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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 26
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English
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Good news! Fannie’s back in town—and the town is among the leading characters in her new novel.
Along with Neighbor Dorothy, the lady with the smile in her voice, whose daily radio broadcasts keep us delightfully informed on all the local news, we also meet Bobby, her ten-year-old son, destined to live a thousand lives, most of them in his imagination; Norma and Macky Warren and their ninety-eight-year-old Aunt Elner; the oddly...
Along with Neighbor Dorothy, the lady with the smile in her voice, whose daily radio broadcasts keep us delightfully informed on all the local news, we also meet Bobby, her ten-year-old son, destined to live a thousand lives, most of them in his imagination; Norma and Macky Warren and their ninety-eight-year-old Aunt Elner; the oddly...
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English
Description
Blaise is a famous anchor on morning news and a legend in her field. In order to rise to the top, she had to place her blind daughter, Salima, in a boarding school. When tragedy hits, Salima is forced to move in with Blaise. They both have to contend with a new caretaker who has little patience for indulging Salima's handicap. Blaise can't deny that Salima seems to be improving under Simon's supervision, while his movie star looks and attempts at...
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Series
Inheritance trilogy (N. K. Jemisin) volume 2
Language
English
Description
In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a strange homeless man on an impulse. This act of kindness engulfs Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone, somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all over the city. And Oree's guest is at the heart of it....
4) Hindsight
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Series
Kendra Michaels volume 7
Language
English
Description
Investigator Kendra Michaels -- whose former blindness has left her with uniquely insightful observational skills -- must put her life on the line to catch a terrifying murderer setting his sights on some of society's most vulnerable in this electrifying new novel from the #1 New York Times and Edgar Award winning writing duo Iris and Roy Johansen.Dr. Kendra Michaels, blind for the first twenty years of her life before gaining her sight via a revolutionary...
5) Dead eyes
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English
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First there were roses and the notes in her mailbox signed simply, "Admirer." Then, the accident. One minute Chris Callaway was one of Hollywood's brightest rising stars, starting a new picture that could send her career skyrocketing; the next, she was falling from the unfinished deck of her beautiful new Malibu beach house . . . waking up blind, uncertain whether she would ever see again.An optimist and a fighter, Chris is determined not to let anyone...
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 1
Language
English
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The FBI doesn't usually consult with music therapists to solve their cases. But Kendra Michael's astonishing powers of observation and analysis have made her a favorite of law enforcement agencies all across the country. Blind for the first twenty years of her life, she cares little for investigative work but can't deny her unique skill, or the results she's been able to facilitate. Now former FBI agent Adam Kyle needs Kendra's special brand of help...
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English
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An iridescent jewel of a novel that proves love is the mother of invention
In the early 1800s, a young Italian contessa, Carolina Fantoni, realizes she is going blind shortly before she marries the town's most sought-after bachelor. Her parents don't believe her, nor does her fiancé. The only one who understands is the eccentric local inventor and her longtime companion, Turri. When her eyesight dims forever, Carolina can no longer...
In the early 1800s, a young Italian contessa, Carolina Fantoni, realizes she is going blind shortly before she marries the town's most sought-after bachelor. Her parents don't believe her, nor does her fiancé. The only one who understands is the eccentric local inventor and her longtime companion, Turri. When her eyesight dims forever, Carolina can no longer...
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English
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Escaping the sack of Rome in 1527, with their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed, the courtesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, head for Venice. Yet as their fortunes rise, this perfect partnership comes under threat, from the searing passion of a lover who wants more than his allotted nights to the attentions of an admiring Turk in search of human novelties for his sultan's court. But Fiammetta and Bucino's greatest challenge...
11) WWW: wake
Author
Series
WWW trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Although Caitlin Decter is blind, she can effortlessly surf the Internet by following its complex paths clearly in her mind. When she receives an implant to restore her sight, instead of seeing reality, the landscape of the World Wide Web explodes into her consciousness.
12) Look behind you
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Series
Kendra Michaels volume 5
Language
English
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"A serial killer is on the loose in San Diego, and he has a most unusual M.O.: With each kill, he leaves behind objects with unclear meanings. Most of the recent killings are centered near Kendra Michaels' home and office, so it comes as no great surprise when the FBI shows up at her door. The investigators soon make a startling discovery: the left-behind objects are actually souvenirs of other unsolved serial murder cases in various U.S. cities....
13) Seeing red
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Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Seeing Red describes a young Chilean writer recently relocated to New York for doctoral work who suffers a stroke which leaves her blind. It charts her journey through hospitals and an increased dependency on those closest to her to cope. Fiction and autobiography intertwine in an intense, visceral, and caustic novel about the relation between the body, science, and human relationships."--Publisher's website.
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Sherry Moore thrillers volume 3
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Mondo mega money is a murder magnet. Ten months ago Allie Harper - smart, feisty, too broke to get her car fixed - rescued Thomas Bennington III - a hot, blind, college professor - from a crosswalk in her dicey Cleveland neighborhood. When Allie saved Tom and his groceries from traffic, she unwittingly retrieved his winning $550 million MondoMegaJackpot ticket. The payout steered the two of them into a wild dash from romance to mayhem and multiple...
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Series
Sherry Moore thrillers volume 4
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
17) 18 seconds
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Series
Sherry Moore thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Investigative consultant Sherry Moore is blind with the ability to "see" the deceased's last eighteen seconds of memory by touching the corpse. Serial killer Earl Sykes was never caught for his vicious murders, now thirty years later, he returns to the seaside town of Wildwood, New Jersey and to abducting young female victims for his gruesome games.
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Series
Mick Kline storm novels volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When her Mondo-Mega-Jackpot-winning boyfriend and business partner is targeted by a revenge killer, Allie Harper realizes that for the first time in her life, she has a lot to lose. Luckily, she knows how to fight for it"--
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