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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When Billy Summers was twelve years old, He shot and killed his mother's boyfriend after he kicked Billy's sister to death. At 17, he enlisted in the army. At 18, he was a sniper in Iraq and involved in the deadly battle to recapture Fallujah. For nearly twenty years, he's worked as a paid assassin. He's a good guy in a bad job, and he wants out. He takes on a very complicated, very lucrative job that he hopes will be his last. He's got a perfect...
3) New Moon
Author
Series
Twilight volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
When her beloved Edward and his family leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob, until he starts changing in terrible ways.
Author
Series
Crescent City volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 35
Language
English
Description
Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal--they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.
The Asteri have kept their wod so far, leaving Bryce and Hunt alone. But with the rebels chipping away at the Asteri's power, the threat the rulers pose is growing. As Bryce, Hunt, and their friends get pulled into the rebels'...
5) Malice
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems. At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both...
Author
Series
Star wars volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
361 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
7) Scythe
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Two teens--Daniel, the son of Korean shopkeepers, and Natasha, whose family is here illegally from Jamaica--cross paths in New York City on an eventful day in their lives--Daniel is on his way to an interview with a Yale alum, Natasha is meeting with a lawyer to try and prevent her family's deportation to Jamaica--and fall in love"--
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Keith Chen, the second son of a traditional Taiwanese family of seven, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family's village, a poor and desolate place. With his parents gone, his sisters married, mad, or dead, there is nothing left for him there....
10) The deep sky
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
397 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space that begins with a lethal explosion that leaves the survivors questioning the loyalty of the crew. To save humanity, they left everything behind--except their differences. It is the eve of Earth's environmental collapse. A single ship carries humanity's last hope: eighty elite graduates of a competitive program, who will give birth to a generation...
Author
Publisher
Raven Tree Press, A Division of Delta Systems Co
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tired of taking the blame for six more weeks of winter, Groundhog tries to find a substitute, but instead finds new clothes to inspire his performance.
13) Groundhog Day
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On Groundhog Day, the students in Mrs. Connor's class try to find out whether the class hamster can predict the weather as well as a groundhog.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations, (color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A young monster with no manners goes on vacation with her parents and her older sister, who teaches her how to be polite while traveling and visiting relatives"--
Author
Publisher
Parragon Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and little bear frolics through the spring fields. But the best part of spring is having somebody to share it with! Join the little bear in this gentle celebration of love between a mother and child.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called death cleaning. The author instructs readers to embrace minimalism, and suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you'd ever use) and which you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children's art projects). Digging into her late husband's tool shed, and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta introduces an element...
18) Valentine ABCs
Author
Publisher
Ideals Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The night before Valentine's Day, Little Dragon makes a special heart with a verse for each of his twenty-six friends and family members, from amber-scaled Aunt Abigail to zany Great Grandma Zinny.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus Ink, an imprint of Amicus
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Follow bear, woodchuck, and squirrel as they spend autumn eating and gathering food so they can burrow in for winter in this poetic board book for babies and toddlers"--