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"A fast-paced, thrilling horror novel that follows a group of heroines to die for, from the brilliant New York Times bestselling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. In horror movies, the final girl is the one who's left standing when the credits roll. The one who fought back, defeated the killer, and avenged her friends. The one who emerges bloodied but victorious, a victim and a hero. But after the sirens fade and the audience...
2) Green rider
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 23
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A fantasy in which, after being expelled from school, spoilt Karigan G'ladheon meets a rider dying from an arrow wound who gives her a magic brooch and a message for his king. So begins a life of adventure which transforms Karigan into an exemplary heroine. A first novel.
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Vega Jane volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
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This is it. Vega Janes time. Shes been lied to her whole life, so she breaks away from Wormwood, the only home shes ever known, in search of the truth. She battles horrors to fight her way across the Quag with her best friend, Delph, and her mysterious canine, Harry Two. Against all odds, they survive unimaginable dangers and make it through. And into a new world thats even worse. Not because deadly beasts roam the cobblestones, but because the people...
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2023.
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"Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. Without the Archive, where the genes of the dead are stored, humanity will end. Passing into the Archive should be cause for celebration, but Antigone's parents were murdered, leaving her father's throne vacant. As her militant uncle Kreon rises to claim it, all Antigone feels is rage. When he welcomes her and her siblings into his mansion, Antigone sees it for what it really is: a gilded...
5) Stepsister
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Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
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Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off their toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper; but there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate--there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true self.
When the Marquis de la Chance offers Isabelle,...
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2014.
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In a war-torn country plagued by a vicious dragon, noblewoman Elenn accompanies her aunt to deliver an ancient relic to the secret coronation of the rightful king. When her aunt is murdered on the road, Elenn hires a smuggler to escort her across the volatile country. There, Elenn must find within herself the strength to fulfill her aunt's calling to free the people, and become the Paladin--the long foretold dragon slayer.
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[2013]
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Xena travels the ancient world seeking redemption by battling for a better future for all mankind. But even as she makes powerful strides, Xena's efforts are crippled by the shattering misdeeds of her past. From sacrificing everything to save her best friend, Gabrielle, to accepting the punishment for her treatment of a young girl long ago, Xena faces inner demons and supernatural ones alike with her trademark bravery, wit, and strength in Season...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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"A brazen, uproarious collection of illustrations of tough women both historical and fantastical-too awesome, too fierce, and sometimes too weird. These are not fantasy tales of blushing ingenues and happily-ever-afters. Here are the real unsung women of history, real and from literature, mythology and folklore. Illustrated in a contemporary animation style, Rejected Princesses dismisses the 'pretty pink princess' stereotype and profiles, through...
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2022.
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"Plagued by the voices of Avatars before her for as long as she can remember, Yangchen travels to Bin-Er in the Earth Kingdom where she partners with an informant named Kavik and soon learns to rely on her own wisdom and continue her journey from uncertain young woman to revered leader"
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Twisted tales (Liz Braswell) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2019].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
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When Shang is greviously harmed by a blow meant for her, Mulan, still disguised as Ping, travels to the Underworld with Shang's lion guardian to bring him back.
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Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 5
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Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Phillis Wheatley, Sacagawea, Queen Victoria, Sarah Bernhardt, Emma Lazarus, Helen Keller, Bessie Smith, Madame Curie, Frida Kahlo, Babe Didrikson, Anne Frank, Wilma Rudolph, Indira Gandhi, Nadia Comaneci
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In this sequel to Intellectuals and Creators, Paul Johnson continues his engaging history series, approaching the subject of heroism with stirring examples of men and women from every age, walk of life and corner of the world who have inspired and transformed not only their own cultures but the whole world as well. Heroes includes Samson, Judith and Deborah, Alexander and Julius Caesar, Henry V and Joan of Arc, Thomas More, Lady Jane Grey, Mary Queen...
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Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 56
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Karen learns how to handle herself in an emergency at school and must use the knowledge when her friend falls through the ice at the local pond.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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Discover the lives and locations of trailblazing women who changed the course of history as you journey to the heart of women's activism, history and creativity through the ages. From the temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Egypt and Empress Dowager Cixi's summer palace in Beijing, to the homes and meeting sites of suffragette heroes Sylvia Pankhurst and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the creative workrooms of Frida Kahlo and Virginia Woolf, and the tennis courts...
16) Mulan
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When Mulan's aging father is drafted into the Imperial army to fight the invading Hun army, she disguises herself as a soldier and takes his place. Mulan's hilarious guardian dragon and lucky cricket are not enough to help her defeat the ruthless Hun leader, however; only by staying true to herself will she bring victory to her country and honor to her family
Pub. Date
2012
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She's fierce, fearless and considered a worthy foe by gods and villains alike, but in Season Three, Xena finds herself powerless to prevent the suffering of her greatest friend and ally, Gabrielle. While Gabrielle faces the consequences of shedding innocent blood and taking pity on an evil deity, Xena must deal with trials of her own, including facing old nemeses Callisto and Ares, escaping the confines of physical and mental prisons, protecting her...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 24
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"France, 1714. In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across...