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Cover: Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You
Starred Review & Award Count 3 5

Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You

Before one fateful April day, Jeanne lived the life of a typical Rwandan girl. She fought with her little sister, went to school, and teased her brother. Then, in one horrifying night,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 790
  • ATOS: 5.2
  • Dewey: 833'.92
  • Copyright: 2006

Paradise Lost

From the Series First Avenue Classics ™

John Milton's epic poem describes the fall of humankind and the war between heaven and hell. Satan and his fellow fallen angels are jealous that God has not given them more power. They decide Read More →

  • Dewey: 821.4
  • Copyright: 2014

Paradise Regained

From the Series First Avenue Classics ™

A companion to the epic poem Paradise Lost, John Milton's Paradise Regained describes the temptation of Christ. After Adam and Eve are expelled from the Garden of Eden, Satan and the fallen… Read More →

  • Dewey: 821.4
  • Copyright: 2014

Pig City

From the Series After the Dust Settled

To survive in this rough new world, Malik, Beckley, Emma, and Wendell try to avoid cities and stay on the move. But when a winter storm sets in, they decide to risk finding shelter rather… Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • ATOS: 4.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2012

Plague Riders

From the Series After the Dust Settled

Shep Greenfield is a plague rider. When his parents disappeared after an attack on their home, he agreed to deliver medicine for the sinister Doctor St. John. The doctor runs the camp of… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • ATOS: 4.8
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2012
Cover: Plan B
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Plan B

From the Series Surviving Southside

Is this happily ever after? Lucy has her life planned out: she'll graduate and then join her boyfriend, Luke, at college in Austin. She'll become a Spanish teacher and of course they'll get Read More →

  • Lexile: 430
  • ATOS: 3.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2011
Cover: Power Hitter
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Power Hitter

From the Series Travel Team

Sammy Perez has to make it to the big leagues. After his teammate's career-ending injury, the Roadrunners decided to play in a wood bat tournament to protect their pitchers. And while Sammy… Read More →

  • Lexile: 650
  • ATOS: 4.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2012

Pride and Prejudice

From the Series First Avenue Classics ™

Elizabeth Bennet and her four sisters need husbands, according to their mother. When Mr. Bingley, a handsome, wealthy bachelor, moves in nearby and his equally suitable friends come for… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1190
  • ATOS: 12.0
  • Dewey: 823'.7
  • Copyright: 2014

Quicksilver

Back home Tori was the girl who had everything a sixteen-year-old could want—popularity, money, beauty. Everything. Including a secret. That secret made her very valuable. Now she's left… Read More →

  • Lexile: 850
  • ATOS: 5.7
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2013
Cover: Recruited
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Recruited

From the Series Surviving Southside

He's destined for the NFL. Kadeem Jones is a star quarterback for Southside High. He is thrilled when college scouts seek him out. His visit to Teller College is amazing. College… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • ATOS: 4.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2011
Cover: Remaking the John: The Invention and Reinvention of the Toilet
Starred Review & Award Count 1 2

Remaking the John: The Invention and Reinvention of the Toilet

Did you know that about 40 percent of the world's population lives without toilets? That's more than two billion people, most of whom live in rural areas or crowded urban slums. And according Read More →

  • Lexile: 1110
  • Dewey: 644'.6
  • Copyright: 2015

Rise Above

From the Series The Red Zone

Darius Burns is a second-stringer for the Troy Central High Trojans, but lately he's been stepping up his game. He even has a shot at the team's starting halfback spot. The biggest thing in… Read More →

  • Lexile: 680
  • ATOS: 4.6
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014

River Run

From the Series After the Dust Settled

All Freya can remember is her sister, the basement, and the Man Upstairs. She has no memory of the world outside or of being warm or of not feeling hungry. And now her sister is gone. An… Read More →

  • Lexile: 520
  • ATOS: 3.6
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2012

Romeo and Juliet

From the Series First Avenue Classics ™

For Romeo and Juliet, it's love at first sight. But there's a problem: Romeo belongs to the Montague family, while Juliet is a Capulet. In Verona, these noble families are constantly feuding. Read More →

  • ATOS: 8.6
  • Dewey: 822.3'3
  • Copyright: 2014

Saturday Night Live: Shaping TV Comedy and American Culture

In 1975 Saturday Night Live came out of the gate swinging, with a daring, bold, and rebellious vibe that was new to television back then. With a cast of comedic actors known as the Not Ready… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1270
  • Dewey: 791.45'72
  • Copyright: 2015

Seeing and Believing

From the Series Mike & Riel Mysteries

Vin swears he had nothing to do with the robbery—or the two people who were shot. But Sal saw Vin running from the scene. Even after Vin is arrested, Mike isn't sure who to believe. He's… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • ATOS: 4.1
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014

Sense and Sensibility

From the Series First Avenue Classics ™

Mrs. Dashwood's husband has died, leaving her and her three daughters—Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret—homeless and poor. They move in with distant relatives, the Middletons. Elinor is ruled by Read More →

  • Lexile: 1180
  • ATOS: 8.4
  • Dewey: 823'.7
  • Copyright: 2014
Cover: Sex & Violence
Starred Review & Award Count 3 4

Sex & Violence

Sex has always come without consequences for seventeen-year-old Evan. Until he hooks up with the wrong girl and finds himself in the wrong place at very much the wrong time. After an assault… Read More →

  • Lexile: 820
  • ATOS: 5.1
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2013
Cover: Shadowlark
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Shadowlark

From the Series The Skylark Trilogy

Ever since she escaped the city within the Wall, Lark Ainsley's wanted one thing: to find her brother Basil. She's always believed he would be the one to put an end to the constant fear and… Read More →

  • Lexile: 840
  • ATOS: 5.8
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2013

Shot Down

From the Series After the Dust Settled

When a bullet knocks Malik and the Captain's hot-air balloon out of the sky, Malik goes into wilderness survival mode. Actually, he's been in survival mode ever since the world fell apart.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 710
  • ATOS: 4.5
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2012
Cover: Side Control
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Side Control

From the Series The Dojo

Jackson James wants three things: to succeed in MMA, to join the military like his father, and to protect his little brother from ending up in trouble like he did. But it's a challenge to… Read More →

  • Lexile: 680
  • ATOS: 4.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2013
Cover: Skin
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Skin

From the Series Night Fall ™

It looks like a pizza exploded on Nick Barry's face. But bad skin is the least of his problems. His bones feel like living ice. A strange rash―like scratches―seems to be some sort of ancient… Read More →

  • Lexile: 540
  • ATOS: 3.9
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2010

Slammed: Honda Civic

From the Series Turbocharged

DeAndre knows racing again could land him back in reform school—or this time, behind bars. But even with his Honda Civic impounded, he can't stay away. Especially when he gets the chance to… Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • ATOS: 4.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2013

Snakebite

From the Series After the Dust Settled

Ever since the last of their parents died at the Frontier Motel, Malik, Beckley, Hector, Martin, and Emma have been on the move. Gene Matterhorn's Wilderness Survival Guidebook helps them… Read More →

  • Lexile: 710
  • ATOS: 4.3
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2012