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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
The CIA tries to set up a former Washington power broker to be assassinated by a foreign spy because they want his knowledge of a sophisticated satellite surveillance system to be eliminated. However, they underestimate him.
62) Enna burning
Author
Series
Books of Bayern volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Enna hopes that her new knowledge of how to wield fire will help protect her good friend Isi--the Princess Anidori--and all of Bayern against their enemies, but the need to burn is uncontrollable and puts Enna and her loved ones in grave danger.
63) Silks
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Geoffrey Mason is well known (as "Perry" Mason) among the pro riders, including Steve Mitchell and Scot Barlow--arguably the two top pros. So when Scot Barlow is murdered--with Mitchell's pitchfork nonetheless--Geoff finds himself pulled into the case as a junior barrister.
Author
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2010], 2009
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (1 hr., 8 min.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
From England to Siberia and New Zealand, from the United States to Cambodia and East Africa, listeners will be transported as legendary heroines and goddesses seek and struggle, win and lose, laugh and cry, in magical stories and marvelous music from around the world.
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Experts agree that reading aloud to children is critical to their development as proficient readers. But what parent has all the time they would like to read to their children? That's were audiobooks come in. Listen to what these notable actors and authors have to say about audiobooks: Henry Winkler ; Esmé Raji Codell ; Jim Dale ; Melissa Gilbert ; and May Pope Osborne.
Author
Series
Looking Glass Wars trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
The Myth: Alice was an ordinary girl who stepped through the looking glass and entered a fairy-tale world invented by Lewis Carroll in his famous storybook. The Truth: Wonderland is real. Alyss Heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous aunt Redd steals the crown and kills Alyss? parents. To escape Redd, Alyss and her bodyguard, Hatter Madigan, must flee to our world through the Pool of Tears. But in the pool Alyss and Hatter are separated....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Katniss Everdeen, having survived the Hunger Games twice, learns she and her family and friends are in danger because the Capitol holds her responsible for the unrest and races against time to protect those she cares about and the people of District 12.
69) Ready Player One
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.
“Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly
A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?
In the year 2045, reality...
“Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly
A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?
In the year 2045, reality...
Author
Series
Underland chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
This irresistible novel by Suzanne Collins tells the story of a boy who embarks on a dangerous quest in order to fulfill his destiny — and find his father — in a strange world beneath New York City.Gregor the Overlander joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles...
Author
Series
To kill a mockingbird volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Eight-year-old "Scout" Finch tells of life in a small Alabama town where her father is a lawyer.
72) The prince
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Fifteenth-century Italian stateman Niccolo Machiavelli's famous treatise on the qualities and actions necessary for princes to gain and keep power, in which he holds up ancient Roman rulers as examples and shows why, for leaders of nations, "the ends justify the means."
73) Animal farm
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A political satire in which the animals take over running the farm, but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship.
Author
Language
English
Description
In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, students, educators, athletes, and business people — both seasoned and new — that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” Drawing on her own powerful story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Duckworth, now a celebrated...
76) Inheritance
Author
Series
Inheritance cycle volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 49
Language
English
Description
Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, having spent months in training and battle, face the evil king Galbatorix in order to restore justice to Alagaësia, but worry they are not strong enough to defeat him.
Author
Series
Maze runner trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Thomas and the Gladers, having solved the Maze, plan on returning to their lives, but instead find the earth a wasteland with Cranks roaming the desert in search of their next meal and they are faced with the challenge of crossing the Scorch in two weeks in order to arrive at a safe haven.
Author
Publisher
YoYo USA Inc
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
3 sound discs (3 hrs) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Todo El Mundo Conoce El Gran Ballet Con Musica De Tchaikovsky, Cascanueces Pero El Relato De Hoffmann En Que Esta Obra Fue Basada No Ha Corrido La Misma Suerte Y Es Lastima, Por Que Como Se Puede Ver En Este Maravilloso Libro, La Vena Fantastica Que Caracterizo A Hoffmann.
Everybody knows the brilliant ballet with music by Tchaikovsky, but the story on which this work was based has not had the same luck and it's a shame, because in this wonderful...
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Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Demi-god Percy Jackson and his friends must journey into the Sea of Monsters to save their camp. But first Percy will discover a secret that makes him wonder whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or a cruel joke.
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 39
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
On location in Boston, bad-boy actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of the rape and murder of a young woman. From the start the case seems fishy, so the Boston PD calls on Spenser to investigate. The situation doesn't look good for Jumbo, whose appetites for food, booze, and sex are as outsized as his name. He was the studio's biggest star, but he's become their biggest liability. In the course of the investigation, Spenser encounters Jumbo's bodyguard:...
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