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It is eight years after Colleen Cavanaugh's home world was invaded by the Derichets, a tyrannical alien race bent on exploiting the planet's mineral resources. Most of her family died in the war, and she now lives alone in the city. Aside from her acquaintances at the factory where she toils for the Derichets, Colleen makes a single friend in Jann, a member of the violent group of rebels known as the Chromatti. One day Colleen receives shocking news:...
2) Sweet tooth
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Sweet tooth volume 6
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Gus is captured and placed in a containment camp for animal/human hybrids where he is a studied by a doctor who hopes to find a cure for the mysterious plague that has ravaged the world.
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"Ewan Juno remains among those cast into the Thousand Year Labyrinth as part of a ritual intended to choose the next Emperor. Although the group has begun to deduce some of the maze's mysteries, their ongoing search for an exit is threatened by an ominous message scrawled in blood -- 'Amadeus is most fit for Emperor.' Who could have written this message, and even more worrisome a question: isn't Amadeus already dead?" -- cover page 4.
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Nameless City volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives in is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of the Dao, the latest occupiers, and the two must somehow work together if the City is to survive.
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Unsinkable Walker Bean volume 2
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After their perilous encounter with the sea-witches, the pirate crew of the Jacklight find refuge on a deserted island, but shadowy creatures have been spotted in the jungle, and when Walker, Shiv, and Genoa discover mysterious ruins, the dark history of the archipelago begins to unravel. Legend tells of a mad king, a fallen civilization, and a powerful royal family in search of their lost sister. And for reasons Walker can't understand, Genoa seems...
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Nameless City volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"Kaidu and Rat have only just recovered from the assassination attempt on the General of All Blades when more chaos breaks loose in the Nameless City: deep conflicts within the Dao nation are making it impossible to find a political solution for the disputed territory of the City itself. To complicate things further, Kaidu is fairly certain he's stumbled on a formula for the lost weapon of the mysterious founders of the City. . . . But sharing it...
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Saga (Brian K. Vaughan) volume 10
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At long last, Hazel and her star-crossed family are finally back, and they've made some new...friends? This collection features the latest six chapters of the most epic adventure in comics, including the series' double-sized first issue back from hiatus. Collects SAGA #55-60.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
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In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
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"Sara Blum lives an idyllic life with her adoring parents in Vichy France. But her world comes crashing down when the Nazi occupation separates the family and forces the young Jewish girl into hiding. Her classmate Julien and his family will risk everything to ensure her survival, and, together, Sara and Julien manage to find beauty in a secret world of their creation."--Provided by publisher.
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Nameless city volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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"The Nameless City--held by the rogue Dao prince Erzi--is under siege by a coalition of Dao and Yisun forces who are determined to end the war for the Nameless City once and for all. And the people of the city--the 'Named'--are caught in between. Meanwhile, Rat and Kai must infiltrate Erzi's palace and steal back the ancient and deadly formula for napatha, the ancient weapon of mass destruction Erzi has unearthed--before he can use it to destroy everything...
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