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Author
Publisher
Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"From the most Insta-worthy global backdrops to the best places to hang out and feel inspired with fellow travelers, #wanderlust presents a carefully curated selection of the hottest travel stories and spots. Popular Instagram travelers with huge followings come together to share their biggest travel tips and tricks, trendy destinations on their list, and more-this is where to go, what to see, what to do and why at a glance but without the endless...
22) Riding shotgun
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Red Ryan must protect the passengers, including an army major's beautiful but stubborn wife, on a stage bound from Fort Concho, Texas, to Fort Bliss, as they face bloodthirsty Apaches who are on the warpath.
Author
Language
English
Description
In the ruins of a future America, fifteen-year-old Ice Cream Star and her nomadic tribe live off of the detritus of a crumbled civilization. Theirs is a world of children. Before reaching the age of twenty, they all die of a mysterious disease they call Posies, a plague that has killed for generations. When her brother begins showing signs of the disease, Ice Cream Star sets off on a bold journey to find a cure. Led by a stranger, a captured prisoner...
Author
Series
Original Peter Rabbit books volume 19
Publisher
Frederick Warne
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Little pig Robinson goes to market for his aunts and, after a series of unexpected and amazing adventures, including an unexpected sea voyage, settles to a pleasant life on an island in the South Seas.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nine year-old Sophie Scott embarks on a month-long mission to Antarctica with her father aboard an icebreaker and documents her adventure in the iceberg-strewn seas in a diary she fills with notes about the area's natural wonders.
Author
Series
Highland trouble volume 1
Language
English
Description
When he is tasked with delivering a shipment of orphans, a massive treasure and Lady Marie Colette, a sharp-tongued French heiress, to her Highland fiancé, Sir Gave Patrick finds their relationship taking an unexpected turn when they are forced to pose as a married couple in order to sneak out of France.
Author
Series
100 year old man novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Confined to a nursing home and about to turn 100, Allan Karlsson, who has a larger-than-life back story as an explosives expert, climbs out of the window in his slippers and embarks on an unforgettable adventure involving thugs, a murderous elephant and a very friendly hot dog stand operator.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Antarctica to search for the fourth secret of happiness for Merlin.
33) Detour
Author
Series
Publisher
Riptide Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Ethan Domani had planned the perfect graduation trip before tragedy put his life on hold. Smothered by survivor's guilt and his close-knit family, he makes a break for the open road. He doesn't know what he's looking for, but he's got the whole summer to figure out who he misses more: his boyfriend, or the person he thought he was. It's just him and his memories . . . until he almost runs over a hitchhiker. Nick Hamilton made some mistakes after...
34) Map of fates
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Heiress to the powerful secret society known as the Circle, Avery West crosses continents following a trail of clues she hopes will lead to Alexander the Great's Tomb--and the earth shattering secret it holds--before it's too late"--
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Too busy with school, soccer, and other activities, a young boy who wants to cheer up the sad, lonely moon presents the reader with a step-by-step plan for becoming the the first human to bicycle to the moon.
Author
Series
Lotus Kingdoms volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear returns to conclude her acclaimed epic fantasy trilogy of the Lotus Kingdoms, which began with The Stone in the Skull and The Red-Stained Wings, bringing it all to a surprising, satisfying climax in The Origin of Storms. The Lotus Kingdoms are at war, with four claimants to the sorcerous throne of the Alchemical Emperor, fielding three armies between them. Alliances are made, and broken, many times over-but...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The fun begins when Grandma and Grandpa send invitations to their far-flung, modern, and multiracial family: Come to our house for the holidays--and bring your favorite pie! Off everyone goes, driving down snowy roads, riding the train, boarding a plane ... even sailing along in a hot-air balloon.
Author
Series
Shadowfell volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"To rescue her homeland from tyranny, Neryn must seek out the powerful Guardians to complete her training as a Caller"--
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