MALICE and HAVOC reading Information

The MALICE series by Chris Wooding is a scary series aiming to please Middle-Graders.  A delightfully creepy set of books.

MALICE
(Malice #1)
Scholastic
by Chris Wooding

4.06 avg rating — 1,505 ratings

Be careful what you ask for. 

You can find my review (pam) here, but to give you an idea in brief of what  MALICE is about:  It's about a comic book by the name of Malice which is the gateway in a world of the same name.

One gets to this world by getting a copy of the comic book, and then performing a small ceremoney which includes the words, "Big Jake" and "take me away".  Kids do it thinking that it's all scary-fun, but in truth it works!  And Big Jake doesn't take you away the way Calgone does.  No, he takes you to a horrid world where your life expectancy is quite short.

Part graphic novel, part novel, MALICE lets us follow the adventures of Seth and Kady and their unfortunate friends.  You can count on tension and violence and not all the characters surviving.

Reading Information:
Word Count: 67,634
Page Count:  384
Accelerated Reading level: 4.5 / points: 10.0
AR quiz: 133618
Lexile: 650L
--in Spanish/Espanole
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HAVOC
(Malice #2)

4.15 avg rating — 655 ratings

Seth escapes Malice but unfortunately he's alone.  Kady didn't make it, and consequently she sets out to find the kids of Havoc who are organizing to fight Big Jake.

So what will Seth do?  Will he return?  And will Havoc really be able to take the evil Big Jake down?

Word Count: 74,692
Page Count: 396
Accelerated Reader:  4.3 / points: 11.0
AR quiz: 140705
 Lexile: HL580L
--in Spanish/Espanole
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compiled by Pam

THE UNWANTEDS reading level information (Lisa McMann)

Lisa McMann's trilogy can be thought of as a dystopia for Middle-Graders. It is set in a society where only the useful are allowed to liven and at 13 children are divided into classes: The Wanteds, the Necessaries, and the Unwanteds.

In true dystopian style the Unwanteds are to be disposed of.  But in fact they end up safe on an island where they are encouraged to hone their special abilities.

• some violence
• deliciously grim tone

**all ratings from GoodReads


THE UNWANTEDS
(Unwanteds #1)
by Lisa McMann

3.86 avg rating — 4,220 ratings

Aaron and Alex are identical twins.  Which makes it all the more horrible that one of them is sent to attend University while the other is defined as useless and 'unwanted'.  

When Alex ends up on the island, the boys find that they can read each others minds.

Reading Information:
Word Count: 68,014
Page Count:  416
Accelerated Reader: 5.7 / points: 11.0
AR quiz: 146290
Lexile: 880L
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--BOXED SET of the first 3 books available

 ISLAND OF SILENCE 
(Unwanteds #2)
by Lisa McMann

4.16 avg rating — 938 ratings

In this book the magical barrier between Quill and Artime is gone, and it's a shock to both societies.  The Artimeans struggle to forgive those that dismissed them as useless, while the Quillians struggle with the collapse of their goverment that followed the death of their leader.

The two boys find themselves at odds with Aaron's political fall having been caused by Alex's success.  And while Alex recovers from his wounds, Aaron plots a rebellion to bring him to power once again.

Word Count: 69,917
Page Count:  432
Accelerated Reading level: 5.4 / points: 11.0
AR quiz: 153742
Lexile: HL820L
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ISLAND OF FIRE
(Unwanteds #3)

4.35 avg rating — 159 ratings

Aaron has been successful and Artime is no longer.  The Unwanteds are without food and much hope is put on Alex.  But can he find an ally to help them?  And can he and Aaron ever be friends again?

Word Count: 79,223
Page Count:  464
Accelerated Reader: 5.2 / points: 12.0
AR quiz: 162058
Lexile: HL810L


compiled by Pam
updated June 2014