B.D Wong
Author
Series
Eldest curses volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
High Warlock Magnus Bane learns that a demon-worshipping cult, the Crimson Hand, is wreaking havoc across Europe, threatening more than just his romantic getaway with new boyfriend, Alec Lightwood.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the award-winning, best-selling author of the classic A Little Life—a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia.
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: VOGUE • ESQUIRE • NPR • GOODREADS
To Paradise is a...
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: VOGUE • ESQUIRE • NPR • GOODREADS
To Paradise is a...
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, he shares a version of that class with us, offering some of what he and his students have discovered together over the years. Paired with iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the seven essays in this book are intended for anyone interested in how fiction...
9) Stone Fox
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
At the height of Mao’s infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are among hundreds of thousands exiled to the countryside for “re-education.” The narrator and his best friend, Luo, guilty of being the sons of doctors, find themselves in a remote village where, among the peasants of Phoenix mountain, they are made to cart buckets of excrement up and down precipitous winding paths. Their meager distractions include a violin—as...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Get ready to zoom through these fast-paced stories full of exciting adventures by Newbery Award-winning author Beverly Cleary.
With Ralph S. Mouse behind the handlebars of his favorite toy motorcyle, there's no telling what readers will encounter. This three-book box set includes the entire Ralph S. Mouse series: The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Runaway Ralph, and Ralph S. Mouse
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
“Watching a talented writer take a risk is one of the pleasures of devoted reading, and On Such a Full Sea provides all that and more. . . . With On Such a Full Sea, [Chang-rae Lee] has found a new way to explore his old preoccupation: the oft-told tale of the desperate, betraying, lonely human heart.”—Andrew Sean Greer, The New York Times Book Review
“I've never been a fan of grand hyperbolic declarations...
“I've never been a fan of grand hyperbolic declarations...
14) The ransomware hunting team: a band of misfits' improbable crusade to save the world from cybercrime
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"The story of a band of volunteer cybersecurity experts who use their computer skills to crack ransomware and help victims of cybercrime"--