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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
A boy on the run. A girl determined to find him. A compelling fantasy looks at issues of privilege, protest, and justice. All light in Chattana is created by one man; the Governor, who appeared after the Great Fire to bring peace and order to the city. For Pong, who was born in Namwon Prison, the magical lights represent freedom, and he dreams of the day he will be able to walk among them. But when Pong escapes from prison, he realizes that the world...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After their plan to rescue the prince of Gallica has gone horribly wrong, Will Treaty and his apprentice, Maddie, are being held captive at the Chateau des Falaises in Gallica. The dangerous baron Lassigny is intent on keeping them—and the prince—no matter what. But Will and Maddie are determined to escape. If they ever want to return to their home, they’ll have to find ways to outwit the baron and get outside the locked tower. When friends...
Author
Series
Zoe Washington stories volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
"Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how prison dog training programs give prisoners a chance to connect emotionally to animals and learn valuable skills while they prepare dogs to help people living with serious disabilities.
Author
Series
Great escapes volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Civil War, 1863. Virginia. Union soldiers Colonel Thomas Rose and Major A. G. Hamilton were captured by the Confederate Army and taken to Libby Prison, one of the most horrific prisons ever run--infamous for its overcrowded, vermin-infested conditions. But neither fear, nor darkness, nor squealing rats could keep Rose and Hamilton from freedom. They and other POWs would fight against the odds to attempt the largest prison escape in American history....
Author
Series
Werepenguin volume 2
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old werepenguin Bolt Waddle, washed-up pirate Blackburn, and plucky were-gull Gentoo help Annika the bandit to rescue her imprisoned father from the ruthless Earl of Sphen.
Author
Series
Newspaper Club volume 2
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Tag along with a rambunctious group of kid reporters as they fight for their right to run a newspaper in this exciting book from an award-winning author. The Cub Report is up and running and getting great response in the sleepy town of Bear Creek, Maine. But when Gordon snaps a photo of an escaped prisoner who is caught in a pigpen, things quickly take a turn for Nellie and her staff. While Nellie fights off jealousy at all the national media attention...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth--and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home. When Perry moves to the "outside" world, he feels trapped. Desperate to be reunited...
10) Born behind bars
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
In Chennai, india, after spending his whole life in jail with his mother, who is serving time for a crime she did not commit, nine-year-old Kabir is suddenly released and has to figure out how to survive on his own in the outside world.
11) The dragon crown
Author
Series
Micekings volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When his cousin is captured by the king of the dragons, Geronimo must deliver the Crown of the Seven Rubies to free him.
12) Airman
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.
13) Elephant run
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Nick endures servitude, beatings, and more after his British father's plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and when his father and others are taken prisoner and Nick is stranded with his friend Mya, they plan a daring escape on elephants, risking their lives to save Nick's father and Mya's brother from a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Ruby Danes has a real best friend for the first time ever, but agonizes over whether or not to tell her a secret she has never shared with anyone--that her mother has been in prison since Ruby was five--and over whether to express her anger to her mother.
16) Prisoner 88
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
©2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1885, ten-year-old Jake is sent to prison for killing a man who threatened his father, and struggles to survive the harsh realities of prison life in the Idaho Territory.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Tells the incredible true story of Frank Williams, a radarman in Britain's Royal Air Force, and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met as prisoners of war during World War II. Judy, who became the war's only official canine POW, was a fiercely loyal dog who sensed danger-warning her fellow prisoners of imminent attacks and, later, protecting them from brutal beatings. Frank and Judy's friendship, an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstances, is...
18) The 12th candle
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
On her twelfth birthday, Sage wishes on a magical candle for an end to the family curse she believes caused many problems, including sending her father to prison.
Author
Series
Ronan Boyle volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Ronan Boyle is the youngest and lowliest recruit to the secret Garda, an Irish police force that handles the misdeeds of numerous magical creatures. Ronans parents are in jail, but Ronan is convinced that they were framed by the wee people. So, despite his small size, poor eyesight, and social awkwardness, hes determined to learn all he can in the Garda in order to prove his parents innocence. To show hes got what it takes, hell...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Soon after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, they also attacked U.S. military installations in the Philippines. For the army and navy nurses stationed there, what had been a peaceful outpost quickly turned into a raging war zone. When the U.S. and Philippine forces retreated to the Bataan Peninsula and the fortress island of Corregidor, the nurses followed them to the field hospitals to care for the wounded. Persevering through...
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