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1) Outrage
Author
Series
Singular menace volume 2
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
"Shay Remby and her gang of renegades have struck a blow to the Singular Corporation. In a daring raid, they rescued Shay's brother, Odin, from a covert Singular lab. They also liberated a damaged girl. A girl who literally knows too much. On the surface, Singular's a biotech company creating prosthetics for veterans. But Shay and Odin have discovered that beneath the shiny veneer is a shadow company, malevolently pushing the limits of science and...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
It has never been easy for Cora to make friends. Cora is autistic, and sometimes she gets overwhelmed and stims to soothe her nerves. Adrien has ADHD and knows what it is like to navigate a world that isn't always built for the neurodiverse. The two are fast friends until an accident puts Adrien in a coma. Cora is devastated until Dr. Gold, the CEO of Pomegranate Institute, offers to let Cora talk to Adrien again as a hologram her company develops....
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Sita 'Squishy' Taylor is a cheeky, sneaky 11-year-old who lives with her dad and step-family in a very crowded apartment. Luckily for Squishy, their building is huge - and there's always plenty of mysteries to investigate! Like...
1. How can tunnels be both exciting and scary?
2. How do dogs always know who the bad guys are?
3. Why are pinkie-swears so important?
4. Who's storing toxic waste under the park?
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 640L
Physical Desc
484 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a radical band of teen activists [claims] that Alix's powerful father covers up wrongdoing by corporations that knowingly allow innocent victims to die in order to make enormous profits from unsafe products, she must decide if she will blow the whistle on his misdeeds"--
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Sam and his friends find themselves on the run after exposing their corrupt government using a highly-effective lie-detector they invented.
Author
Series
8th continent volume 4
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016].
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
190 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rick and Evie Lane have finally built their dream city on the 8th continent. But the Lanes soon find out that Mastercorp doesn't give up quite so easily. The totally terrifying corporation has a few nasty tricks up its top-secret sleeves, including a weapon with astonishing powers -- and eight tentacles. Now it's Lanes vs. Mastercorp in an all-out war that will take Rick and Evie from the murkiest depths of the ocean to the steamiest parts of the...
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
208 pages : charts ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Corporate farms have solved so many of the world's problems. In addition to making healthy food accessible and affordable to more people, they provide jobs in communities that sorely need them. But do corporations have too much power over food? Do they benefit from unfair tax breaks? Are their profit-driven practices hurting the environment, perhaps irreparably? And what does their success mean for the family farmer?