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21) Scum
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While still grieving over the death of her brother, who was killed during a robbery, Megan learns some startling facts about Danny's life; and when the police seem unmotivated to solve the crime, Megan searches for answers.
22) Evil Genius
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 21
Description
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 5
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Twelve-year-old football stars Troy White and Ty Lewis are eager to face each other in a seven-on-seven tournament being held at the Super Bowl in Miami, unaware that bad choices made by members of their families will put both boys in danger.
24) Brawler
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Description
High school champion wrestler Eddie MacIntyre does not mind his well-earned reputation as a loose cannon, but when he punches a referee he not only loses his chance at the state championships, he gets expelled from school--facing the strong possibility of joining his father in prison, he runs away and joins an illegal underground fighting ring, where he and a girl fighter named Khajee find themselves trapped in a violent world, run by bad men and...
25) Little blue lies
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Oliver, known as "O", and his suddenly ex-girlfriend Junie are are known for telling little lies, but one of Junie's lies about not winning the lottery could get her into trouble with a local mob boss.
26) Razorhurst
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
Description
In 1932, in Sydney's deadly Razorhurst neighborhood, where crime and razor-wielding men rule, two girls with contrasting lives who share the ability to see ghosts meet over a dead body and find themselves on the run from mob bosses.
Author
Series
Real pigeons volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Appears on list
Description
#1 Real Pigeons Fight Crime:What do REAL PIGEONS do? They fight crime, of course! Wait, what? You didn't know your town is protected by a secret squad of crime-fighting feathered friends?
#2 Real Pigeons Eat Danger: What do Real Pigeons do? They EAT DANGER, of course!
#3 Real Pigeons Nest Hard:
What do REAL PIGEONS do? They nest, of course! And when they nest, they nest HARD. Protecting their city from crime is tiring work after all!
#2...
28) Genius Squad
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 20
Description
After the Axis Institute is blown up, fifteen-year-old Cadell Piggot is unhappily stuck in foster care with constant police surveillance to protect him from the evil Prosper English until he gets an offer to join a mysterious group called Genius Squad.
29) Draw the dark
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Seventeen-year-old Christian Cage lives with his uncle in Winter, Wisconsin, where his nightmares, visions, and strange paintings draw him into a mystery involving German prisoners of war, a mysterious corpse, and Winter's last surviving Jew.
Author
Series
Crims volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Description
The Addams Family meets Despicable Me in the first book of this new trilogy, perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Pseudonymous Bosch!
Author
Series
Birthright (Gabrielle Zevin) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Anya Balanchine, daughter of New York City's most notorious crime boss in 2083, tries to keep a low profile, but she cannot avoid the spotlight when her loser ex-boyfriend is accidently poisoned by illegal chocolate manufactured by her family.
Author
Series
Birthright (Gabrielle Zevin) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Description
In 2083, seventeen-year-old Anya Balanchine seeks a way to make Balanchine Chocolate legitimate, and although a trip to Mexico gives her new insights and ideas, escaping her mobster family's legacy of violence may prove impossible.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Penny Landlow, seventeen, the overprotected daughter of a powerful crime family, has rarely left the family estate due to a blood disorder, but when tragedy strikes and she's left alone in New York City, she must prove she's not as fragile as everyone believes.
36) wtf
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Some high school students, undercover police, and drug dealers endure a crazy night of missed meet-ups, automobile accidents, suburban house parties, frantic text-messaging, and other panic-inducing experiences in and around New York City.
37) Into the dark
Author
Series
Fear Street. Original series volume 49
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Blind Paulette Fox believes that her new boyfriend is innocent of committing a horrible crime despite the reports from her sighted friends who witnessed it.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Ethan Alan Poe just needs to know the answers to things. When Ethan receives a box of his dad's old belongings, he needs to find out if they hold any clues to his long-gone father's whereabouts. But the trail of clues puts him at odds with a killer from an international crime organization. Will Ethan and his new friend Peggy find what they are looking for before they come face to face with a criminal mastermind?
39) Time snatchers
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Thirteen-year-old orphan Caleb is a "time snatcher" who travels through history stealing valuable artifacts from the past for high-paying clients of his ruthless guardian.
Author
Series
Baccano! volume 4
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
In 1932 New York, organized crime flourishes in the shadows of prohibition, along with the bank robbers, bootleggers, assassins, and homunculi of the city's underworld.