Dion Graham
1) Sooley
Author
Language
English
Description
This time. John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court. In the summer of his seventeenth year, Samuel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basketball tournament. He has never been away from home, nor has he ever been on a airplane. The opportunity to be scouted by dozens of college coaches is a dream come true. Samuel is an amazing athlete, with speed,...
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume Book 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. When the elusive killer's trail turns up in Africa, Alex knows that he must follow. Alone.
Author
Series
[The dark star trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: 'He has a nose,' people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard. As Tracker follows...
4) Safari
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (24 pages) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Safari day dawns on the savanna. The African light gives the sky colors seen nowhere else on Earth. Soon, an amazing array of wild animals are yawning, screeching, and growling to life. Meet the elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, hippos, and the laughing hyenas of the wilderness and find out who's friends with whom and why!
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Language
English
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Description
"Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a rare book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues--a bee, a key, and a sword--that lead him...
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Series
Infinity ring volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Time has gone wrong, and best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste, together with the young Hystorian Riq, must use the infinity ring to travel back to one of the Great Breaks--a mutiny on the Santa Mar�ia--to correct history and defeat the SQ.
8) Storms
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (32 pages) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at all the big storms created by Mother Nature run amuk--from lightning and thunder to monsoons, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Features superlatives, jokes, and best of all, the incredible photographs available only from National Geographic.
9) Safari
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (24 pages) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
10) Wildfires
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses wildfires, including how they happen, why they are important, and when they are dangerous.
Author
Series
Infinity ring volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When thousands of Viking warriors descend on medieval Paris, Dak is captured and forced to work with the invaders while Sera and Riq defend the city, a situation that places them on opposing sides.
12) Looking like me
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (1 volume (unnumbered pages)) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Jeremy sets out to discover all of the different "people" that make him who he is, including brother, son, writer, and runner.
Author
Publisher
Weston Woods : Scholastic
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (approximately 12 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm)
Language
English
Description
This story imagines what it was like when Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass got together for a cup of tea and discussed their struggle for civil rights.
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (32 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
This story imagines what it was like when Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass got together for a cup of tea and discussed their struggle for civil rights.
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Language
English
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Description
"'We should have known the end was near.' So begins Imbolo Mbue's exquisite and devastating novel 'How Beautiful We Were.' Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by a large and powerful American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean up and financial reparations to...
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Language
English
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's...
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the bestselling author of The Circle—a taut, richly layered, and elegiac novel that takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together in the face of the global economy’s gale-force winds.
“An outstanding achievement in Eggers’s already impressive career, and an essential read.” —San Francisco Chronicle
In a rising...
“An outstanding achievement in Eggers’s already impressive career, and an essential read.” —San Francisco Chronicle
In a rising...
19) Sooley: A Novel
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel “Sooley” Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams—and even bigger challenges off the court.
“Hard to put down ... the pages turn quickly ... building to a climax that won’t leave readers doubting whether this is a John Grisham novel.” —Associated...
“Hard to put down ... the pages turn quickly ... building to a climax that won’t leave readers doubting whether this is a John Grisham novel.” —Associated...