L. J. Ganser
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IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of love stories, a heartfelt romance about a widower sheriff and divorced schoolteacher searching for a second chance at love--only to be threatened by long-held secrets of their small town.
Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their young son Jonah...
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Camel Club novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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"The assassination of the Speaker of the House sets the members of the Camel Club in a race to prevent a silent yet bloody coup in Washington"--Provided by the publisher
3) Void moon
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Cassie Black gave up her trade of robbing casino gamblers after one disastrous night. But when her best-kept secret is threatened, she tries her old line of work and crosses paths with her nemesis--the man who destroyed everything six years before.
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In the picturesque village of Guzmán, Spain, in a cave on the edge of town, there is a cramped limestone chamber known as "the telling room." This is where villagers have gathered for centuries to share their stories and secrets--usually accompanied by copious amounts of wine. It was here, in the summer of 2000, that Michael Paterniti found himself listening to a Spanish cheesemaker as he spun an odd and compelling tale about a piece of cheese. Made...
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Carlow's first charge as a Ranger is to ride-down and bring to justice a notorious gang. With the assistance of his mighty uncle Kileen, a former bare knuckled boxer, Carlow finds success. But when the two men bring their captives to town, the unscrupulous mayor and town sheriff decide to settle a petty score of their own. Faced with hostile prejudice and false accusations, the two fiery Irishmen unleash a storm of vengeance upon their foes.
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"The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90°F to 110°F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory...
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"The story of three downed British airmen who mastermind an elaborate, rollicking escape from a WWI German POW camp"--
"The spellbinding story of the downed Allied airmen who masterminded the remarkably courageous--and ingenious--breakout from Germany's most devilish POW camp. In the winter trenches and flak-filled skies of World War I, soldiers and pilots might avoid death only to find themselves imprisoned in Germany's archipelago of prison camps,...
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 2
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English
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Believing himself settled into a quiet life, lawyer Jack Swyteck is horrified when a former client turns up dead, placing Jack under suspicion and forcing him to find the real killer before he becomes the next victim.
9) Venom
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Learn about venom and the animals that produce it and use it to survive, including spiders, insects, snakes and other reptiles, frogs and toads, fish, and ocean invertebrates.
10) Carnivores
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A lion, a great white shark, and a timber wolf, all meat-eaters who have been hurt by the cruelty of plant-eaters, form a support group which has limited success until their newest member, a great horned owl, shares some advice.
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Sisters Grimm volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Fairy-tale detectives Sabrina and Daphne Grimm face their first case without Granny Relda's help when the future gets mixed up with the past in Ferryport Landing, and because some of the future does not look bright, Puck helps them try to make some changes.
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Sisters Grimm volume 6
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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When a kangaroo court of Everafters, led by Judge Mad Hatter, tries Mr. Canis for his past crimes as the Big Bad Wolf, the Grimms seek evidence to save their friend, although Sabrina questions whether he should be saved.
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Sisters Grimm volume 7
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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After their parents awake from a sleeping spell, Daphne and Sabrina become caught in the middle of a war between the Scarlet Hand and Prince Charming's Everafter army and learn a shocking secret about a deadly enemy.
15) Grin and bear it
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Will stage fright prevent a very funny bear from becoming a stand-up comedian?
16) Meteors
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes what are meteorites, and where do they come from?
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 48
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English
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Two years after Wolfe's retirement, his past returns with deadly intent It wasn't Nero Wolfe's idea for Orrie Cather to kill himself, but the great detective gave his blessing to his longtime associate's plan. Cather had killed three people, and it was only fair to pay the price. Though Wolfe reacted to Cather's death with his characteristic calmness, prize assistant Archie Goodwin could see the rotund genius of West Thirty-Fifth Street was shaken...
19) Magic time
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A prize-winning Southern master storyteller weaves a riveting tale of love, mystery and justice
When the Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist Doug Marlette last turned to fiction, Valerie Sayers rejoiced in The Washington Post Book World: "The Bridge [is] a great story-exuberant, proud, myth-challenging-and Marlette has a great, Dickensian time with the telling." Pat Conroy saluted The Bridge as the finest first novel to come out of North Carolina...
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In 2003, after winning six of the twelve majors from 2000 to 2002, Tiger Woods struggled with his swing, leaving him lagging behind the field at both the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship. With Woods out of the picture, the stage was set for a newcomer to claim the top position. Nobody expected that four virtual unknowns would become first-time champions. In his debut in a major, Ben Curtis became the only player since 1913 to prevail on his first...