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(0)Nancy Farmer
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.
Author
Series
Sea of Trolls trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
The year is A.D. 793. Jack and his little sister, Lucy, are enslaved by Olaf One-Brow and his fierce young shipmate, Thorgil. With a crow named Bold Heart for mysterious company, they are swept up into an adventure-quest that follows in the spirit of The Lord of the Rings.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
Author
Series
Sea of Trolls trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
After escaping from the Sea of Trolls, the apprentice bard Jack plunges into a new series of adventures, traveling underground to Elfland and uncovering the truth about his little sister Lucy.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
In 2137, fourteen-year-old Matt is stunned to learn that, as the clone of El Patrón, he is expected to take over as leader of the corrupt drug empire of Opium, where there is also a hidden cure for the ecological devastation faced by the rest of the world.
Author
Series
Sea of Trolls trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Two years after their adventures in The Land of the Silver Apples, the apprentice bard Jack and his Viking companion Thorgil confront the malevolent spirit of a vengeful mermaid and begin a quest that casts them among the fin folk of Notland.
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When Ruva, a young giraffe, is captured and sent to a zoo in San Francisco, she calls upon two rats, a street-smart chameleon, a runaway boy, and all the magical powers of the animal world to return to "the warm place" that is home.