Chris Lynch
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Series
Special Forces volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
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Discover the secret missions behind America's greatest conflicts.Danny Manion has been fighting his entire life. Sometimes with his fists. Sometimes with his words. But when his actions finally land him in real trouble, he can't fight the judge who offers him a choice: jail... or the army.Turns out there's a perfect place for him in the US military: the Studies and Observation Group (SOG), an elite volunteer-only task force comprised of US Air Force...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
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Arlo Brodie loves being at the heart of the action on the football field, and while his dad cheers him on, his mother quotes head injury statistics and refuses to watch, but Arlo's winning plays, the cheering crowds, and the adrenaline rush are enough to convince him that everything is OK, in spite of the pain, the pounding, the dizziness, and the confusion. --publisher marketing.
Author
Series
World War II (Chris Lynch) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
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When the draft board calls on the eve of World War II, Roman leaves behind a career in minor-league baseball to join the army, and finds himself driving a tank in the North African campaign.
4) Minesweeper
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Series
Special Forces volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
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Fergus Frew thought he knew what to expect when he signed up with the Navy's demolitions team. But as the Korean War rages on, Fergus and his fellow divers -- a.k.a. "frogmen" -- are tasked with more than just scouting mudflats. Soon they're planting mines. And sabotaging tunnels, bridges... and even fishing nets. Scariest of all, it falls to Fergus to discover where the enemy has placed their mines, a job as painstaking as it is dangerous.
5) Slot machine
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When overweight thirteen-year-old Elvin Bishop is sent to camp at St. Paul's Seminary Retreat Center, he and his two best friends are forced to try out various sports in order to find out where they belong.
6) Cyberia
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Series
Cyberia volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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Description
In a future where electronic surveillance has taken the place of love, a veterinarian is putting computer chips in animals to control them, and those creatures choose young Zane, who understands their speech, to release captives and bring them to a technology-free safety zone.
Author
Series
World War II (Chris Lynch) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 6
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Despite the fact that his brother is missing in action in the Pacific theater, Theo McCallum, a gunner on a B-24 Liberator returns to his unit in Europe to continue the war because he feels that the other men in his unit feel like family to him--and he cannot believe that his brother is actually dead.
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Series
Vietnam volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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Rudi is a newly drafted United States Marine in Vietnam, and he likes being part of a squad--but the way some of his fellow soldiers behave toward their officers, the Vietnamese, and the war itself, is starting to trouble him.
Author
Series
World War II (Chris Lynch) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 7
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After America is drawn into World War II, Hank McCallum finds himself on the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, separated from his brother Theo, in constant danger from torpedoes, and just learning about the prejudice and segregation that plague his new friend from Tonga, Bradford.
10) Gold dust
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napolean, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school, hoping that Napolean will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school.
11) Whitechurch
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Two best friends are caught in a love triangle with fatal consequencesPauly and Oakley have been best friends since they were kids. When newcomer Lilly moves to their small New England town, both boys fall in love with her immediately. Unbalanced Pauly becomes Lilly’s boyfriend, and Oakley becomes the one she confides in—the one who always puts things right. But a love triangle can’t stay peaceful for long, and erratic, obsessive...
12) Sharpshooter
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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Description
Some things are worth fighting for. Of all his friends, Ivan is the only one looking forward to war. That's because Ivan has never backed down from a fight--especially when it comes to fighting for what's right. Now, as war erupts in Vietnam, Ivan wants nothing more than to fight for his country, just as his father did in World War II. But Vietnam is not the war he was expecting. Now, for the first time, Ivan is forced to question what he's really...
13) Good devils
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Series
Special Forces volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
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"The First Special Service Force is an elite commando unit composed of American and Canadian troops. From the start, the Force is intended to go where other soldiers won't. The call for volunteers specifically singles out lumberjacks, hunters, prospectors, and game wardens as ideal candidates. And their training is anything but basic, including intense lessons in parachuting, hand-to-hand combat, skiing, rock climbing, and adaptation to cold climates....
14) Hothouse
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
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Teens D.J. and Russell, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart but when their firefighter fathers are both killed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath.
15) Little blue lies
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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Oliver, known as "O", and his suddenly ex-girlfriend Junie are are known for telling little lies, but one of Junie's lies about not winning the lottery could get her into trouble with a local mob boss.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
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Ten stunning short stories explore the dark and light sides of teenage life By turns suspenseful and absorbing, wrenching and poignant, these ten short stories illuminate love, loss, and betrayal: A young man must come to terms with his alcoholic father; a teen girl faces an unexpected pregnancy; and a brother must confront his evil twin. An exploration of sexuality threatens disaster, while a love triangle leaves its biting mark. With these masterful...
17) Extreme Elvin
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
As he enters high school, fourteen-year-old Elvin continues to deal with his weight problem as he tries to find his place among his peers.
Author
Series
Cyberia volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
In a future where electronic surveillance has taken the place of love, young Zane uses technology to talk to animals and battles an evil veterinarian who is working on a new device to control animal movement and speech, employing Zane's dog as his first test case.
19) Blood relations
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Uneasy with the drunken violence and prejudice of hisbrother and others in his Irish neighborhood in Boston, Mick makes friends with a somewhat enigmatic Span-ish-speaking loner at school.
20) Who the man
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Thirteen-year-old Earl Pryor is much too big for his age, and much too powerful for the anger that rages within him when classmates tease him, the girl he likes disappoints him, or his parents' problems get too real.