Gordon Korman
1) Masterminds
Author
Series
Masterminds trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
A group of kids discovers they were cloned from the DNA of some of the greatest criminal masterminds in history for a sociological experiment.
2) War stories
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero; now ninety-three Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to thesmall French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him--but not everyone in the town want Jacob to come, and Trevor is going to learn an important lesson: real war is not a video...
3) Ungifted
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
4) Framed
Author
Series
Swindle mysteries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Griffin Bing is in big trouble when a Super Bowl ring disappears from his middle school's display case, replaced by Griffin's retainer, and the more he and his friends investigate, the worse his situation becomes.
5) Showoff
Author
Series
Swindle mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Accused of ruining a champion dog's career after an unfortunate incident at a mall show, Luthor is sent to the pound, prompting a skeptical Griffin to hatch a daring plan involving a sinister saboteur, a reclusive trainer, and large supply of red dye.
6) Slugfest
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Forced to take Physical Education Equivalency, aka "Slugfest," in summer school so he can maintain his star spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor that turns into a summer he'll never forget"--
7) Mixed up
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-olds Reef and Theo have a mutual problem: their memories are getting mixed up, and that means that Reef is losing his memory of his mother, recently dead of COVID, which terrifies him--but for Theo his new memories are helping him deal with his domineering father.
Reef and Theo don't know what's happening to them. They'll be going about their days and then suddenly they'll have these strange flashes of memory -- but the memories don't...
8) Hideout
Author
Series
Swindle mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Luthor's former owner, Swindle, is back trying to reclaim his dog, and it is up to Griffin Bing, Savannah Drysdale and their friends to hide the Doberman until they can come up with a plan to rescue him from the vicious crook.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
An escalating race to find the 39 Clues finds Amy and Dan pursuing a Clue guarded by thousands of the world's best-trained soldiers, an effort that separates them in explosively dangerous ways.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
11) Supergifted
Author
Series
Ungifted volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Donovan Curtis has never been what anyone would call "gifted" but his genius friend, Noah Youkilis, is actually supergifted, with one of the highest IQs around. After years at the Academy for Scholastic Distinction, all Noah dreams of is the opportunity to fail if he wants to. And he's landed in the perfect place to do it--Donovan's school. Almost immediately, Noah finds himself on the wrong side of cheerleading captain and alpha jock Hash "Hashtag"...
12) Restart
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes theChase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?
13) Unplugged
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates, in multiple voices, the adventures of a group of youngsters at an electronics-free wellness camp where wealthy, spoiled Jett, leads other campers in trying to stop a criminal.
14) Escape
Author
Series
Island (Gordon Korman) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
They didn't want to be on the boat in the first place. They didn't want to be stuck at sea with a bunch of strangers. But when you're in the midd of the Pacific Ocean, there's no way out. And when a terrifying storm hits, there's no way to fully prepare. It's all about survival.
15) Payback
Author
Series
Masterminds trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fighting for survival after being separated into pairs in the aftermath of a betrayal, the Project Osiris clones search for notorious mob boss Gus Alabaster while tracking down Eli's elusive DNA donor alongside a surprising new ally.
16) Criminal destiny
Author
Series
Masterminds trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A group of kids discovers they were cloned from the DNA of some of the greatest criminal masterminds in history for a sociological experiment, and they must find a way to prove it to the rest of the world"--
17) Swindle
Author
Series
Swindle mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.
18) One false note
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amy and Dan Cahill's quest to find the million dollars takes them to Vienna, where they must outwit their power-hungry relatives as they seek to solve a clue involving Mozart.
19) Unleashed
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Luthor the Doberman, a former attack dog, has a good home with Savannah Drysdale, but every time a certain truck passes he goes into a frenzy, while Griffin Bing is caught up in trying to beat his rival, Darren Vader, at an invention contest.
20) Zoobreak
Author
Series
Swindle mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue.