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Author
Series
Greystone secrets volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Told from separate viewpoints, as Finn, Emma, and Chess Greystone and Natalie Mayhew, ages eight to thirteen, continue their quest to rescue their mothers they must return to the alternate dimension where truth is illegal.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Appears on list
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
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Book for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Lindsay, a former child star whose career ended when she developed the ability to hear what anyone, anywhere says about her and apparently suffered a nervous breakdown, comes to see this as an asset when, after her father's death, she learns that she is not alone.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted and sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts, once good friends, begrudgingly travel to Spain together for a summer vacation where they uncover a secret their families kept hidden from them their entire lives.
6) Torn
Author
Series
The missing volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Time travelers Jonah and Katherine arrive in 1611 to rescue missing child John Hudson, son of the explorer Henry Hudson, but just as the mutiny on the Discovery is supposed to start, Jonah and Katherine's knowledge of history is tested once again, and they fear that more is at stake than just one boy's life. Author's note includes facts about Henry Hudson's explorations.
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 6
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In a society that allows families to have only two children, third child Matthias joins the Population Police to infiltrate their system.
8) Sabotaged
Author
Series
The missing volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Time-travelers Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child from history, this time Virginia Dare from the Roanoke Colony, but their journey is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving them in the wrong time period. Includes author's note about the history of Roanoke Colony and Virginia Dare.
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In a society that allows families to have only two children, a group of third-borns tries to save themselves and others like them. Fifth in the series.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 10
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet -- a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world,...
11) Just Ella
Author
Series
Palace chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.
12) Found
Author
Series
The missing volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
13) Among the Barons
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
As a third child in a society that allows only two children per family, Luke Garner was in hiding for the first twelve years of his life. Then he was given the freedom of an identity card that had belonged to Lee Grant, a Baron (a member of the highest class of society), and was sent to boarding school as Lee. But now, just when things are finally starting to go right, Lee's little brother, Smits, arrives at school, and Luke finds himself caught in...
14) Remarkables
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Marin and her neighbor Charley hope that by preventing a disaster that occurred twenty years ago, they can save Charley's dad from a future of guilt and self-destructive behavior.
15) Sent
Author
Series
The missing volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
♭2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by their uncle, King Richard III, but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging. Author's note includes historical facts about the princes and king.
16) Redeemed
Author
Series
The missing volume 8
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Jonah was able to save all of time from collapsing but in doing so gained a twin brother, Jordan, who must learn what has happened and do his own part to save time--and his parents.
Author
Series
Children of exile volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police, who give her the option of helping them identify illegal "third-born" children, or facing death.
19) Among the free
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 7
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007, ©2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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.
20) Double identity
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2006], ©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
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