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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12
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While searching the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son, Jim Hawkins, find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. Hawkins sets sail on board the ship Hispaniola to find the treasure.
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.
2) The poet
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A psychological thriller on a serial killer who hunts homicide detectives. The hero of the tale is Denver newspaper reporter Jack McEvoy whose brother, a detective, shoots himself. McEvoy investigates police suicides in other cities and discovers a sinister pattern: sex killings followed by the "suicide" of the detective on the case and a suicide note in the form of a poetic riddle. In this way McEvoy stumbles on the killer known to the FBI as The...
3) Tripwire
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The bestselling novel featuring the "wonderfully epic hero" (People) who inspired the hit film Jack Reacher. Ex military policeman Jack Reacher is enjoying the lazy anonymity of Key West when a stranger shows up asking for him. Hes got a lot of questions. Reacher does too, especially after the guy turns up dead. The answers lead Reacher on a cold trail back to New York, to the tenuous confidence of an alluring woman, and the dangerous corners of his...
4) Darkfever
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Fever novels volume 1
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English
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MacKayla 'Mac' Lane is on the hunt for answers in Ireland after her sister is mysteriously and brutally murdered. With the ability to peer into the realm of the Fae she closes in on the truth, she realizes there is far more at stake than bringing the killer to justice.
6) Lawn boy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business.
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Arcane Society novels volume 3
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English
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A member of the Arcane Society, a secret organization dedicated to the study of paranormal phenomena, must recruit a reluctant woman to use her psychic gift against a cabal of psychic criminals.
8) Unwind
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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In a world where parents can choose to have their teenagers unwound and harvested for transplants, teens must be on their best behavior, at least until their 18th birthday. Once 18, teens are free from the chains of the Bill of Life. So when Connor discovers that his parents have signed him away to the unwinding process, he knows he must escape.
9) Laguna heat
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Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Tom Shepherd, a recently divorced ex-L.A. cop, returns to his home town of Laguna Beach to escape his turbulent past. His tranquillity is shattered, however, when he gets involved in the investigation of a series of grisly and bizarre murders all somehow tied to close personal friends of his father.
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Capital crimes series volume 24
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English
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On a bright Saturday afternoon on the Washington Mall, the daughter of presidential candidate Robert Colgate's closest friend is kidnapped. The abduction rocks the nation's capital, but no one is prepared for the bombshell about to hit the city, an explosive development that erupts when Detectives Hall and Jackson uncover a shocking connection between the kidnapping and the murder of a Washington, D.C. call girl--and a killer whom no one will see...
11) Twenty wishes
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Anne Marie Roche, owner of a bookstore on Seattle's Blossom Street, marks Valentine's Day by making a wish list with other widows. Following her wish list, Anne Marie begins volunteering and meets Ellen. Together, they work to complete Anne Marie's wish list.
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Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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James Hollis, Ph.D. helps listeners look within themselves to find the answers to what matters most to them. He emphasizes the importance of welcoming the struggles in life as opportunities to develop a full and happy existence.
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When a thirteen-year-old boy is found floating in the river Thames with his throat slit, William Monk, superintendent of the Thames River Police, pursues a child pornographer who runs a sex ring using small boys. Monk's wife Hester and several memorable characters from Dark Assassin return in this richly complex story.
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In Death series volume 28
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English
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The murder of a fellow female police officer and friend really hits home for Lieutenant Eve Dallas. In order to hunt down the murderer, Eve must use every trick in the book.
15) Rejoice
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Brooke and Peter are struggling in their marriage when they're faced with a tragedy. As three-year-old Hayley fights for her life, the Baxter family draws together, not sure how to pray. Peter distances himself and finds illegal ways to ease his pain that could destroy his marriage and his life. A Baxter wedding takes place that gives all of them a reason to smile again. What will it take for Brooke and Peter and all of the Baxter's to move past the...
16) Burning lamp
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Sylvester Jones and Nicholas Winters, founders of the Arcane Society, each sought to enhance their individual psychic talents. Winters' efforts led to the creation of a device called the Burning Lamp. Each generation the Winters man who inherits it is destined to develop multiple talents and the curse of madness. Now, plagued by hallucinations and nightmares, notorious crime lord Griffin Winters is convinced he has been struck with the Winters Curse...
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When fear of a virulent plague leads the government first to quarantine and then to kill all animals suspected of infection, Pshaw-Ra, with the help of Chester, Jubal, and the crew of the starship Ranzo, activates a 'mousehole' in space that carries the refugees to a place of safety: Pshaw-Ra's home planet of Mau, where godlike cats are worshiped by human slaves.
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Six-year-old Holly lost the only parent she knew, her beloved mother, Victoria, and since that night, she has never again spoken a word. The last thing Mark Nolan needs is a six-year-old girl in his life. But he soon realizes that he will do everything he can to make her life whole again. Maggie Collins doesn't dare believe in love again, but she does believe in the magic of imagination. And when se meets Holly Nolan, she sees a little girl in desperate...
19) Damage
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His career derailed by the vengeful billionaire Curtlee family for his part in convicting one of their number for murder, former homicide detective Abe Glitsky learns that the killer has won a retrial at the same time a star witness has been murdered.
20) Déjà vu
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[2010]
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Thanks to a presidential pardon, the Sisterhood can put their fugitive days behind them. But the time has come to deal with their biggest enemy. Hank Jellicoe has eluded the FBI, the CIA, and Homeland Security. Now, President Connor has run out of patience. Only the Sisterhood, with their special blend of guts, imagination, and friends in all places, is capable of pulling off the impossible: hunting down this monster and taking him out once and for...
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