Johnny Heller
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English
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Get to know Tom Sawyer and his friends as he gets into all kinds of shenanigans on the Mississippi River! In addition to being a fun experience, this beautifully illustrated story features original music performed by Tim Oehlers. This adapted and condensed version of the tale by Mark Twain will introduce young audiences to the beloved characters from the original and give them a taste of the adventure-filled classic. About the 10 Minute Classics series:...
Author
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English
Description
Get to know Tom Sawyer and his friends as he gets into all kinds of shenanigans on the Mississippi River! In addition to being a fun experience, this beautifully illustrated story features original music performed by Tim Oehlers. This adapted and condensed version of the tale by Mark Twain will introduce young audiences to the beloved characters from the original and give them a taste of the adventure-filled classic. About the 10 Minute Classics series:...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Cody Carson keeps a journal of his hopes for a fresh start in a town where nobody knows about his humiliating mistakes of the past, but before school even begins so does his embarrassment.
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"Twelve homicides, three police-involved shootings and a furious hunt for an especially brutal killer--February 2013 was a good month for murder in suburban Washington, D.C. After gaining unparalleled access to the homicide unit in Prince George's County, which borders the nation's capital, Del Quentin Wilber begins shadowing the talented, often quirky detectives who get the call when a body falls. He rides with a hard-charging investigator who pops...
6) The hostage
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
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Fourteen-year-old Jamie has second thoughts about harboring a killer whale that his father and he captured off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia and plan to sell to a sea amusement park.
7) Thunder cave
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
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Determined, after his mother's accidental death, to foil his stepfather's plans for his future, fourteen-year-old Jacob travels alone to Africa in search of his father, a biologist studying elephants in a remote area of Kenya.
8) Safari
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Reluctantly embarking on a group safari trip to Zambia, Stanley Hastings finds himself at the mercy of a reckless hunter guide who enjoys encounters with dangerous animals before suspicious accidents begin plaguing fellow tourists.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is capable of doing great things without their help while his class is studying the solar system.
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Both a uniquely intimate look at what makes a sniper tick and a harrowing read filled with dramatic war tales, Trigger Men is a book about killing and what it takes to be the ultimate warrior.
Hans Halberstadt takes readers deeper inside the elusive world of snipers than ever before, from recruitment and training to the brutality of the killing fields. Mixed into the thrilling narrative, for the first time ever in their own words, American combat...
11) Gangster nation
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It's been two years since the events of Gangsterland , when legendary Chicago hitman Sal Cupertine disappeared into the guise of Vegas Rabbi David Cohen. It's September of 2001 and for David, everything is coming up gold: Temple membership is on the rise, the new private school is raking it in, and the mortuary and cemetery--where Cohen has been laundering bodies for the mob--is minting cash. But Sal wants out. He's got money stashed in safe-deposit...
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The Twelve is an extraordinary and unforgettable novel about a most unusual man. As a child, Max lives in a world of colors and numbers, not speaking until the age of six. As an adult, Max ventures on a journey of destiny to discover the secret behind the ancient Mayan prophecy about the end of time, foretold to occur on December 21, 2012.When he is fifteen years old, Max has a near-death experience during which he has a vision that reveals to him...
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Horrible Harry volume 34
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
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English
Description
"It's Mary's birthday party. When things go horribly wrong will Harry be able to save the day?"--
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English
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Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson, director of such classics as Diner and Rain Man, taps into his storytelling magic to craft his first novel-a nostalgic look at a time when the innocence of an entire generation was shattered. Baltimore in 1966 is a quiet, blue-collar town. But all that is about to change for one group of young men about to confront the realities of growing up in a changing world. Featuring the authentic characterizations...
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Midnight Louie volume 28
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English
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Four human crime solvers must not only stop a massive Las Vegas conspiracy involving international terrorism and the FBI, but feline sleuth Midnight Louie's roommate, PR powerhouse Temple Barr, is contemplating marriage. Will syndicated radio counselor and ex-priest Matt Devine's inside track lose out to the return of that wily dark horse, magician Max Kinsella? The suspense is killing somebody.
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Midnight Louie uses his feline PI skills trying to solve the murder involving a fifties nightclub. Midnight Louie's roommate, powerhouse PR freelancer Temple Barr, discovers a strip club opening in a nearby empty building threatens her elderly landlady's wedding chapel business. Electra Lark's troubles go supernova with a murder charge for a death that echoes a bizarre slaying decades earlier. While Temple's fiance, Matt Devine, ex-priest radio shrink,...
17) The Foxman
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Description
A town boy sent to live on a remote wilderness farm forms a friendship with an elderly , disfigured man who teaches him many things.
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Horrible Harry volume 23
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
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English
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Harry and his friends are excited to learn how mail is delivered, but when several kids mysteriously have their bookmarks disappear, Harry discovers that a thief is using the mailbox for something other than letters.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
690L
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English
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With a mother who buys Christmas cards in August and a younger brother who describes the Trinity as a toasted marshmallow on a graham cracker, life for eleven-year-old Charles Harrisong is anything but normal in Normal, Illinois.