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81) In too deep
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
339 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Scargill Cove is the perfect place for Fallon Jones, confirmed recluse and investigator of the paranormal. It's a hot spot, a convergence point for unusually strong currents of energy, which might explain why the town draws misfits and drifters like moths to a flame. Now someone else has been drawn to the cove -- Isabella Valdez, on the run from some very dangerous men. When she starts work as Fallon's assistant, she impresses him by organizing his...
Author
Series
Krewe of hunters volume 17
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Can the same killer strike again -- a hundred and fifty years later? Estes Park, Colorado, is a place of serenity. But it wasn't always so serene. Shortly after the Civil War, Nathan Kendall and his wife were murdered there, leaving behind a young son. The crime was never solved. Now...historian Scarlet Barlow is working at a small museum attached to a B and B, the same building where that murder occurred. She recently came to Colorado, reeling after...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The U.A. students have reached the practical portion of their final exam, but they didn't expect to have to beat their own teachers in order to pass. Paired with his archrival Bakugo, Midoriya has to try to take on none other than All Might himself. Working with Bakugo is one thing, but is giving everything he's got to beat All Might more than Midoriya can handle? And in a nearby arena, Yaoyorozu and Todoroki endure a similar struggle. Meanwhile,...
Author
Publisher
Yucca Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
On a hotter and more volatile earth in the twenty-third century, humans like Clare and Jon live in utopia, hunting and gathering in small tribal bands, engaged in daily art and ritual, reunited with old friends like the shaggy mammoth and giant ground sloth. Even better, they still have solar-powered laptops and can communicate with each other around the world. The understanding of physics has also advanced. When scientists first cloned extinct species...
Author
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
311, [2] p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Somewhere in a future time and place, people have no names. Lovers find this inconvenient, so they begin naming each other. The two main characters settle on the following names: the woman is the Nakajima Miyuki Song Book, and the man, who teaches at a poetry school, is Sayonara, Gangsters. Their cat, who prefers milk-and-vodka and is a great fan of Aristotle, is named Henry IV. The first of the book's three parts tells the story of Sayonara, Gangsters's...
86) Fired up
Author
Series
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
x, 353 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
More than three centuries ago, Nicholas Winters irrevocably altered his genetic makeup in an obsession fueled competition with alchemist and Arcane Society founder Sylvester Jones. Driven to control their psychic abilities, each man's decision has reverberated throughout the family line, rewarding some with powers beyond their wildest dreams, and cursing others to a life filled with madness and hallucinations. Jack Winters, descendant of Nicholas,...
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
She was safe in a world of darkness. Now danger threatens in the cold light of day… Before the experimental surgery that gave her sight, Kendra Michaels developed her other senses to an amazing capacity. Now she can identify a Nissan by the sound of its engine, a Norelco electric razor by the pattern of stubble it leaves behind, or an obscure colorless fire accelerant by its sweet smell. Law enforcement agencies clamor for her rare powers of perception...
Author
Series
Guardians trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
To celebrate the rise of their new queen, three goddesses of the moon created three stars, one of fire, one of ice, one of water. But then they fell from the sky, putting the fate of all worlds in danger. And now three women and three men join forces to pick up the pieces... Mermaid Annika is from the sea, and it is there she must return after her quest to find the stars. New to this world, her purity and beauty are nothing less than breathtaking,...
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Born blind, Kendra Michaels spent the first 20 years of her life living in the darkness. Then, thanks to a revolutionary medical procedure developed by England's Night Watch Project, she was given the gift of sight. Her highly-developed senses (honed during her years in the dark), combined with her newfound vision, have made her a remarkable investigator, sought after by law-enforcement agencies all over the country. But her newest case finds her...
Author
Series
Elemental masters volume 16
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The ... Elemental Masters series moves to America for the first time in a rich retelling of The Queen of the Copper Mountain, set against the backdrop of Tennessee coal country ... Anna May Jones is the daughter of a coal miner, but a sickly constitution has kept her confined to the house for most of her life. Hoping to improve her daughter's health--and lessen the burden on their family--Anna's mother sends her to live with her Aunt Jinny, a witchy-woman...
