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Intermediate School Recommended Reading

 

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1. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: the story behind an American friendship

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Author:
Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018
Average Rating:
4 stars
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A clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they intersected at a critical moment in U.S. history.

2. Artemis fowl: the Arctic incident

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Author:
Colfer, Eoin
Series:
Artemis Fowl series volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland when he receives an urgent video e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya -- a man Artemis had thought he would never see again: his beloved father. As Artemis rushes to his rescue, he is stopped by a familiar nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. But this time, instead of battling the fairies, he is going to have to join forces with them...

3. The Austere Academy

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Author:
Snicket, Lemony
Series:
A series of unfortunate events volume 5.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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From the Publisher: As the three Baudelaire orphans warily approach their new home Prufrock Preparatory School : they can't help but notice the enormous stone arch bearing the school's motto Memento Mori or "Remember you will die." This is not a cheerful greeting and certainly marks an inauspicious beginning to a very bleak story just as we have come to expect from Lemony Snickett's Series of Unfortunate Events, the deliciously morbid set of books...

4. The black circle

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Author:
Carman, Patrick
Series:
The 39 clues. Main series volume 5.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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"A strange telegram lures fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, deep into Russia and away from the only trustworthy adult they know. Signed with the initials NRR, the telegram launches a race to uncover a treasure stolen by the Nazis and the truth behind the murder of the last Russian royal family. All too soon, the treasure hunt starts to smell like a Lucian trap. But the bait might just be irresistible--what will Amy and Dan...

5. Bomb: the race to build--and steal--the world's most dangerous weapon

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Author:
Sheinkin, Steve
Average Rating:
5 stars
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In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned 3 continents.

6. The Carnivorous Carnival

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Author:
Snicket, Lemony
Series:
A series of unfortunate events volume 9.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.

7. The End

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Author:
Snicket, Lemony
Series:
A series of unfortunate events volume 13.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.

8. The Ersatz Elevator

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Author:
Snicket, Lemony
Series:
A series of unfortunate events volume 6.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esmé Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.

9. Holes

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Author:
Sachar, Louis, 1954-
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4.4 stars
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As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

10. The Hostile Hospital

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Author:
Snicket, Lemony
Series:
A series of unfortunate events volume 8
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.

11. Ice!: the amazing history of the ice business

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Author:
Pringle, Laurence, 1935-
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Presents a history of the ice business, detailing the processes of harvesting, storage, and distribution, with particular emphasis on activities at Rockland Lake, the "Icebox of New York City."

12. Inside out & back again

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Author:
Lại, Thanhhà
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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"Inspired by the author's childhood experience as a refugee--fleeing Vietnam after the fall of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama--this coming-of-age debut told in verse has been celebrated for its touching child's-eye view of family and immigration. Hà has only ever known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. Hà and her family are forced...

13. Into the gauntlet

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Author:
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Series:
The 39 clues. Main series volume 10.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet -- a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world,...

14. The Ironwood tree

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Author:
DiTerlizzi, Tony
Series:
Spiderwick chronicles volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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First a pack of vile, smelly goblins snatches Simon. Then a band of elves tries to entrap Jared. Maybe now that Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You has disappeared, the Grace kids will be left alone. Don't bet on it. At school, someone is running around pretending to be Jared, and it's not Simon. To make matters even worse, Mallory has disappeared. Clues point to the abandoned quarry just outside of town. The dwarves...

15. The mighty Mars rovers: the incredible adventures of Spirit and Opportunity

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Author:
Rusch, Elizabeth
Series:
Scientists in the field (Houghton Mifflin)
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3 stars
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The story of the two robot vehicles, Spirit and Opportunity, that were sent to explore Mars, lasting far past their projected lives of 3 months and sending back invaluable images of the environmentally hostile planet.

16. Mrs. Dole is out of control!

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Author:
Gutman, Dan
Series:
My weird school daze volume 1.
Average Rating:
2.8 stars
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"A.J. is graduating! But a crazed PTA president is turning second-grade graduation into a huge affair complete with fireworks and skywriing. By the time this graduation ceremony is over, there won't be any time left for summer vacation!"--Jacket

17. National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society

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Author:
Buckley, Michael, 1969-
Series:
NERDS volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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While running a spy network from their elementary school, five unpopular misfits combine their enhanced abilities and use cutting-edge gadgetry to fight evil around the world.

18. The penultimate peril

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Author:
Snicket, Lemony
Series:
A series of unfortunate events volume 12.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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The Baudelaire orphans disguise themselves as employees of the Hotel Denoument and find themselves pursued by the evil Count Olaf and others.

19. The red pyramid

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Author:
Riordan, Rick
Series:
Kane chronicles volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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After their father's research experiment at the British Museum unleashes the Egyptian god Set, Carter and Sadie Kane embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest which brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.

20. The reptile room

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Author:
Snicket, Lemony
Series:
A series of unfortunate events volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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Dear Reader, if you have picked up this book with the hope of finding a simple and cheery tale, I'm afraid you have picked up the wrong book altogether. The story may seem cheery at first, when the Baudelaire children spend time in the company of some interesting reptiles and a giddy uncle, but don't be fooled. If you know anything at all about the unlucky Baudelaire children, you already know that even pleasant events lead down the same road to misery....