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1) Divergent
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Divergent trilogy volume 1
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English
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In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
3) Brave Molly
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In this story without words, Molly must overcome her fear of the shadowy monsters that only she can see in order to return a lost book, and to make a new friend.
7) Insurgent
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Divergent trilogy volume 2
Language
English
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"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"--
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Based on the true story of two sisters sheltered from the Nazis by a group of Catholic nuns during World War II. Mama had always told twelve-year-old Susan that there was no safe place for a Jew, especially in German-occupied Hungary in 1944. Susan is skeptical and afraid when she and her little sister, Vera, are sent to a convent to be kept "safe" from the Nazis. Susan and Vera find their lives transformed and soon discover the true nature of courage...
10) The ghostfaces
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Brotherband chronicles volume 6
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English
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When a massive storm at sea blows the Brotherband crew off course to a land so far west Hal cannot recognize it from his maps, they face an unknown enemy.
12) The hunters
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Brotherband chronicles volume 3
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English
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Determined to recover the Adomal and to prevent the pirate Zavac from doing more damage, Hal and his brotherband crew persue Zavac to the lawless fortress of Ragusa where, if Hal is to succeed, he will have to go beyond his brotherband training and face the pirate one-on-one in a fight to the finish.
13) The outcasts
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Brotherband chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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Skandian outcasts Hal, Stig, and others do battle at sea against the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race across icy waters where not everyone thinks of the competition as play.
16) Come with me
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Frightened by news of angry people around the world, a young girl gets her parents' help in learning to be compassionate and brave a little at a time.
17) Tiptop cat
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A cat finds the courage to climb again after a frightening fall from his owner's apartment balcony.
18) Nana in the city
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A young boy's frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.
20) Amal unbound
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In Pakistan, Amal holds onto her dream of being a teacher even after becoming an indentured servant to pay off her family's debt to the wealthy and corrupt Khan family.
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