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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble playing gang in Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while "New Dealers" from Washington, D.C., arrive to turn run down Key West into a tourist resort.
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A special holiday gift edition of the farcical tale by the author of Fluke follows what happens when a none-too-clever angel overhears a little boy, who, having witnessed Santa taking a shovel to the head, prays for Santa to return from the dead, in a volume with a new bonus chapter.
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The University Press of Kentucky
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English
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Nineteen-year-old Cowney Sequoyah yearns to escape his hometown of Cherokee, North Carolina, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. When a summer job at Asheville's luxurious Grove Park Inn and Resort brings him one step closer to escaping the hills that both cradle and suffocate him, he sees it as an opportunity. With World War II raging in Europe, the inn is the temporary home of Axis diplomats and their families, who are being held as prisoners of...
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Emma Graham continues her investigation into the disappearance of the Slade baby from the Belle Ruin Hotel more than 20 years before. The sudden appearance in town of the baby's father makes her even more determined to learn the truth.
Twelve-year-old sleuth Emma Graham's investigation into the twenty-year-old case of the disappearance of an infant is furthered by the arrivals of the baby's father and a mysterious drifter who seems to like everyone...
5) Blown away
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Series
Hardy boys undercover brothers volume 10
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Frank and Joe have eight hours in which to locate a bomb designed to blow up Billington Resort.
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Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Nancy Drew and her friend George Bess win a vacation to an eco-resort in Costa Rica. But after a string of increasingly dangerous "accidents," it seems that there is a jealous predator staying at the resort, making trouble for the management and the guests. Against the urging of her friends, Nancy takes on the case to get to the bottom of it before the entire week at Casa Verde is ruined -- or worse. Can she uncover who is sabotaging the resort before...
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The Three Cousins Detective Club volume 20
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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While visiting the resort town where their grandparents live, Timothy and his cousins Titus and Sarah-Jane try to find out what happened to a valuable locket "lost" on the beach.
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Serpent's Tail
Pub. Date
c1994
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English
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In Austria, two women get their man. Brigitte resorts to sex to ensnare Heinz-the-electrician, Paula uses good food to land Erich-the-woodcutter. Unfortunately, by the time wedding bells ring, both women are a little tired of their catch.
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Series
Hardy boys undercover brothers volume 17
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Investigate threats sent by an extremist environmental group -- STEMM -- to the owner of the local mall. These fanatics may resort to drastic measures to protect nearby wetlands. That is, if members of STEMM are really the ones behind the threats ... .
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Nancy Drew: girl detective volume 8
Nancy Drew girl detective volume 08
Nancy Drew girl detective volume 8
Nancy Drew girl detective volume 08
Nancy Drew girl detective volume 8
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Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Bess, George, and I volunteered to go to Costa Rica for some R&R: rest and research. See, Corcovado Ecologica, a popular resort and preserve, isn't only a beautiful getaway; it's also a great place to study three species of monkeys. Or so we thought. When we arrived on the scene, we found the place in a shambles, and the monkeys were few and far between. And if the problem gets worse, the resort's going to be in trouble. Clearly my friends and I won't...
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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When Nancy and her friends vacation in a California beach house, they discover someone is dumping trash on the beach, and Nancy suspects both reality show sisters the Casabians and a suspicious owner of a spa.
12) Seeing green
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Nancy Drew: girl detective volume 41
Nancy Drew girl detective volume 41
Eco mystery trilogy volume 3
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 41
Nancy Drew girl detective volume 41
Eco mystery trilogy volume 3
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 41
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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"What was supposed to be a blissed-out vacation at a pristine eco-resort has turned into one of the biggest cases of my life. And just as we were getting into it, Bess, George, and I had to return to River Heights. But, it looks like the case has followed us home."--back cover.
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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David Bowman makes the strong case that the shooting on November 22, 1963 was the major, defining turning point that catapulted the world into an entirely new stratosphere. It was the second big bang. In this hilarious, lightning-fast historical novel, Bowman follows the most famous couples of the decade as their lives are torn apart by post-war's new normal. We see Lucille Ball's bizarre interrogation by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee...
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Larklight volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Young Arthur Mumby, his sister Myrtle, and their mother accept an invitation to take a holiday at an up-and-coming resort in the asteroid belt, where they become involved in a dastardly plot involving spies, time travel, and mind-altering clothing.
15) Jaws 2
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2001
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English
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It's been four years since that marauding great white shark terrorized the small summer resort of Amity; but the shark that Police Chief Brody destroyed wasn't the only one in the ocean! The same heart-stopping suspense and gripping adventure that enthralled movie audiences throughout the world in Jaws returns in this worthy sequel to that film classic.
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English
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Susan Murphy gets turned into a giant monster on her wedding day when a meteorite from outer space hits her. She is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years. As a last resort, under the guidance of General W.R. Monger, on a desperate order from The President, the motley group of Monsters are called into action to combat the aliens and save the world from imminent destruction.
17) Grand Hotel
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English
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Berlin's plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words of Dr. Otternschlag "People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.". The doctor is usually drunk so he misses the fact that Baron von Geigern is broke and trying to steal eccentric dancer Grusinskaya's pearls, but ends up stealing her heart instead. Powerful German businessman Preysing brow beats his lowly bookkeeper, Kringelein, but in the end it is Kringelein who holds all...
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Perseus Pub
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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The first-ever annotated edition of the beloved classic is beautifully illustrated and brilliantly brought to life for a new generation of readers. Published in 1884 by an English clergyman and headmaster, it is a fanciful tale of A. Square, a two-dimensional being visiting a three-dimensional world.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
When the Museum of Natural History is closed for renovations, the museum pieces are moved into federal storage at the famous Smithsonian Institution. It houses the world's largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections. These range from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone's rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy's ruby slippers. From Fonzie's leather jacket to Archie Bunker's...
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