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81) Infinity Reaper
Author
Series
Infinity Cycle volume 2
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 21
Physical Desc
538, 35 pages : 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Emil and Brighton defied the odds. They beat the Blood Casters and escaped with their lives--or so they thought. When Brighton drank the Reaper's Blood, he believed it would make him invincible, but instead the potion is killing him. In Emil's race to find an antidote that will not only save his brother but also rid him of his own unwanted phoenix powers, he will have to dig deep into the very past lives he's trying to outrun. Though he needs the...
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In these three tales, Max attempts to cool off from the summer heat, Max and Ruby pick berries in Grandma's garden, and Max tries to catch fireflies while waiting for the Fourth of July fireworks.
83) Two lost boys
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
395 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Janet Moodie has spent years as a death row appeals attorney. Overworked and recently widowed, she's had her fill of hopeless cases, and is determined that this will be her last. Her client is Marion 'Andy' Hardy, convicted along with his brother Emory of the rape and murder of two women. But Emory received a life sentence while Andy got the death penalty, labeled the ringleader despite his low IQ and Emory's dominant personality. Convinced that Andy's...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Orphans Gig and Rye Dolan don't have a penny to their names. The brothers work grueling, odd jobs each day just to secure a meal, and spend nights sleeping wherever they can with other day laborers. Twenty-three-year-old Gig is a passionate union man, fighting for fair pay and calling out the corrupt employers who exploit the working class. Eager to emulate his older brother, Rye follows suit, though he can't quite muster Gig's passion for the cause....
85) Nightcrawling
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system-a debut that announces a blazingly original voice. Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex that calls itself, optimistically, the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus...
86) Tallulah's solo
Author
Series
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Tallulah strives for perfection during ballet class and dreams of dancing a solo in the upcoming recital, but her little brother, Beckett, who misbehaves all during class, gets a better role than she does.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Handsome, widowed, sophisticated, utterly charming, Paul Parker won the heart of a wealthy young Frenchwoman--the daughter of an American financier, the granddaughter of a major French art dealer--as his second wife. In two marriages, he fathered a challenging son and three very different daughters. But as irresponsible as he was irresistible, he ultimately shrugged off the demands of marriage and parenting to pursue life as an international bon vivant....
88) Black Heart
Author
Series
The Curse Workers volume 3
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
296 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cassel Sharpe, a powerful transformation worker, is torn between his decision to work for the federal government and his love for Lila, who has joined her father's criminal organization.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
As imaginary superhero Bumblebee Boy, Sam rejects his pesky little brother's help in defeating pirates, dragons, and saber-toothed lions, but when Sam comes up against some scary aliens, he discovers the advantage of having a sidekick.
90) The Unwanteds
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.
91) Obsession
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
340 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recovering from a murder attempt with an uncanny conviction that everything in her life is profoundly wrong, National Security Agency assistant Katharine Lawrence is drawn into a dangerous investigation by CIA agent Nick Huston.
92) Liars' legacy
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
They were born in the shadows. Schooled in espionage. Taught to kill and trained to disappear. In this captivating masterwork from bestselling author Taylor Stevens, elusive twins Jack and Jill take the global spy game to electric levels.
The assassin broker is dead. The power void has left the network he controlled without restraints, and the world's deadliest killers free to pursue their own vendettas and political agendas. The United States government,...
93) Blood
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two cop brothers are forced to investigate a gruesome murder that they themselves have committed.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The name Elizabeth Lowell has become synonymous with electrifying fiction that seamlessly combines suspense, intrigue, and passion. And now the phenomenal New York Times bestselling author brilliantly displays her incomparable talents in a story of treachery, greed, conspiracy, and murder that will hold the reader spellbound until the final word. It is the opportunity of a lifetime for Kate Chandler, the chance to cut seven rare, priceless sapphires...
95) My new school
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young boy shows the reader, and someone hidden until the end, all around his school, pointing out the different rooms, demonstrating things he has learned to do, and sharing his favorite book.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
"In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past--a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
Brothers Subhash and Udayan Mitra pursue vastly different lives--Udayan in rebellion-torn Calcutta, Subhash in a quiet corner of America--until a shattering tragedy compels Subhash to return to India, where he endeavors to heal family wounds.
99) Ish
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p.: col. ill.; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ramon loses confidence in his ability to draw, but his sister gives him a new perspective on things.
100) Coming home
Author
Publisher
Crossway Books
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
As shipwrecked brothers Argo and Arion wait on the silent, gray island of Terrene for their captain to return and take them to their new home, they ponder his warning about avoiding the local forest and mountain.