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41) The naked eye
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Series
Kendra Michaels volume 3
Description
"How can you catch a killer when everyone thinks he's dead? Kendra Michaels was instrumental in bringing serial killer Eric Colby to justice. And yet, despite his apparent execution at San Quentin, Kendra is convinced that Colby is still alive. The problem is that she can't prove it. Even her razor-sharp powers of observation-developed to an amazing capacity during the twenty years she spent blind and now in constant demand by law enforcement agencies-have...
42) The war outside
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Teens Haruko, a Japanese American, and Margot, a German American, form a life-changing friendship as everything around them starts falling apart in the Crystal City family internment camp during World War II.
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 61
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Everyone knows that bears live in the mountains-- and there are no mountains in the Texas Panhandle. So, when Slim claims to have seen a bear cross the road, no one knows what to believe. It must have been a burro. That's it, it was a donkey. But then, Deputy Kile reports that there really is a bear on the loose in Ochiltree County! With news like this, the ranch's Security Force goes on Red Alert. Will Hank be able to defend the ranch from a raging,...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
The clashes between President Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney over slavery, secession, and the president's constitutional war powers went to the heart of Lincoln's presidency. Legal historian Simon brings to life the passionate struggle during the worst crisis in the nation's history, the Civil War. The issues that underlaid that crisis--race, states' rights, and the president's wartime authority--resonate today in the nation's political debate.
45) Spotlight
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Two reader-favorite tales about finding love where you least expect it. Untamed: Jo Wilder's life revolves around the big top, and she is furious when straitlaced lawyer Keane Prescott threatens to take it all away from her. Dance of Dreams: Prima ballerina Ruth Bannon has always been in awe of her demanding, mercurial mentor Nickolai Davidov. But when they are partnered in a passionate new ballet, their chemistry -- both on and off the stage --...
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 55
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"There's a burglar on the loose, and he's robbing houses with the help of a super-sneaky, super-stinky, secret weapon. As Head of Security, Hank knows it's his job to protect the ranch and all the buildings on it. So when a suspicious character comes sniffing around Slim's bachelor shack, Hank heads right into action. But does Hank have what it takes to save the day--even after getting caught in the spray of some very unsavory artillery?"--From publisher...
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
While working on a mysterious case involving disappearing eggs and a fiddle-playing fox named Frankie, Hank the Cowdog falls for Miss Beulah, the beautiful collie.
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Series
Saturday Night Supper Club novels volume 1
Description
"Denver chef Rachel Bishop has accomplished everything she's dreamed and some things she never dared hope, like winning a James Beard Award and heading up her own fine-dining restaurant. But when a targeted smear campaign causes her to be pushed out of the business by her partners, she vows to do whatever it takes to get her life back... even if that means joining forces with the man who inadvertently set the disaster in motion"--Provided by publisher....
Author
Pub. Date
p2007
Description
Life's a bit of a beach these days for Ginger Walsh, who's single at 41 and living back home in the family FROG (Finished Room Over Garage). Geri, her BlackBerry-obsessed sister, is also nearly off the deep end about her pending fiftieth birthday (and might just drag Ginger with her). Toss in a dumpster-picking father, a Kama Sutra T-shirt wearing mother, a movie crew come to town with a very cute gaffer, an on-again, off-again glassblower boyfriend,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 65
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Nobody on the ranch has seen a drought like the one this summer, ponds have dried up, the creek is down, and the cows are kicking up dust. Then there is a prairie fire. There is a desperate need for rain, and Pete the Barncat is trying to ruin Loper's birthday.
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Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 21
Description
"The fatal poisoning of a Russian billionaire sends Gabriel Allon on a dangerous journey across Europe and into the orbit of a musical virtuoso who may hold the key to the truth about his friend's death. The plot Allon uncovers leads to secret channels of money and influence that go to the very heart of Western democracy and threaten the stability of the global order
53) Wagons West
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 67
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"It's early springtime on the ranch, and Hank is going through the usual motions of making sure that a warm spring arrives safely: singing songs about it, barking faithfully each morning, and helping the cowboys with thier work around the ranch. However, in the midst of a particularly hard day's nap, he receives a report that his little birdy friend, Madame Moonshine, is in danger of being eaten by Pete the Barncat! Naturally, Hank springs into action...
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Description
"A body burns in the high desert hills. A boy walks into a fire station, pale with the shock of a grisly discovery. A middle school teacher worries when her colleague is late for work. By day's end, when the body is identified as local math teacher Adam Merkel, a small Nevada town will be rocked to its core by a brutal and calculated murder. Adam Merkel left a university professorship in Reno to teach middle school in Lovelock seven months before...
55) Pumpkin
Author
Series
Dumplin' volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an overweight and openly gay teen partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves.
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 35
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
There's a new dog on the ranch, and Hank the Cowdog is none too thrilled about it. He's supposed to keep an eye on Jake unitl his owner shows up, but Jake's got other plans. He has to get to Madagascar before someone takes off with is treasure. As if Hank doesn't have enough to worry about, there's a saddle thief on the loose. Is Jake in cahoots with the robber?
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Description
In 1935, six-year-old Emily Evans vanishes from her family's vacation home on a remote Minnesota lake. Her disappearance destroys the family--her father commits suicide, and her mother and two older sisters spend the rest of their lives at the lake house, keeping a decades-long vigil for the lost child. Sixty years later, Lucy, the quiet and watchful middle sister, lives in the lake house alone. Before her death, she writes the story of that devastating...
59) The fling
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 38
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Abandoned and lost in a strange town, Hank the Cowdog, law-abiding head of ranch security, embarks on a spree of fun and mischief with a jailhouse mutt named Ralph.
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Description
Vreeland (Luncheon of the Boating Party) again excavates the life behind a famous artistic creation--in this case the Tiffany leaded-glass lamp, the brainchild not of Louis Comfort Tiffany but his glass studio manager, Clara Driscoll. Tiffany staffs his studio with female artisans--a decision that protects him from strikes by the all-male union--but refuses to employ women who are married. Lucky for him, Clara's romantic misfortunes--her husband's...
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