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1) Lost empire
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Through Tanzania and Zanzibar, into the rainforests of Madagascar, and across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the legendary site of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion, husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo and their ruthless opponents pursue the hunt for a relic--but only one can win. And the penalty for failure is death.
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Series
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
As they hunt for a bunch of paintings worth a walloping half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo and the crew aboard the Oregon chance upon a much bigger problem. A Filipino rebel leader is not only using them to finance the insurgency but has discovered a drug developed yet never used by the Japanese during World War II that makes mega warriors of ordinary soldiers. Not so far-fetched given the revelations of Norman Ohler's recent Blitzed: Drugs in...
3) Saturn run
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An extraordinary new thriller of the future from #1 New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Sandford and internationally known photo-artist and science fiction aficionado Ctein. Over the course of thirty-seven books, John Sandford has proven time and again his unmatchable talents for electrifying plots, rich characters, sly wit, and razor-sharp dialogue. Now, in collaboration with Ctein, he proves it all once more, in a...
5) Rogue Knight
Author
Series
Five kingdoms volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
466 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the hunt for his lost friends leads Cole Randolph to the kingdom of Elloweer, he and new friends Mira, Twitch, and Jace team up with the resistance movement to search for Mira's sister, Honor, but enemies abound and Cole and Mira must use a new kind of magic to protect themselves.
8) The chase
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
The 1950 discovery of four bodies inside a sunken steam locomotive in a Montana lake gives way to the story of a murderous 1906 bank robber whose ruthlessness challenged Isaac Bell, a talented detective struggling to identify and capture the killer.
Author
Series
Pokemon the series sun and moon volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
93 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ash, Pikachu and their friends are on a new quest through the Alola region"-- from Amazon.
Author
Series
Axel and Beast volume 1
Publisher
Kane Miller, a Division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
134 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
One elite gamer. One shape-shifting robot. Unlimited adventure! One day, Axel is playing video games when something huge breaks into his garage. It's a robot. His name is BEAST. And he's on the run from the nasty Grabbem Industries, who want BEAST back right now! Axel has no idea that he and BEAST will soon be best friends and go on the wildest adventures you could imagine. BEAST is no ordinary robot, and Axel isn't your usual gamer. But are they...
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
94 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the Rites of Summer games, Merida and Young Macintosh discover two glowing emeralds that hold the secret to an ancient legend.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
"Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates how Batman and Robin first came together and describes their first battle against Two-Face and his plans to steal all the money at the Gotham City Mint.
15) Countdown
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
190 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
With Amy and Dan still in pursuit of Pierce, Amy does something unthinkable that sends shockwaves through her family.
Author
Series
Floors volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
215 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Leo and Remi have gotten used to the strangeness of the Whippet Hotel, but when the entire top floor is hoisted into the sky and transported to the field of wacky inventions, they find that they must compete against a number of foes to solve a puzzle or lose their beloved hotel forever.
18) Moby Dick
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Over a century and a half after its publication, Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most...
20) Inca gold
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
An action-filled chase through the Amazon jungle for 16th Century Spanish treasure. Joining in the pursuit are Dirk Pitt, the hero, his congresswoman girlfriend, the FBI, the Customs Service, archaeologists, a tribe of local Indians, smugglers and various thieves. There's plenty of treasure for everyone, the gold requiring 200 men just to lift.