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Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On the run after exposing their head teacher's hidden agenda, Onyeka and her superpowered friends work with a group of rebels to defeat their shared nemesis.
Author
Series
Aurora cycle volume 2
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Our heroes are back. Kind of. First, the bad news: an ancient evil--you know, your standard consume-all-life-in-the-galaxy deal--is about to be unleashed. The good news? Squad 312 is standing by to save the day. They've just got to take care of a few small distractions first. Like the clan of gremps who'd like to rearrange their favourite faces. And the cadre of illegit GIA agents with creepy flowers where their eyes used to be, who'll stop at nothing...
3) Matilda
Author
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It will take superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves, and Matilda may be just the one to do it!
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[2nd edition]
Physical Desc
175 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sydney appears to be a normal, rudderless, suburban 15-year-old freshman. Cartoonist Charles Forsman (The End of the Fxxxing World) expertly channels teenage ennui while telling a powerful story about the intense, and sometimes violent, tug of war between trauma and control" -- Page [4] cover.
5) Willpower
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
HL 550L
Physical Desc
100 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, a young teen with extraordinary mental abilities tries to save her father" --
6) Archon
Author
Series
Psi chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Taemon struggles with the fallout from his role in ending the city of Deliverance's ability to use telekinetic powers and embarks on a dangerous journey with Amma to find his missing father in a Republik.
7) Freakling
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After a traumatic accident removes his telekinetic ability, or psy, twelve-year-old Taemon is exiled to the "dud farm," where he is surprised to find kind, open people who enjoy using their hands but there are also mysteries at the colony and when Taemon unwittingly leaks one of the secrets he must find the courage to repair the damage, even if it means returning to the city from which he was banished.
8) Extra normal
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Charlie Greer is nothing special--at least not compared to her adopted siblings. Her younger sister is a ghost. Her brother Mateo is a werewolf. Gideon is the product of seriously sketchy experiments that gave him telekinetic powers. Even her parents work for the Division of Extranormal Investigations tracking down all things supernatural, alien, and otherwise unusual. Charlie's mom says her superpower is maturity--which doesn't really count. But...
9) Stolen
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
119 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kelli Paramar attends a charity auction at a haunted theater and is anxious to use her paranormal powers to talk to the mysterious black diamond to find out if it can shed light on her own powers, but after the auction the diamond is stolen from the art museum; at first Kelli suspects the strange man she noticed among the bidders, a man that apparently nobody else saw--but the other artifacts inform her that the man is Sturgeon Rackham who disappeared...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown is finally settling into her new home and her new role as keeper of some highly unusual chickens--chickens with secret superpowers! But the arrival of two new magical chickens for her flock and some unusual eggs to be incubated and hatched (what will their superpowers be?), plus an impending inspection from the Unusual Poultry Committee (who even knew this existed?) has Sophie feeling pretty stressed out. Her older cousin,...
11) Epiphany
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
123 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Kelli Paramar has always kept her ability to talk to and hear objects a secret (especially after her father walked out after she told him years ago), but when she hears about Project Epiphany, which is studying the possibility of ESP and telekinesis by doing brain scans, she is interested--though she does not entirely trust the psychology professor in charge, it is only when some of the other test subjects start to vanish, that she...
Author
Publisher
ABDO Spotlight
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Reinforced library bound edition.
Lexile measure
GN 500L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Troy believes El embarrassing him was some form of trickery, but as he learns about telekinesis and follows El into the woods, he encounters some strange events
13) Novice
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
121 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kelli's powers of telekinesis, and her ability to speak to and understand inanimate objects has often seemed to mess things up, including causing her father to desert her and her mother; but now he is trying to get back into her life, and she is torn between anger, resentment, and maybe hope, emotions that are not improved when he immediately dumps her off at a tennis day camp, where one of the older girls seems to want to humiliate her--a situation...
14) True son
Author
Series
Psi chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Last autumn, Taemon used tricks to stave off an invasion by the Republikite army. But in the months that followed, the truth has come to light: Taemon alone still has the telekinetic ability known as psi, and everyone else in the city of Deliverance is powerless. With the Republik prepared to mount another attack, can Taemon -- the supposed True Son of Deliverance -- find a way to save his people one last time? Meanwhile, in the Republik, Gevri is...
15) Girl on fire
Author
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author and 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Alicia Keys comes a new authentic and poignant coming-of-age young adult graphic novel, about finding the strength within when your whole world changes in an instant. Lolo Wright always thought she was just a regular fourteen-year-old dealing with regular family drama: her brother, James, is struggling with his studies; her dad's business constantly teeters on the edge...