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Jack Reacher novels volume 14
Language
English
Description
A tour bus crashes in a savage snowstorm and lands Jack Reacher in the middle of a deadly confrontation. In nearby Bolton, South Dakota, one brave woman is standing up for justice in a small town threatened by sinister forces, and Reacher will risk his own to save her from a coldly proficient assassin who never misses.
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Language
English
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Jason Bennett is a suburban dad and an elite court reporter, but one night, his life takes a horrific turn. He is driving with his family home after his daughter's field hockey game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them on a dark stretch or road. Suddenly two men jump from the pickup and pull guns on Jason, demanding the car. He complies, getting his family and their dog out of the car. But when the dog leaps at one of the carjackers, a gun goes...
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Language
English
Description
A motley crew of saboteurs wreaks havoc on the corporations destroying America’s Western wilderness in this “wildly funny, infinitely wise” classic (The Houston Chronicle).
When George Washington Hayduke III returns home from war in the jungles of Southeast Asia, he finds the unspoiled West he once knew has been transformed. The pristine lands and waterways are being strip mined, dammed up, and paved...
When George Washington Hayduke III returns home from war in the jungles of Southeast Asia, he finds the unspoiled West he once knew has been transformed. The pristine lands and waterways are being strip mined, dammed up, and paved...
4) Gone
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Manuel Perrine doesn't fear anyone or anything. A charismatric and ruthless Mexican strongman, Perrine slaughters rivals as effortlessly as he wears his trademark white linen suits. Detective Michael Bennett is the only US official ever to succeed at putting Perrine behind bars -- but now Perrine is out, vowing to find and kill Bennett and everyone dear to him. Bennett and his ten adopted children are living on a secluded California farm, guarded...
Author
Series
Judy Moody volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade class to undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project.
Author
Series
Deep Haven volume 6
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
Twenty years after being relocated through the Witness Security Program, Annalise Decker must face her past when the man she testified against is released on parole and bent on revenge.
Author
Series
Marshall Grade novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
In Ben Sanders's American Blood, a former undercover cop now in witness protection finds himself pulled into the search for a missing woman; film rights sold to Warner Bros with Bradley Cooper attached to star and produce.
After a botched undercover operation, ex-NYPD officer Marshall Grade is living in witness protection in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Marshall's instructions are to keep a low profile: the mob wants him dead, and a contract
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Series
Nick Mason novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Nick Mason has been given a true mission impossible: Infiltrate WITSEC, the top-secret federal witness-protection program that has never been compromised, locate the three men who put his boss Darius Cole behind bars for life, and kill them. As he risks everything to complete his mission, Mason finds himself being hunted by the very man he replaced, the ruthless assassin who once served, then betrayed, Darius Cole. Rather than waiting to be Mason's...
12) Fatal witness
Author
Series
Pearl River volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Although she witnessed the murder of her parents 25 years ago, Dani Bennett has no memory of the event. However, it's clear that the killer remembers her when she returns to Pearl Springs in search of answers. Local K-9 Deputy Mark Lassiter is determined to protect her but who will protect her heart?"--
13) Edge: a novel
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Language
English
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Description
When Washington D.C. police detective Ryan Kessler is targeted by "lifter" Henry Loving, he and his family are immediately put under government protection. Assigned to the Kesslers is protection officer Corte: uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a brilliant game strategist. As the "lifter" closes in on his prey, Corte must decide whether to protect his charges, or expose them to a killer in the name of personal...
15) Just a dream
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.
Author
Series
Melody Grace McCartney novels volume 1
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
18) Road to paradise
Author
Series
Road to Perdition novels volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father--who was taken into witness protection years ago--before his enemies can get to him. Your dad's not a good person. Your dad killed people, son. These are some of the last words Jack Givins' father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his...
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When dragons cut down too many trees, blow out too much hot air, and do other environmental damage, the future looks grim, but other animals advise them on how to mend their ways and save the planet.
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