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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic--and each other--and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities"--
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
An elite scientific military force must combat a plague beyond any cure—a scourge that turns all of nature against mankind in this nail-biting new thriller from James Rollins, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sigma Force series.
From the depths of the Indian Ocean, a horrific plague has arisen to devastate humankind – unknown, unstoppable...and merely a harbinger of the doom that is to follow.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
Eighteen-year-old Anna Frith tells the story of her remote English village, Eyam, which was infected by the plague in 1666 and where, persuaded by their vicar, the townspeople decided to quarantine themselves.
Author
Series
Underland chronicles volume 3
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Gregor and his younger sister, Boots, return to the Underland beneath New York City to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens the life of their mother, as well as the lives of the people, bats, and rats who populate the Underland.
Author
Publisher
Perennial/HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st Perennial ed.
Language
English
Description
The Black Death was the fourteenth century's equivalent of a nuclear war. It wiped out one-third of Europe's population, takingmillion lives. And yet, most of what we know about it is wrong. The details of the Plague etched in the minds of terrified schoolchildren - the hideous black welts, the high fever, and the awful end by respiratory failure - are more or less accurate. But what the Plague really was and how it made history remain shrouded in...
6) Legend
Author
Series
Legend (Marie Lu) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.
7) The plague
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran. A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Traces the efforts of doctors to halt the spread of the plague during the 1900 outbreak in San Francisco, discussing how political leaders tried to keep the epidemic from being publicized and the scientists working to unlock the secrets of the disease.
Author
Series
Illuminae files volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"The planet Kerenza is attacked, and Kady and Ezra find themselves on a space fleet fleeing the enemy, while their ship's artificial intelligence system and a deadly plague may be the end of them all"--
10) Defy the worlds
Author
Series
Constellation trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Abel, an advanced cyborg, goes to a hidden planet to rescue teenaged soldier Noemi, but they find themselves fighting against Abel's deranged creator who is plotting to destroy Noemi's world by using service robots to release a plague.
11) The Black Death
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
An illustrated introduction that describes the history of the Black Death pandemic in the 1300s, and discusses the causes, spread, symptoms observed, treatment techniques, and the outcome of the devastation.
12) Chasing secrets
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her secret friend Noah, who is hiding in her house, plan to rescue Noah's father from the quarantined Chinatown, and save everyone they love from contracting the plague that is spreading in 1900 San Francisco.
Author
Series
Give the dark my love volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, seventeen-year-old alchemy student Nedra turns to dark magic when a deadly plague sweeps through her homeland leaving her new friend, Grey, to pull her from the darkness.
Nedra Brysstain left the rural, northern territories of Lunar Island to attend the prestigious Yugen Academy with only one goal in mind: learn the trade of medicinal alchemy. She's a scholarship student matriculating with the children of Lunar Island's wealthiest...
15) Cinder
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 1
Publisher
V&R Editoras
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
Español
Description
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.
Author
Series
Gone novels volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
A deadly, flu-like epidemic and a plague of flesh-eating creatures threaten the lives of the children at Perdido Beach while Sam, Astrid, Caine, and Diana each struggle with doubts and uncertainties.
17) The Black Death
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Describes the 1347-1351 outbreak of plague in Europe, known as the Black Death, which killed one out of three people and changed the course of European history.
18) Rebel
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Respect the Legend. Idolize the Prodigy. Celebrate the Champion. But never underestimate the Rebel. With unmatched suspense and her signature cinematic storytelling, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marie Lu plunges readers back into the unforgettable world of Legend for a truly grand finale. Eden Wing has been living in his brother's shadow for years. Even though he's a top student at his academy in Ross City, Antarctica, and a brilliant inventor,...
Author
Series
Wild Realm volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Bryn, Ari, and their dragon Lilja discover a sick baby gyrpuff and join the rest of the Seekers in trying to determine if a dreadful plague has returned--and if human forces brought it back.
20) The first eagle
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
New York Times best-selling author Tony Hillerman packs his flawless mysteries with evocative southwestern scenery, Native American lore, and finely-crafted characters. In The First Eagle, fear has been sweeping the Navajo reservation ever since a vicious killer and an unusually virulent strain of bubonic plague started claiming victims. When Tribal policeman Jim Chee discovers a blood-stained Hopi man hovering over a young officer's body, it looks...
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