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1) Forge
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
Author
Series
Running out of time volume 2
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she is stuck in a fake utopian future, and that those around her are counting on her to help them escape.
5) Shadow grave
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Arlo is afraid of fire, creepy TV shows, and even his own shadow ... During a Thanksgiving road trip, a sudden collision with a strange beast in the middle of the road totals the family's car, and Arlo, his mom, and his sister end up stranded in a small town. There's something off about Livermore ... When he stumbles upon a dark secret that the town's inhabitants will kill to keep, getting out of Livermore becomes a matter of life or death"--
7) Dragon run
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
It is testing day, and twelve-year-old Al has scored a zero--but as he flees the cullers he begins to realize that being a zero actually means that he is a threat to the vicious dragons who rule his people.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lizzie and Luke have uncovered secret information about the freaky amusement park. Lizzie wants to help the others, but since the twins don't trust her, they're all in a deadlock. Did someone say DEAD? A trip through the Hall of Mirrors lets the kids escape HorrorLand and enter Panic Park. Safe at last! Or are they? Why are there no exits? What's in the Tunnel of Hate? Have they been tricked again?"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Adventurer's guide volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
374 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a magickal world of floating tiers, mischievous dragons, and endless bureaucracy, Anne and her friends embark on a Rightful Heir Quest to claim her place in the Hierarchy and escape horrible consequences"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
210 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Poppy, Marcus, Dash, Dylan, and Azumi are trapped inside of Larkspur House, a sinister estate haunted by the ghosts of the orphaned children who have gone before, and the house is using their fears and secrets to pick them off one by one--because nobody gets out of the shadow house alive.
11) The wonderling
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
450 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this extraordinary debut novel with its deft nod to Dickensian heroes and rogues, Mira Bartók tells the story of Arthur, a shy, fox-like foundling with only one ear and a desperate desire to belong, as he seeks his destiny.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
44 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
During World War II in the Netherlands, a ten-year-old boy's dream of skating in a famous race allows him to help two children escape to Belgium by ice skating past German soldiers and other enemies.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Tommy, the son of a Presbyterian minister in Augusta, Georgia, during the Civil War, must search his conscience to decide whether he should help a Yankee soldier escape and return home. Inspired by the early life of Woodrow Wilson.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Library edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Poppy Caldwell is an orphan who keeps seeing a figure standing behind her in the mirror at the group home where she lives, but she does not associate this ghost with the letter that mysteriously appears in her file, claiming to be from a long-lost aunt, and inviting her to Larkspur House--and she is just one of five children who find themselves gathered in this strange house with a deadly past, and apparently no intention of letting the children escape....
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Oliver "Spaghetti-O" Jones's dad is about to be jailed for a crime he didn't commit, and Oliver believes the only way to save him is with the help of his favorite lucha-libre wrestler turned action star, Tito the Bonecrusher. Together with his best friend, Brianna (a.k.a. "Brain"), and their new ally Paul "Popcorn" Robards, Oliver devises a madcap plan to spring his dad from a Florida correctional facility. Heartwarming and hilarious, this book looks...
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
232 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Audrey is a cow with poetry in her blood, who yearns for the greener pastures beyond Bittersweet Farms. But when Roy the horse tells this bovine dreamer that she is headed for Abbot's War, the slaughter house, Audrey knows that she must leave her home and friends sooner than she ever imagined. With the help of a whole crew of animals and humans alike, Audrey attempts to escape the farm she lives on--and certain death."--Amazon.
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