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Author
Series
Violet Mackerel books volume 6
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Violet and Rose organize a protest to save the big oak tree in Clover Park.
42) Ice hunter
Author
Series
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2005], ©2001
Language
English
Description
Conservation officer Grady Service hears that his nemesis, the leader of an incestuous clan of poachers, is about to be released from prison at the same time as he must face a sinister conspiracy involving giants of industry and politics.
43) The seekers
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Brothers Mio and Nao learn that the old stories of spirits are true when they lead a group of villagers to find out what is stopping the river. Features backlit papercut illustrations.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Cora's sandcastle-building contest is canceled due to litter on the beach, but determined to save her favorite place she, along with a few friends, gets to work picking up single-use plastics that have washed onto shore.
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The United States Secret Service is tasked with protecting our Presidents, their families, and the complex in which they live and work. Given this important mission, world stability rests upon the shoulders of its agents. In his new book, former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne takes readers behind the scenes to understand the agency's history and today's security failings that he believes put Americans at risk. The American public knows the stories...
Author
Series
Marshall Grade novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Ex-undercover cop Marshall Grade is hiding out in New York City when he learns that federal agent Lucas Cohen has survived a kidnapping. Cohen was Marshall's ticket into witness protection, and his captors have a simple question: where's Marshall now? Marshall's undercover work gave him a long list of enemies, and the enemy in this case is a corrupt businessman named Dexter Vine. Vine's almost broke, in debt to people even worse than himself, and...
49) The other sister
Author
Series
Agent John Adderley novels volume 2
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Alicia Bjelke is the coding genius behind the successful dating app she started with her sister Stella. Because her face is disfigured, Alicia has always stayed in the background while beautiful Stella is the public face of the company. When Stella is murdered, the case is assigned to John Adderley, who discovers the sisters had a difficult relationship and the murder may be part of a larger crime.
51) The safe house
Author
Series
Black market (Kiki Swinson) volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It was supposed to be easy money. A few exchanges for cash, one big payoff, and then life would be better than ever with bills all paid and money in her pocket. But the plan fell apart and now she's made an enemy. He's a drug cartel leader out to destroy any competition--and get payback by any means necessary . . ."--
It was supposed to be easy money. A few exchanges for cash, one big payoff, and then life would be better than ever with bills all...
Author
Series
Mallory McDonald books volume 13
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Mallory is appointed to the Fern Falls Elementary School Environmental Committee, which is deciding on class projects for the upcoming Green Fair, she rapidly succeeds in alienating her classmates, friends, and family by her overzealous efforts to save the planet.
53) Shadowlands
Author
Series
Shadowlands (Kate Brian) volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Rory, a girl in witness protection, thinks the serial killer she turned in has found her and is killing people around her. But as she investigates, she discovers a dark, disturbing truth about her new hometown"--
55) The lonely giant
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A modern fable, The Lonely Giant is a story of conserving the environment, friendship and freedom. The forest giant likes nothing better than smashing, bashing and pulling up trees. But when all the animals run away in fear, the giant finds himself so very sad and lonely. How he misses the crackling warmth of a fire; how he misses the sweet, melodious songs of the birds! Can the lonely giant find a way to bring back the woodland bloom, and even make...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In this personal, moving essay, youth activist Hannah Testa shares with readers how she led a grassroots political campaign to successfully pass state legislation limiting single-use plastics and how she influenced global businesses to adopt more sustainable practices"--
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A suspenseful, paranoiac tale about an innocent citizen whisked into the witness protection program because he knows something that he doesn't know he knows"--Provided by publisher.
"What if a man is placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program against his will? And doesn't even know what he supposedly knows that merits a new name, a new identity, a new life? Jay Johnson is an Average Joe, a thirty-something guy with a job in telephone sales,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Someone is knocking over the trash cans in the city. It's up to the PJ Masks to find out who it is and make things right again. Along the way, they learn that saving the Earth is like being a hero--it takes teamwork!"--Page 4 of cover.
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