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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When Lord Wrexford discovers the body of a gifted inventor in a dark London alley, he promptly alerts the watchman and lets the authorities handle the matter. But Wrexford soon finds himself drawn into the murder investigation when the inventor's widow begs for his assistance, claiming the crime was not a random robbery. It seems her husband's designs for a revolutionary steam-powered engine went missing the night of his death. The plans could be...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In a small Florida town, a young lawyer, Keith Russo, is shot to death as he works late. A young black man, a former client, named Quincy Miller is charged and convicted. For 22 years, Miller maintains his innocence from inside prison. Finally, Guardian Ministries takes on Miller's case, but Cullen Post, the Episcopal minister in charge, gets more than he bargained for. Powerful people murdered Russo-- they do not want Miller exonerated, and will...
4) Eb & flow
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"In this dual-POV novel in verse, Black seventh graders Ebony "Eb" Wilson and De'Kari "Flow" Flood contemplate the conflict that sees them both suspended from school. A ten-day suspension has tweens De'Kari and Ebony seeing the world with a fresh perspective. Don't miss this poignant novel in verse from the award-winning author of Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero. Two kids. One fight. No one thinks they're wrong."--
Author
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Every other day, sixteen-year-old high school student Kali transforms into an invincible demon hunter, but when she sees that a popular fellow-student is marked for death in the next twenty-four hours, unfortunately it is the wrong day for Kali.
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An impassioned, funny, probing, fiercely inconclusive, nearly-to-the-death debate, about life and art--cocktails included. Caleb Powell always wanted to become an artist, but he overcommitted to life (he's a stay-at-home dad to three young girls). David Shields always wanted to become a human being, but he has overcommitted to art. At antipodes since first meeting twenty-five years ago, they headed to a cabin in the Cascade Mountains and threw down....
Author
Series
Jeopardy falls volume 1
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Christian O'Brady was pulled into a life of crime at a young age by his con artist parents. Now making amends for his corrupt past, he has become one of the country's foremost security experts. When a string of Southwestern art heists targets one of the galleries Christian secured, he is paired up with a gifted insurance investigator who has her own checkered past. Andi Forester was a brilliant FBI forensic analyst until one of her colleagues destroyed...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"Buckton, Indiana, 1956. As post-war America brims with new opportunities, a young woman discovers the courage to follow her dreams-and her heart. Gwendolyn Foster's life seems like a dream come true. A bright future in front of her, the successful, traditional man her parents wanted at her side. What more could a girl ask for? But Gwen has a different dream altogether-to be a writer-and she won't rest until it comes true. Strong arms to support...
Author
Series
[Matthew Richter Thriller Series] volume Book 1
Publisher
Old Stone Mill Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Although there was nothing he could have done, Secret Service Agent Matthew Richter is haunted by the death of the man he had vowed to protect. When his girlfriend dumps him and his boss tells him that his job is on the line, he thinks his life cannot get any worse. He soon realizes how wrong he is when he finds himself fighting to save another president from the deadly forces that he has unwittingly unleashed.
10) Constance
Author
Series
Constance (FitzSimmons) volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In the near future, advances in medicine and quantum computing make human cloning a reality. For the wealthy, cheating death is the ultimate luxury. For young Constance "Con" D'Arcy, who was gifted her own clone by her late aunt, it's terrifying. Aftera routine monthly upload of her consciousness--stored for that inevitable transition--something goes wrong. When Con wakes up in the clinic, it's eighteen months later. Her recent memories are missing....
11) Full measure
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
"Patrick Norris has seen the worst that Afghanistan has to offer--excruciating heat, bitter cold, and death waiting behind every rock as comrades are blown to pieces by bombs and snipers. He returns home exhilarated by his new freedom and eager to realize his dream of a sport fishing business. But he is shocked to learn that the avocado ranch his family has owned for generations in the foothills of San Diego has been destroyed by a massive wildfire...
12) Shade
Author
Series
Shade trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Aura of Baltimore, Maryland, reluctantly works at her aunt's law firm helping ghosts with wrongful death cases file suits in hopes of moving on, but it becomes personal when her boyfriend, a promising musician, dies and persistently haunts her.
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