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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 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.

3. Eclipse

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Author:
Hunter, Erin
Series:
Warriors (Erin Hunter). Power of three volume 4.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Description:
While Jaypaw, Hollypaw, and Lionpaw struggle to understand their powers as warriors, the cats' faith in StarClan is tested yet again.

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. 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...

8. The ominous omnibus

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Snicket, Lemony
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Presents the first three books in the series which chronicles the catastrophes and misfortunes of the resourceful Baudelaire children, as they become wealthy orphans and must elude a distant relative, the greedy and dastardly Count Olaf.

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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Description:
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 sight

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Author:
Hunter, Erin
Series:
Warriors (Erin Hunter). Power of three volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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The time has come for three kits of ThunderClan--Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw--to become apprentices. Grandchildren of the great leader Firestar, all three possess unusual power and talent. But dark secrets surround them, and a mysterious prophecy hints at trouble to come.

14. 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."

15. Storm warning

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Author:
Park, Linda Sue
Series:
The 39 clues. Main series volume 9.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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The shadow of the man in black has followed fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother Dan on their worldwide search for 39 Clues that lead to a great power. The man has tried to kill them and he is a Madrigal, as were their parents. And now the man is ready to step out of the darkness for their final confrontation.

16. 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.

17. The throne of fire

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Author:
Riordan, Rick
Series:
Kane chronicles volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister Sadie have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods haven't given them much time to master their skills at Brooklyn House, which has become a training ground for young magicians. And now their most threatening enemy yet -- the chaos snake Apophis -- is rising. If they don't...

18. 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.

19. Wonder

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Author:
Palacio, R. J.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of...

20. 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.