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Author
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivid literary debut is inspired by the captivating true story of real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy, combining high seas adventure, star-crossed longing, surprisingly timely questions about social justice and freedom, and the emotionally satisfying tale of one strong-willed young woman determined to choose her own path.1715, Eastham, Massachusetts: As the...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
302 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...
Author
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Old Keb Wisting is somewhere around ninety-five years old (he lost count a while ago) and in constant pain and thinks he wants to die. He also thinks he thinks too much. Part Norwegian and part Tlingit Native ('with some Filipino and Portuguese thrown in'), he's the last living canoe carver in the village of Jinkaat, in Southeast Alaska. When his grandson, James, a promising basketball player, ruins his leg in a logging accident and tells his grandpa...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Holding down the hated Fort Misery deep in Arizona Territory, Captain Peter Joseph Kellerman and the men under his command stand their ground against the most wanted outlaw on both sides of the border who has raised an army to slaughter every man wearing Union Blue.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a cattle train bound for Texas is ambushed by blood-thirsty rustlers, legendary mountain man Smoke Jensen, on a mission of vengeance, vows to bring swift--and deadly--justice to the men responsible.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Three days of camping and fishing with best friends - what could possibly go wrong? Bobby thought a trip down the Cass River with his three best friends sounded like a great idea. They had a four-day fall break and were looking for an exciting adventure during the Halloween weekend. Just weeks earlier, their science teacher, Mr. Hill, had shown them pictures of a giant northern pike. These huge fish came up out of their deep hiding spots in the fall...
7) Sheba
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
�2011
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (approximately 360 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of the Second World War, as German armies gather to invade Poland, Hitler has hit upon a master plan to distract the British while the blitzkrieg takes place.
Author
Series
Hometown hunters collection volume 1
Publisher
Bakken Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
142 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Boone Mason has lived his entire life in Pikesville, Michigan. The small town that once was booming, has become dull and boring to him. This all changes when hints of a legendary, massive buck begin to appear in the town. Boone's main passion in life is hunting, the love of the sport has been passed down from many generations. Both his grandfather and dad grew up being avid hunters, so it comes as no shock that Boone would have...
Author
Series
Hometown hunters volume 6
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Revised edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
158 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Tucker causes trouble in his new school he is shipped off to live with his aunt and uncle in a remote area of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. There is something magical and mysterious about Uncle Ed's place. He is warned early and often by his uncle never to venture into the West Woods. But why?
10) The Ice Queen
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Merry Christmas and Happy Ice Queen! Fourteen-year-old Josey and her ten-year-old, video-game-obsessed brother, Mason, live in Baudette, Minnesota, the Walleye Capital of the World. Their family owns and operates Baxter's Bait Shop, a town landmark. Every year before Christmas, Baudette hosts an ice-fishing tournament called the Ice Queen that draws thousands of anglers and generates a lot of money for local businesses. First place prize for catching...
Author
Series
Hometown hunters volume 5
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Revised edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
iii, 151 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Blair Thomas lives in the friendly, lakeside town of Lainey, Michigan, on the beautiful shores of the Lake Huron. Lainey boasts superb hunting opportunities and offers visitors miles of sandy shoreline and weekend tours of the historic Tesla Lighthouse. It is the beginning of the fall, duck hunting season, and Blair and her dad are busy preparing for her very first duck hunt. The forecast is calling for extremely high winds and rain, absolutely perfect...
Author
Series
Hometown hunters volume 3
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
144 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Dré and his father go on a hunting trip, everything seems to go wrong: from a near plane crash to an avalanche. Then Dré and his dad find themselves hunted by a giant Kodiak brown bear and wondering if they'll live to tell the tale.
Author
Series
The Fishing Chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Fishing-obsessed Casey James loved spending time aboard the Orca II, his dad's charter boat. The coastal waters south of San Francisco provided great fishing and adventure. Each fall the waters surrounding the Farallon Islands become populated with large and powerful great white sharks. This extremely aggressive species holds the interest of many, especially fourteen-year-old Casey. A late October fishing trip took an unexpected turn when the Orca...
Author
Publisher
Lake 7 Creative
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
152 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Become a vampire hunter from classic literature, and make choices to survive Bram Stoker's Dracula in this interactive Choose Your Path adventure. You are Jonathan Harker, an ordinary man thrust into an extraordinary situation. You have been tricked and imprisoned. You've come face to face with a monster and left behind to suffer a terrible fate. Now, you must put an end to Count Dracula's evil reign. Assemble your team of vampire hunters, and prepare...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate...
19) Reflection
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Captain Shang is mortally wounded by Shan Yu in battle, Mulan must travel to the Underworld, Diyu, in order to save him from certain death. But King Yama, the ruler of Diyu, is not willing to give Shang up easily.
20) Agent seventeen
Author
Series
Last man standing volume 1
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
533 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
*Winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for Best Thriller**A Financial Times Best Thriller Book of 2022*You'll never know my name. But you won't forget my number. Behind the events you know are the killers you don't. When diplomacy fails, we're the ones who gear up. Officially we don't exist, but every government in the world uses our services. We've been saving the world, and your ass, for one hundred years. Sixteen people have done this...