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1) Steelheart
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
At age eight, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powers, and now, ten years later, he joins the Reckoners--the only people who are trying to kill the Epics and end their tyranny.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A tense and haunting literary jigsaw puzzle in the vein of Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad, Julianne Pachico's debut novel, set during the ongoing civil war in Colombia, is a prismatic tale about a group of characters whose lives intersect in often unexpected ways"--
"Taking place between 1993 and 2018 in Colombia and New York City, The Lucky Ones is a prismatic tale of a group of characters whose lives intersect in often unexpected...
4) Calamity
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
David prepares for a confrontation against the High Epic to help his friend, Prof, achieve redemption and embrace his destiny.
5) Firefight
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
"David and the Reckoners continue their fight against the Epics, humans with superhuman powers, except they may have met their match in Regalia, a High Epic who resides in Babylon Restored, the city formerly known as the borough of Manhattan"--
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"--Ese es tu problema. No se puede dudar en el medio de una guerra popular, Cabezón. --A vencer o morir, como dicen ustedes. --¡Más bien que a vencer o morir! --¿Y no pensaste qué pasa si no vencemos? ¿Estás seguro de que preferís morir? --¡No, porque vamos a vencer! --¿Y si no? --¡Si no, nada, porque vamos a vencer, te digo! Corre 1975 y dos jóvenes integrantes de distintas organizaciones armadas mantienen su amistad de toda la vida...
Author
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron Highlands. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener of the emperor of Japan. Despite her hatred of the Japanese, Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo to create a garden in memory of her sister, who died in the camp. Aritomo...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Werner Herzog, one of the most revered filmmakers of all time, in his first book in many years, tells the story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who continued to defend a small island in the Philippines for twenty-nine years after the end of World War Two. In 1997, Werner Herzog was in Tokyo to direct an opera. His hosts there asked, whom would you like to meet? He replied instantly: Hiroo Onoda. Onoda was a former soldier famous for having quixotically...
Author
Series
Arpeggio of Blue Steel volume 12
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"All hands on deck. In the fight against the Kongo, Iona s mustering all the strength she can get including Ashigara and Haguro, who are now stuck aboard the 401. With the Kongo on the hunt and nowhere else for them to go, the mental models have no choice but to lend their enemies a helping hand. The end of the battle between Kongou s hunting fleet and the 1-401 draws nigh!"-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Arpeggio of Blue Steel volume 7
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In the early 21st century, the majority of Earth's landmass is submerged due to rising sea levels. Enter the Fleet of Fog, a host of sentient alien battleships of unknown origin who easily decimate earth's naval forces. Humanity is now on the verge of extinction. In the year 2039, the stalwart Captain Chihaya Gunzou and his intrepid crew on the Blue Steel fleet may be humanity's last chance to fight off the alien invaders. The Blue Steel fleet happens...
Author
Series
Arpeggio of Blue Steel volume 10
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In the early 21st century, the majority of Earth's landmass is submerged due to rising sea levels. Enter the Fleet of Fog, a host of sentient alien battleships of unknown origin who easily decimate earth's naval forces. Humanity is now on the verge of extinction. In the year 2039, the stalwart Captain Chihaya Gunzou and his intrepid crew on the Blue Steel fleet may be humanity's last chance to fight off the alien invaders. The Blue Steel fleet happens...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A narrative history of the unlikely Maoist rebellion that terrorized Peru long after the fall of global communism. The tale of the Shining Path may be the most gripping saga in modern Latin American history, but its full story has never been told. Described by a U.S. State Department cable as 'cold-blooded and bestial, ' this band of Marxist-Leninist-Maoist revolutionaries mounted a guerrilla war in the 1980s that led to more than 60,000 deaths or...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"After a hard fight, I-401 is still operational--but just barely. With a gouge in her hull, her Super-Gravito Cannon annihilated, and her Wave-Force Armor out of commission, there doesn't seem to be much hope. Gunzou's got an idea--but will it be enough to get I-401 out of hot water? The final stage of the clash between Blue Steele and Kongou's hunting fleet has begun."-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Arpeggio of Blue Steel volume 13
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"After a tough battle, the I-401 has managed to emerge victorious against the Kongo. But they're not safe yet as enemy reinforcements are already on their way. With Gunzou still abroud another ship, Iona must make a tough choice: risk it all to save her captain, or make a quick getaway and save her crew..."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine. In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now,...
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