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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.
4) The Rig
Author
Series
The rig volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Will Drake has made a career of breaking out from high-security prisons. His talents have landed him at the Rig, a specialist juvenile holding facility in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. No one can escape from the Rig. No one except for Drake"--
6) 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"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Since he was captured by the Glorious Path, a militant religion based on the teachings of a former soldier, fifteen-year-old Cal has served the Path in its brutal war with the remains of the United States government, and tried to survive and protect his younger brother, but when he kills an officer to protect a stray dog, Cal is forced take his brother and the dog and run.
Author
Series
Pets on the loose! volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
George Washington, or "GW" for short, may look like a sweet, innocent classroom hamster, but little do the second graders at Daisy P. Flugelhorn Elementary School know that he's the inventor of the Sunflower Seed Slingshot and the Rodent Catapult Transportation Device, both of which are going to help him and his fellow inmates?Barry the rabbit (serving time in first grade) and Biter the world's toughest guinea pig (doing a stint in kindergarten)?escape...
9) Creed
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their car breaks down, Dee, her boyfriend Luke, and his brother Mike walk through a winter storm to take refuge in a nearby deserted town called Purity Springs, but in the morning they see the town is populated with a deadly cult and find themselves at the mercy of the charismatic leader, Elijah Hawkins.
Author
Series
Stanley books (Linda Bailey) volume 2
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
12) Out!
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"When baby wants out of his crib, it's up to his faithful dog to keep him out of trouble"--
13) 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.
15) The capybaras
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"A tale about how accepting others can enrich us all--featuring capybaras, the beloved animal sensation capturing hearts around the world."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An anteater, an elephant, a turtle, and a flamingo break out of City Zoo and, disguised as people, try to make a life for themselves on the outside.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A rhyming chronicle of the wild, weird, and wonderful happenings of a singular day on which a curious horse escapes its corral on a mission"--
20) Stone angel
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
While trying to escape with her family from the Nazis, a young Jewish French girl feels protected by angels.
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