Nick Podehl
1) Wonder
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
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Description
August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of...
2) Doll bones
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.
3) Black Hills
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Language
English
Description
In the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, a childhood friendship matures into an adult passion when something ... or someone ... threatens Lil Chance and her dream to open a wildlife refuge. The heartless killing of Lil's beloved cougar and recollections of an unsolved murder catapult New York investigator Coop Sullivan into action to keep Lil safe.
Author
Series
Kingkiller chronicle volume day 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 39
Language
English
Description
A hero named Kvothe, now living under an assumed name as the humble proprietor of an inn, recounts his transformation from a magically gifted young man into the most notorious wizard, musician, thief, and assassin in his world.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.
Author
Language
English
Description
Two couples, four decades apart. One believes that if lovers die, they find each other again in another life. Or perhaps they wind up as stars side by side in the sky, together forever. Who knows how it really ends? Danielle Steel breaks new ground in her career as a perennial New York Times bestseller with the poignant story of two parallel destinies, and the kind of love we all hope will be everlasting.
A young New York lawyer and his wife link...
Author
Series
Kingkiller chronicle volume Day 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 60
Language
English
Description
Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero as he attempts to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm where he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist.
9) Dancing Carl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Description
As winter progresses, the strange man in the worn flight jacket dances frequently on the ice of the rink, expressing more with his movements than most people do with words.
10) No one knows
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The day Aubrey Hamilton's husband is declared dead by the state of Tennessee should bring closure so she can move on with her life. But Aubrey doesn't want to move on. She just wants Josh back. It's been five years since he disappeared, since their blissfully happy marriage - they were happy, weren't they? - screeched to a halt and Aubrey became the prime suspect in his disappearance.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony where residents can hear each other's thoughts.
Author
Language
English
Description
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
"This is a book in which storylines twist, spiral and come together again in an ending as explosive as a poof of smoke from your chimney...or a top hat."—Oprah.com
Master of historical fiction Greer Macallister weaves the tale of a notorious female illusionist who stands accused of her husband's murder—and she has only one night to convince a small-town policeman
...13) Monsters of men
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions, questioning all they have ever known as they try to step back from the darkness and find the best way to achieve peace.
14) My alien parents
Author
Language
English
Description
"He was staring at me as if he had never seen me before. Mom and Dad began whispering to each other. I excused myself and ran up the stairs to my room. My brain cells were whirring with all sorts of crazy thoughts. I didn't know what was going on. But I knew one thing for sure. Those two people downstairs were NOT my parents."
15) The Blood Guard
Author
Series
Blood guard volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Ronan Truelove learns that he is a member of the Blood Guard, a secret society sworn to protect the pure, and must use his skills to save his kidnapped father, the girl of his dreams, and the world.
16) Positive
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Anyone can be positive. Acclaimed author David Wellington delivers his most ambitious, breakout novel yet a huge zombie novel in the bestselling vein of Guillermo Del Toro and Justin Cronin"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"Based on the authors' wildly popular article in the Huffington Post called "18 Things That Creative People Do Differently" (which generated 5 million views and 500,000 Facebook shares in one week), this well-researched and engaging book reveals what we know about creativity, and what anyone can do to enhance this essential aspect of their lives and work"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
On an isolated Texas ranch, Dr. Lucy cares for abandoned animals. The solitude allows her to avoid the people and places that remind her of the past. Not that any of the townsfolk care. In 1959, no one is interested in a woman doctor. Nor are they welcoming Calvin and Justin Bell, a newly arrived African-American father and son. When Pete Solomon, a neglected twelve-year-old boy, and Justin bring a wounded wolf-dog hybrid to Dr. Lucy, the outcasts...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Escape to the picturesque, tiny town of Perfect, Indiana. . . Paige Langford has it all: wealth, beauty, and ambition. Yet when her boyfriend's betrayal costs her both her dream job and her reputation, she retreats to her brother's rural home in Indiana to heal and figure out the rest of her life. There she meets Ryan Malloy, a gruff, hard-drinking cowboy whose surly temper can't hide the pain in his eyes. Ryan has lost it all. He is a man on the...
20) One of us
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Back Roads comes a fast-paced literary thriller about a forensic psychologist forced to face his own demons after discovering his small hometown terrorized by a serial killer. Dr. Sheridan Doyle--a fastidiously groomed and TV-friendly forensic psychologist--is the go-to shrink for the Philadelphia District Attorney's office whenever a twisted killer's mind eludes other experts. But beneath his Armani...