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Intermediate School Recommended Reading

 

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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. The Hostile Hospital

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Author:
Snicket, Lemony
Series:
A series of unfortunate events volume 0008
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.

7. 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,...

8. 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...

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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....

12. The seeing stone

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Author:
DiTerlizzi, Tony
Series:
Spiderwick chronicles volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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When Mallory and Jared attempt to rescue Simon from goblins, they use a magical stone which enables them to see things that are normally invisible.

13. The Slippery Slope

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Author:
Snicket, Lemony
Series:
A series of unfortunate events volume 10.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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In the perilous Mortmain Mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place."

14. The sword thief

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Author:
Lerangis, Peter
Series:
The 39 clues. Main series volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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Amy and Dan Cahill have been located once again, this time in the company of the notoriously unreliable Alistair. Spies report that Amy and Dan seem to be tracking the life of one of the most powerful fighters the world has ever known. If this fearsome warrior was a Cahill, his secrets are sure to be well-guarded.

15. The vile village

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Author:
Snicket, Lemony
Series:
A series of unfortunate events volume 7
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.

16. The Wrath of Mulgarath

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Author:
DiTerlizzi, Tony
Series:
Spiderwick chronicles volume 5.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Description:
Presents the final installment in the fantasy series about the adventures of the Grace kids, as they battle dwarves and goblins in a desperate fight to free their mom from the clutches of the evil ogre, Mulgarath.