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1) The Wright 3
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
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In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.
2) Hold fast
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
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On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
4) Panic
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"When aspiring performer Madelaine finds a poem that helps her finish a song she is writing, she decides to find the author in hopes of starting a collaboration."--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
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When some quirky art donated to a school fundraising effort to help a Pakistani American family, victims of a possible hate crime, is revealed to be an unknown work by a famous outsider artist, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, adults and teenagers alike debate who should get the money and begin to question each other's motivations.
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Blackgaard chronicles volume 5
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The scheming Dr. Regis Blackgaard continues his fevered pursuit of the Applesauce program and access to Whit's End. This time, on a trip to Chicago, Whit and Connie get caught up in a dangerous mystery involving a stolen laptop, the Department of Defense, and some familiar (but not very friendly) faces.
7) Tangled
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Torn trilogy (Erica O'Rourke) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
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After preventing the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy, Mo Fitzgerald wants to return to a normal life, but finds she cannot ignore the magic inside herself.
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Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 96
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
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Karen is moving to Chicago for six months. Will she like it, or will she miss her home and friends too much?
9) Ghost boys
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 3
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Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation unleashed on his family and community. This gripping story is about how children, families--and one boy--grow to understand American blackness.
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Sugar Creek Gang volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
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Thanks to Old Man Paddler the gang is off to Chicago, where they minister at a rescue mission, perform on the radio at Moody Bible Institute, see the sights and have a run-in with Bob Till.
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Chicagoland detective agency volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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As the founders of the Chicagoland Detective Agency, a haiku-writing girl and a boy with a talking dog have more than enough cases on their hands (and paws) when a friend vanishes, a mummy's amulet disappears, and an evil scientist stalks human brains and hearts.
13) Virtuosity
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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Just before the most important violin competition of her career, seventeen-year-old prodigy Carmen faces critical decisions about her anti-anxiety drug addiction, her controlling mother, and a potential romance with her most talented rival.
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Maya and the rising dark volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
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In this highly anticipated sequel, Maya and the godlings must return to the sinister world of The Dark to retrieve the one thing keeping the veil between the worlds from crumbling: her father's soul. Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky and Willa of the Wood.
15) Bang
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Visions (Lisa McMann) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
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"A teen who used to see a vision of a crash must help her boyfriend as he is now seeing a vision of a school shooting"--
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"It's 1871, and Emmeline Carter is poised to take Chicago's high society by storm. Between her father's sudden rise to wealth and her recent engagement to Chicago's most eligible bachelor, Emmeline has it all. But she can't stop thinking about the life she left behind, including her childhood sweetheart, Anders Magnuson. Fiona Byrne, Emmeline's childhood best friend, is delighted by her friend's sudden rise to prominence, especially since it means...
17) The pick-up
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When Mari and her stepsister Sierra share a ride to a music festival with two brothers, T.J. and Tyler, Mari and T.J. are instantly attracted to each other, but Mari is only in Chicago for a weekend with her father's new family, and eventually she will have to return to her increasingly abusive mother--unless she can overcome her reservations about dating and maybe arrange to stay in Chicago permanently.
Mari doesn't believe in dating-- it can only...
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"Sixteen-year-old Beau Willet has dreams of being an artist and one day leaving the Chicago projects she's grown up in. But after her older sister, Katia, is killed by an off-duty police officer, Beau knows she has to clear her sister's name by finding the only witness to the murder; Katia's no-good boyfriend, Jordan, who has gone missing. If she doesn't find him and tell the world what really happened, Katia's death will be ignored, like the deaths...
19) Hollow fires
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2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
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After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating his murder and ends up confronting white supremacy in her own high school.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
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Melissa is a nobody. Wilf is a slacker. Bondi is a show-off. At least that's what their middle school teachers think. To everyone's surprise, they are the three students chosen to compete for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, solving clues that lead them to various locations around Chicago. At first, the three contestants work independently, but it doesn't take long before each begins to wonder whether the competition is a sham. It's only by secretly...