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Author
Series
Luna novels (Ian McDonald) volume 3
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A hundred years in the future, a war wages between the Five Dragons--five families who control the Moon's leading industrial companies. Each clan does everything in their power to claw their way to the top of the food chain--marriages of convenience, corporate espionage, kidnapping, and mass assassinations. Through ingenious political manipulation and sheer force of will, Lucas Cortas rises from the ashes of corporate defeat and seizes control of...
Author
Series
Wings of fire (Graphic novels) volume 7
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Peace has come to Pyrrhia... for now. The war between the tribes is finally over, and now the dragonets of the prophecy have a plan for lasting peace: Jade Mountain Academy, a school that will gather dragonets from all the tribes and teach them to live together, perhaps even as friends. Moonwatcher isn't sure how she feels about school, however. Hidden in the rainforest for most of her life, the young NightWing has an awful secret. She can read minds,...
Author
Series
Bleach volume 19
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A long-awaited showdown between Ichigo "Strawberry" Kurosaki and Byakuya Kuchiki has begun. Has Ichigo succeeded in mastering bankai, the highest level of power that a Soul Reaper can attain, to face Byakuya as an equal?
Author
Series
Bad Axe County novels volume 3
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A record heat wave suffocates remote rural Wisconsin as the local sheriff tracks down a killer hidden in the depths of the community in this atmospheric, race-to-the-finish mystery"--
Sheriff Heidi Kick has a dead body on her hands: a homeless young man last seen alive miles from the Bad Axe. The medical examiner confirms what Sheriff Kick has been experiencing in her own reoccurring nightmares of late: the victim was buried alive. As the relentless...
Author
Series
Survivors (Erin Hunter). Gathering darkness volume 4
Survivors. Gathering darkness volume 4
Survivors the gathering darkness volume 4
Survivors. Gathering darkness volume 4
Survivors the gathering darkness volume 4
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The Wild Pack is in high spirits after rescuing Alpha and Beta's pups. Only Storm believes that danger still walks among them and it won't be long before the traitor dog strikes again. She must convince her Packmates to stand together against the most malicious and elusive enemy they have ever known ... before terror and doubt tear them apart.
Author
Series
The library (D.J. MacHale) volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Middle-schoolers Marcus, Theo, and Lu return to the Library to hlep figure out, and fix, what is going wrong at a school in Massachusetts.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A children's book takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the world to discover an amazing collection of full moon celebrations, beliefs, customs, and facts. We'll visit India, Israel, Morocco, China, Australia, and many more places."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Born into captivity as a product of the Royal Breeding House, friendless orphan Purity Drake suddenly finds herself on the run with a foreign vagrant from the North after accidentally killing one of her guards. But there's more to Purity than meets the eye--for it soon becomes clear that the kingdom of Jackals' only hope against an ancient evil are this strange little royalist girl and the last, desperate plan of an escaped slave.
Author
Series
Cedar Key novels (Eva Marie Everson) volume 3
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
When long buried family secrets are revealed, the Claybourne women must either pull together or be torn apart.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the dust jacket. The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space. During World War II, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate jet velocities and plot missile trajectories, they recruited an elite group of young women -- known as human computers -- who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowress, transformed rocket design and helped bring about America's first...
17) Moon rising
Author
Series
Wings of fire. Original series volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"When Moonwatcher, a young NightWing with secret powers, begins school at the academy started by the dragonets of destiny after the end of the war, she soon realizes that someone is attacking the students. Moon must choose whether to help or continue to hide her gifts"--
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.
In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites,...
In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites,...
20) Bad moon rising
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Each year, the residents of Pine Deep host the Halloween Festival, drawing tourists and celebrities from across the country to enjoy the deliciously creepy fun. Those who visit the small Pennsylvania town are out for a good time, but those who live there are desperately trying to survive...
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