Jennifer A Nielsen
Author
Series
Traitor's game volume 1
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kestra Dallisor has spent the last three years in exile, but that does not stop her from being drawn back into the web of her father's dangerous politics. He's second-in-command to the despotic and seemingly immortal king, Lord Endrick. With his arsenal of Ironheart soldiers and vicious condors, Endrick rules the land of Antora with a cruel and bloody fist. Her father's position makes Kestra a valuable bargaining chip, which a group of rebels understands...
Author
Series
Ascendance volume 1
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king's long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war.
Author
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, to think forbidden thoughts of freedom, yet she can't help herself. She sees the East German soldiers with their guns trained on their...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
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Formats
Description
In 1893, twelve-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language. But when the soldiers invade the farm, Audra is the only one who escapes and, unsure of what has happened to her parents, she embarks on a dangerous journey, carrying the smuggled Lithuanian books that fuel the growing resistance movement, unsure of...
5) Resistance
Author
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
In 1942 sixteen-year-old Chaya Lindner is a Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Poland, a courier who smuggles food and documents to the isolated Jewish ghettos in southern Poland, depending on her forged papers and "Aryan" features--but when a mission goes wrong and many of her colleagues are arrested she finds herself on a journey to Warsaw, where an uprising is in the works.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
From the assassination that triggers World War I in 1914 to Armistice Day in 1918, the story follows the fates of five young people on both sides of the conflict--each facing their portion of the war with courage, until the end of the war brings them together.
Author
Series
Ascendance volume 3
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young King Jaron has had nothing but trouble with his advisors and regents since he ascended the throne of Carthya, and now King Vargan of Avenia has invaded the land and captured Imogen--and Jaron must find some way to rescue her and save his kingdom.
8) Iceberg
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
339 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Hazel Rothbury stows away aboard the Titanic and, with the help of a porter named Charlie and a first-class passenger named Sylvia, she sets out to explore the great ship, uncovering a haunting mystery--until the ship hits an iceberg and she must fight to save herself and her friends.
Author
Series
Traitor's game volume 2
Lexile measure
HL 760L
Language
English
Description
Now firmly on the side of the Coracks, sixteen-year-old Kestra Dallisor plans to use the magic Olden Blade to kill the evil Lord Endrick, but when she fails, Endrick turns her into one of his Ironheart soldiers, without any memory of her rebellion and bound to obey him, his spy within the Coracks. The rebel Simon is desperate to return her to the Kestra he loves, but he is reluctant to use the magic that might heal (or destroy) her--and neither Simon...
10) The runaway king
Author
Series
Ascendance volume 2
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young King Jaron has taken the throne of Carthya, but after enemies attempt to assassinate him, and a neighboring kingdom threatens invasion, he finds that he has no friends in the palace, not even his bride-to-be, princess Amarinda--and his regents think it would be better for Carthya if he just disappeared again.
Author
Series
Ascendance volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a peaceful Carthya, Jaron leads as the Ascendant King with Imogen beside him--but the peace he fought so long for is not destined to last. On a routine sea voyage, Jaron's ship is brutally attacked, and he is taken hostage. The mysterious captors and their leader, Jane Strick, accuse Jaron of unthinkable acts. They are also in possession of some shocking items--including the crown and sword that belonged to Jaron's older brother, Darius. The items...
Author
Series
Mark of the thief volume 1
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing the lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds much more than gold and gemstones. He discovers an ancient bulla, an amulet that belonged to the great Caesar, filled with a magic once reserved for the gods--magic some Romans would kill for..." -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Series
Traitor's game volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The battle for control of Antora continues, and Simon and Kestra have been forced apart; Kestra is a prisoner in the cursed All Spirits Forest where Loelle wants her to use her growing power to heal the land and bring it back to life, while Simon has been made king of the Halderians, but is surrounded by men whose loyalty is uncertain and who fear his connection to Kestra of the hated Dallisor family, and the evil Lord Endrick.
The battle for control...
Author
Series
Mark of the thief volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017, 2018.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nicolas Calva has Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and he has hidden the dangerous Jupiter Stone, but he still has to find a way to defeat The Mistress, a dragon who contains the soul of the vestalis Atroxia, and who hates Rome, and save his mother and friends, and maybe even the Empire itself--and he is troubled by his sneaking sympathy for Atroxia, who was unjustly condemned.
15) Uprising
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
356 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lidia's life is forever changed by the Nazi occupation of Poland, leading her to join the resistance movement to fight against the Nazis and aid Jewish people in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.
16) Rescue
Author
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nearly two years ago Meg's British father left their home in France to fight the Nazis, leaving some codes in a jar for her to decipher, and Meg and her French mother moved to the Perche, a region in France near Normandy known for its forests; now Meg watches the German soldiers in town, and sometimes carries messages for the French resistance--but suddenly things have gotten much more dangerous: there is a wounded British officer hiding in her grandmother's...
Author
Series
Ascendance volume 5
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
351 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"King Jaron has outwitted the Prozarians and returned to his own kingdom with one secret in his pocket that not even his friends know about. He's hoping that secret will help him finally bring stability to Carthya. But a surprise attack on his own land--on the castle itself--reminds Jaron that nothing is easy. The Prozarian Monarch threatens to crumble Jaron's entire kingdom. And that's not the only thing in danger: With old enemies and new rumors...
Author
Series
Infinity ring volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
186 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"World War II is raging across Europe and the Axis and Allied powers are in a stalemate. Dak, Sera, and Riq can tip the scales in the Allies' favor if they can pull off the most daring spy mission of all time. But even if they succeed, are they playing into the SQ's hands?" --Back cover.
19) Rise of the wolf
Author
Series
Mark of the thief volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Now a driver in the chariot races, Nic is still a target of the Praetors because of the magical amulet he found, and they will do anything to get their hands on it--and meanwhile Atroxia is beginning to wake up." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Underworld chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When eight-year-old Elliot Penster unwittingly saves a brownie from a group of goblins on Halloween night, he becomes their reluctant king and champion in a war against the evil goblins.