left behind and must find a way off the island before the Night finds them"--
On the island, sunrise doesn't come every twenty-four hours-- it comes every twenty-eight years. The weather is turning cold and the shadows are growing long; the islanders are frantically preparing to sail south, where they will wait out...
Author
Series
Secrets of an overworld survivor volume 1
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
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Description
"Will can't wait to start his first solo Minecraft adventure--but when he finds himself lost in the jungle, can he survive the night alone?"--
Author
Series
Secrets of an overworld survivor volume 2
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Will and Mina's treasure hunt turns up only terror when they start fighting over what resources to look for. But when lava strikes, can they work together to survive?"--
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"The mysterious Red Fox Clan, a group of anarchists all donning fox masks, have threatened Castle Araluen and question Princess Cassandra and Madelyn's succession to the throne. Will they succeed in unseating Cassandra and Madelyn and take the throne forthemselves?"--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
April 2017.
Language
English
Description
"When thirteen-year-old Valor is arrested, she could not be happier. Demidova's prison for criminal children is exactly where she wants to be. Valor's sister Sasha is already serving a life sentence for stealing from the royal family, and Valor is going to help her escape . . . from the inside"--
10) The wild robot
Author
Series
Wild robot volume 1
Language
English
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Middle Grade: Molly's Favorites
NYT - Children’s & Young Adult Series
NYT - Children’s Series
Staff Picks - Amberlee
NYT - Children’s & Young Adult Series
NYT - Children’s Series
Staff Picks - Amberlee
Description
Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Seven middle schoolers brought to Yellowstone National Park, supposedly to stop a supervolcano from erupting, learn that they are actually working for a brilliant scientist determined to destroy the world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The Alpha and Omega teams are in a race for the six essential elements that can fuse into a new source of clean energy, but the elements are scattered throughout the galaxy, and the teams are running out of time"--
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Alice Mistlethwaite persuades her boarding school friends, Jesse and Fergus, to set out on an off-the-grid adventure in which they face storms, illness, injury, and international jewel thieves.
14) Dead voices
Author
Series
Small spaces quartet volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Trapped at a haunted ski resort, Ollie, Coco, and Brian must rely on their friendship and sharp minds if they want to escape"--
15) A world below
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Baker's eighth grade class thought they were in for a normal field trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, but their journey takes a terrifying turn when an earthquake hits and the students are plunged into a frigid underground lake, forcing them to fight for survival and find their way back above ground.
16) Arcade world
Series
Arcade World volume 5
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2022]-
Edition
Little Simon paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Travis and Journey are best friends who love going to Arcade World, a mysterious arcade filled with video games no one has ever heard of, so when they learn the danger of the games coming to life they must save the world from pixelated Minibosses.
Author
Series
Court of Fives trilogy volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"Now a Fives Challenger, Jes travels the countryside to compete against adversaries of similar skill levels, using the opportunity to search for her missing twin sister, Bettany, only to be thrown into the center of the war that Lord Kalliarkos--the boy she still loves--is fighting against their country's enemies"--
18) Iceberg
Author
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Hazel Rothbury stows away aboard the Titanic and, with the help of a porter named Charlie and a first-class passenger named Sylvia, she sets out to explore the great ship, uncovering a haunting mystery--until the ship hits an iceberg and she must fight to save herself and her friends.
19) The explorer
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Language
English
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Description
Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive for days until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the vines.
20) Zeroes
Author
Series
Zeroes volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Don't call them heroes, but these six Californian teens have powers that set them apart. Take Ethan, a.k.a. Scam. He's got a voice inside him that'll say whatever you want to hear, whether it's true or not. Which is handy, except when it isn't -- like when the voice starts gabbing in the middle of a bank robbery. The only people who can help are the other Zeroes, who aren't exactly best friends these days. Enter Nate, a.k.a. Bellwether, the group's...
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