Author
Series
Krewe of hunters volume 5
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
337 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
1800s. San Antonio, Texas: In room 207 at the Longhorn Saloon, in the long shadow of the Alamo itself, a woman renowned for her beauty was brutally murdered. Her killer was never found. One year ago: In that same historic room, another woman vanished without a trace. Her blood was everywhere… but her body was never recovered. Now: In the last month, San Antonio has become a dumping ground for battered bodies. All young women, all long missing, almost...
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
It's been four months since the events of Sight Unseen, and Kendra Michaels is obsessed with trying to track down serial killer Eric Colby. Despite his apparent execution at San Quentin, Kendra is convinced that Colby is still alive. The trouble is, she can't prove it. Even her razor-sharp powers of observation, honed while blind during the first twenty years of her life, have gotten her nowhere. So no one believes her. Then out of the blue she gets...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Ark was built to save the lives of the many, but rapidly became a refuge for the elite, the entrance closed without warning. Years after the Ark was cut off from the world--a world much like our own, but in which slavery has never existed--a chance of survival within the Ark's confines is granted to a select few who can prove their worth. Among their number is Markriss Denny, whose path to future excellence is marred only by a closely guarded...
Author
Series
Guardians trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
To celebrate the rise of their new queen, three goddesses of the moon created three stars, one of fire, one of ice, one of water. But then they fell from the sky, putting the fate of all worlds in danger. And now three women and three men join forces to pick up the pieces.… Sasha Riggs is a reclusive artist, haunted by dreams and nightmares that she turns into extraordinary paintings. Her visions lead her to the Greek island of Corfu, where five...
Author
Series
Shining volume 2
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 24
Physical Desc
531 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless -- mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the "steam" that children with the "shining" produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he...
96) Bone music
Author
Series
Burning girl volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
450 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
There’s more than one way to stoke the flames of revenge… Charlotte Rowe spent the first seven years of her life in the hands of the only parents she knew — a pair of serial killers who murdered her mother and tried to shape Charlotte in their own twisted image. If only the nightmare had ended when she was rescued. Instead, her real father exploited her tabloid-ready story for fame and profit — until Charlotte finally broke free from her ghoulish...
Author
Series
Cat Kid Comic Club volume 5
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
221 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"After learning that one of their comics will be published, the baby frogs are filled with anxiety and doubt. How will they get their creative groove back? Will Naomi or Melvin emerge as a leader? Will Flippy convince them to finally straighten up and fly right? The story is hysterical, thought-provoking, and full of action-packed mini-comics: 'Frogzilla vs. Mechafrogzilla,' 'I Am Dr. Fredric Wertham,' 'Two Birds,' and 'RoboChubbs.' Pilkey shows the...
Author
Series
Valdemar universe. Family Spies volume 2
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"[T]he children of Heralds Mags and Amily must follow in their parents' footsteps to protect the realm ... Abidela, dreams of building on her parents' legacy by joining her father's network of spies, hoping to offset her seeming lack of a gift. But when Abi senses the imminent collapse of a bridge only moments before it happens, she saves countless lives, including that of her best friend, Princess Katiana. The experience, though harrowing, uncovers...
Author
Series
Valdemar universe. Family Spies volume 3
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen year old Prince Kyril and Mags and Amily's fourteen-year-old son Tory 'share' the Gift of Farsight--although neither of them are Chosen. They are self-trained, though currently, their shared Gift only allows them to see what is happening with their immediate family members. After much debate, the Herald's Collegium has decided to test and train them anyway. That's when the surprises start. They do not share a single Gift; they have two...
Author
Series
Valdemar universe. Family Spies volume 1
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mags, Herald Spy of Valdemar, and his wife Amily are happily married with three kids. The oldest, Justyn, has the Gift of animal Mindspeech -- he can talk to animals and persuade them to act as he wishes. Justyn's dream is to follow in his father's footsteps as a Herald Spy, but has yet to be Chosen by his horse companion. Mags is more than happy to teach Justyn all he knows. He regularly trains his children, including Justyn, with tests and exercises,...
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