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1) The city of Ember

Author

DuPrau, Jeanne

Series

Books of Ember volume 1
Book of Ember volume 1
City of Ember volume 1

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9

Appears on list

Battle of the Books 2022-2023

Formats

Book, CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

2) The search for delicious

Author

Babbitt, Natalie

Series

Ariel book

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4

Description

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The Prime Minister is compiling a dictionary and when no one at court can agree on the meaning of delicious, the King sends his twelve-year-old messenger to poll the country.

3) Burning city

Author

Dorfman, Ariel

Pub. Date

[2005], c2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8

Description

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Sixteen-year-old Heller Highland, who is living with his grandparents while his parents are away, burns rubber across Manhattan delivering bad news by bicycle, and as a summer heat wave melts the city, he is struck by first love.

4) Legion of the dead

Author

Stewart, Paul

Series

Barnaby Grimes volume 3

Pub. Date

[2010], c2008

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 5

Description

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Messenger Barnaby Grimes is delivering packages when a local gang "encourages" him to attend a funeral where he begins to face his deadliest challenges.

5) The Light-Bearer's daughter

Author

Melling, O. R

Series

Chronicles of Faerie volume 3

Pub. Date

2007.

Description

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In exchange for the granting of her heart's desire, twelve-year-old Dana agrees to make an arduous journey to Lugnaquillia through the land of Faerie in order to warn King Lugh, second in command to the High King, that an evil destroyer has entered the Mountain Kingdom.