L. J. Ganser
1) White cargo
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Woods's violent but involving thriller about a father's attempts to retrieve his kidnapped daughter from the clutches of a merciless drug kingpin is thankfully relieved by pleasant interludes at lavish South American hotels, often poolside, and by a little romance.
2) Panic
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Evan Casher is a successful documentary filmmaker with a perfect life-until the day his mother is brutally murdered. Suddenly pursued by a ruthless circle of killers, Evan discovers his entire past has been a carefully constructed lie. With only one chance at survival and no one he can trust, Evan must discover the shocking truth about his family-and himself....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
750L
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When Milo Speck enters Ogregon, a land populated with hungry ogres, enormous turkeys, children needing rescue, and his own, ordinary, salesman-father, his top priority is to escape--but only after thwarting a plot to turn children everywhere into ogre snack food.
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 2
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Believing himself settled into a quiet life, lawyer Jack Swyteck is horrified when a former client turns up dead, placing Jack under suspicion and forcing him to find the real killer before he becomes the next victim.
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Dragon Slayers' Academy volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
440L
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The headmaster of the Dragon Slayers' Academy decides that Wiglaf is perfect husband material for Princess Belcheena after hearing she will pay the matchmaker who finds her a mate.
6) 1945
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America has dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
But Japan has only begun to fight. . . .
In 1945, history has reached a turning point. A terrible new weapon has been unleashed. Japan has no choice but to surrender. But instead, the unthinkable occurs. With their nation burned and shattered, Japanese fanatics set in motion a horrifying endgame–their aim: to take America down with them.
In Robert Conroy’s brilliantly...
But Japan has only begun to fight. . . .
In 1945, history has reached a turning point. A terrible new weapon has been unleashed. Japan has no choice but to surrender. But instead, the unthinkable occurs. With their nation burned and shattered, Japanese fanatics set in motion a horrifying endgame–their aim: to take America down with them.
In Robert Conroy’s brilliantly...
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Crashers volume 2
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When it's all said and done, someone is going to die. Three plane crash experts, known as 'Crashers,' board a plane that is taken down by and outfit run by one known only as Calendar. Calendar is utilizing weapons that are banned by treaties. The targets of the plane takedown are three people who plan to squeal on Calendar.
8) Black
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Jordan Mitchell, CEO of an international telecommunications company, becomes the focus of intense investigation when his plans to market a super cell phone in the Middle East that cannot be intercepted draws the attention of rookie FBI agent Jeremy Waller, Senator Elizabeth Beechum, and spy Sirad Malneaux.
9) December 6
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Harry Niles was raised in Japan by his American missionary parents. In December 1941, Harry must decide where his true allegiances lie.
10) Chasers: a novel
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This is the return of the Apaches-a cadre of controversial, adrenaline-junkie former NYPD cops, first introduced in Lorenzo Carcaterra's previous novel Apaches. In this sequel, set three years after the events in the first novel, the surviving members of the team reunite to continue their battle against crime. Their new adventure starts with the machine-gun murder of innocent bystanders in a Manhattan restaurant. This incident ultimately propels our...
11) Big Law
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As America's giant law firms start to behave like Wall Street conglomerates, Big Law arrives as a page-turning, in-the-know, cautionary novel of a legal revolution gone mad. As a young partner at Dunn & Sullivan, one of New York's most prestigious law firms, Carney Blake has represented dozens of high-profile clients. But being a pawn of Big Law often means defending the corporate dirt bags of the world-the spillers, the drillers, and the killers....
12) Hover
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The year is 2049, and we most certainly are not alone...
A miraculous, life-enhancing microbe has been discovered on Mars and the race is on to bring the organism back to Earth. But failed physicist Jack Harding has his own reasons to get to Mars first-to save a dying, seven-year-old boy. All he must do to succeed is break the law-the law of gravity. To make the mission to Mars, Jack must perfect a ground-breaking anti-gravity technology and avoid...
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In this fresh and funny second book of acclaimed author JT Petty's series, it's up to Clemency Pogue to save the land of Make-Believe and all its creatures. For Kenneth Urchin to complete the change from human to hobgoblin, his proxy made of clay and named Inky must completely dissolve. If not, the land of Make-Believe will disappear forever. But Inky won't dissolve anytime soon since he rarely bathes.
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Buster "Rant" Casey just may be the most efficient serial killer of our time. A high school rebel, Rant Casey escapes from his small town home for the big city where he becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. Rant Casey will die a spectacular highway death, after which his friends gather the testimony needed to build an oral history of his short, violent life. With hilarity, horror, and blazing insight, Rant is a mind-bending...