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As they hunt for a bunch of paintings worth a walloping half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo and the crew aboard the Oregon chance upon a much bigger problem. A Filipino rebel leader is not only using them to finance the insurgency but has discovered a drug developed yet never used by the Japanese during World War II that makes mega warriors of ordinary soldiers. Not so far-fetched given the revelations of Norman Ohler's recent Blitzed: Drugs in...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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"Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call...
3) Saturn run
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"An extraordinary new thriller of the future from #1 New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Sandford and internationally known photo-artist and science fiction aficionado Ctein. Over the course of thirty-seven books, John Sandford has proven time and again his unmatchable talents for electrifying plots, rich characters, sly wit, and razor-sharp dialogue. Now, in collaboration with Ctein, he proves it all once more, in a...
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"Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a rare book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues--a bee, a key, and a sword--that lead him...
7) The chase
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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The 1950 discovery of four bodies inside a sunken steam locomotive in a Montana lake gives way to the story of a murderous 1906 bank robber whose ruthlessness challenged Isaac Bell, a talented detective struggling to identify and capture the killer.
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2017.
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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Sophie loves camp--except for all the creepy-crawlies. Getting trapped in the tent with a daddy longlegs is terrifying, and spiders make her scream. It's so embarrassing. But then a mysterious compass transports her to a fiercely hot desert, where Bear Grylls, her guide, is watching. The sun is beating down, and together they must trek to find water and overcome the dangers lurking in the dunes ... Will Sophie find her survival spirit, face up to...
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Disney Press
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[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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94 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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During the Rites of Summer games, Merida and Young Macintosh discover two glowing emeralds that hold the secret to an ancient legend.
10) Havana storm
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"While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous--a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt's children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are on an investigation of their own, chasing an Aztec stone that may reveal the whereabouts of a vast historical Aztec treasure. The problem is, that...
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Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
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1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
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English
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Relates how Batman and Robin first came together and describes their first battle against Two-Face and his plans to steal all the money at the Gotham City Mint.
13) The devil's sea
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"Fearless adventurer Dirk Pitt must unravel a historical mystery of epic importance in the latest novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling series created by the "grand master of adventure" Clive Cussler. In 1959 Tibet, a Buddhist artifact of immense importance was seemingly lost to history in the turmoil of the Communist takeover. But when National Underwater and Marine Agency Director Dirk Pitt discovers a forgotten plane crash in the Philippine...
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Wings of fire volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Clay has lived his whole life under the mountain. The MudWing dragonet knows war is raging between the dragon tribes in the world outside - a war that he and four other dragonets are destined to end, according to the mysterious prophecy they have been taught. The five "chosen" dragonets were stolen from their homes while they were still in their eggs - and hidden away for years - all to fulfill the prophecy. But not every dragonet wants a destiny....
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DK
Pub. Date
2012
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1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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46 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Young fans are invited to join the amphibious warrior Ackbar and his fellow squid-headed militants in an underwater battle on his aquatic home world of Mon Calamari.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The adventures of a spirited boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century, as he tries a new method for curing warts, witnesses a murder, runs away to an island and pretends to be a pirate, watches his own funeral, and falls for the new girl in the neighborhood.
17) Atlas shrugged
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 102
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English
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The decisions of a few industrial leaders shake the roots of capitalism and reawaken man's awareness of himself as an heroic being.
18) R2 to the rescue
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LucasBooks
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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C-3P0 has been captured by an evil bounty hunter, and R2-D2 is in a race against time to track down and rescue his friend.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas’ epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment,...
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Harper
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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English
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Tyrone likes everything about school except reading, until he and his classmates are swept into a mysterious adventure during the class story hour.