David Baldacci
Author
Series
Camel Club novels volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
John Carr, aka Oliver Stone-once the most skilled assassin his country ever had-stands in Lafayette Park in front of the White House, perhaps for the last time. The president has personally requested that Stone serve his country again on a high-risk, covert mission. Though he's fought for decades to leave his past career behind, Stone has no choice but to say yes. Then Stone's mission changes drastically before it even begins. It's the night of a...
2) Day of doom
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
It started with a kidnapping. A shadowy organization known only as the Vespers snatched seven members of the Cahill family and demanded a series of bizarre ransoms from around the world. Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister Amy began a global treasure hunt, determined to bring back whatever Vesper One needed, so long as it kept the hostages safe. But when they deliver the last ransom, Amy and Dan discover Vesper One's terrifying endgame....
Author
Series
Vega Jane volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Vega Jane and her friends have made it through the treacherous Quag, though not without scars--but now they find themselves in a city ruled by the old enemy, the Maladons, who use magic to keep the citizens under control, and it will take all the power that Vega, Delph, and Petra can summon to keep themselves alive and free.
4) Saving Faith
Author
Language
English
Description
When a zealous CIA chief uncovers evidence of bribery in high places, he compels Washington influence peddler Danny Buchanan to spy on his clients, but when Buchanan tells his story to the FBI, the tables are turned. Believe the power: In a secluded house not far from Washington, D.C., the FBI is interviewing one of the most important witnesses it has ever had, a young woman named Faith Lockhart. For Faith has done too much, knows too much, and she'll...
Author
Series
Amos Decker novels volume 6
Language
English
Description
"Amos Decker, the FBI consultant with a perfect memory, and Alex Jamison FBI return to solve a gruesome murder of a young woman named Irene Cramer. In a booming North Dakota oil fracking town, the promise of a second gold rush has attracted an onslaught of newcomers all hoping for a windfall, bringing with them problems, including drugs, property crimes, prostitution and now a gruesome murder."--Publisher description.
6) The keeper
Author
Series
Vega Jane volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Vega Jane and her friend Delph have taken the map that Quentin Harris left them and set out from the town of Wormwood, determined to brave the Quag and find freedom on the other side--but the Quag was designed to keep the town people in, and it is filled with bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic, and it is not going to let them escape unscathed.
Author
Series
Aloysius Archer novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
It's 1949. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of do's and a much longer list of don'ts: do report regularly to his parole officer, don't go to bars, certainly don't drink alcohol, do get a job -- and don't ever associate with loose women. The small town quickly proves more complicated and dangerous than Archer's years serving in the war or his time in jail. Within...