Robert Mark Kamen
Language
English
Formats
Description
Daniel, a fatherless teenager, arrives in Los Angeles and faces the task of making new friends. However, he becomes the object of bullying by the Cobras, a gang of karate students, when he starts dating the Cobra leaders ex-girlfriend. Eager to fight back and impress his new girlfriend, but afraid to confront the gang, he asks his handyman Miyagi, a master of martial arts, to teach him karate. Under Miyagis guidance, Daniel develops physical skills...
3) Taken
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Kim is seventeen years-old and the pride and joy of her father, the ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills. Bryan left the agency to stay near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization form so she can travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with a stranger named Peter. Amanda tells him that they are alone in Paris. While Bryan...
4) Taken 3
Series
Taken volume 3
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ex-covert operative Bryan Mills, whose long awaited reconciliation with his ex-wife is tragically cut short when she is brutally murdered, must use his 'particular set of skills' to track down the real killers, exact his unique brand of justice, and protect the only thing that matters to him now: his daughter.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When there is an assassination attempt on U.S. President Allan Trumbull, his trusted confidant, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning, is wrongfully accused and taken into custody. After escaping from capture, he becomes a man on the run and must evade his own agency and outsmart the FBI in order to find the real threat to the President.
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Valentina is the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official. Frank Martin is given an offer he cannot refuse and ends up putting on his driving gloves to deliver Valentina from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to deal with the thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery. On top of that, he cannot let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.
8) Colombiana
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A child grows up to be a hardcore assassin after she witnesses the brutal murder of her parents in Bogot.̀ Working for her uncle as a professional killer, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents' deaths.
10) The transporter
Language
English
Description
Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is the best at what he does -- transporting dangerous or illegal goods with no questions asked. But his latest shipment, a beautiful young woman kidnapped by slave traders, brings deadly complications to his delivery plans. Frank must kick into overdrive and fight to save his cargo, and his life.
11) Taken 2
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, an ex-CIA operative who finds himself taken hostage along with his wife. To survive, Bryan must enlist the help of an unlikely ally and use his brutally efficient skills to take out his kidnappers.
12) The punisher
Pub. Date
[1999, c1989]
Language
English
Description
Lashing out from a labyrinth of subterranean sewers, The Punisher leads a heavily armed raid into a world of brutal crime and savage retribution, where the guilty will be punished.
13) Taps
Language
English
Description
"When a fiercely devoted group of military school cadets learns that their school is being sold to real estate developers, they refuse to accept defeat-- instead choosing to rise up together to protect the academy and their honor. But the brave young soldiers soon learn that the most courageous decisions can sometimes have unexpected and even fatal consequences!"--Container.
Language
English
Description
The karate kid, part 3: Daniel LaRusso has an upcoming tournament in which he is the target of vicious student Mike Barnes; Miyagi instructs Daniel not to compete, but Daniel's pride sends him to the instructor Terry Silver who secretly is setting him up to be the loser.
The next karate kid: Miyagi helps an orphaned 17-year-old tomboy to channel her anger through learning martial arts.
Language
English
Description
After returning from World War II, a young G.I. finds he has little in common with the wife he left behind. Disillusioned, he heads north to work as a travelling salesman where he meets the daughter of a wealthy vineyard owner. On her way home, she is terrified of what her father will do when he learns she is unmarried and pregnant. The young man gallantly offers to help by posing as her husband for one night, unaware that doing so will change both...
Author
Series
Cobra Kai volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
HL 530L
Language
English
Description
"Is Johnny really the good guy? See The Karate Kid in a whole new light in this retelling through the eyes of Johnny Lawrence, two-time All Valley Tournament champion. Summer, 1984. Senior year is about to start, and Johnny and the rest of the Cobra Kai rule the school. But when the new kid makes moves on the girl that broke Johnny's heart, he vows to settle the score and win back her love. Or so goes the story Sensei Lawrence tells his students nearly...
18) Lethal weapon 3
Language
English
Description
As Murtaugh nears retirement again, he and Riggs find themselves in the middle of an escalating battle with a former cop turned sour, selling guns stolen from evidence rooms. A new, tough policewoman, Lorna Cole, helps Riggs and Murtaugh.
19) The karate kid
Language
English
Description
Dre Parker finds himself in China after his mother's latest career move. He and classmate Mei Ying immediately fall for each other, but cultural differences make this friendship impossible. Even worse, his feelings make an enemy of class bully Cheng, who is quite adept at kung fu. Dre turns to maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a kung fu master, and learns that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm. However, Dre realizes...
Author
Series
Cobra Kai volume 02
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
HL 350L
Language
English
Description
"Is Johnny really the good guy? See The Karate Kid in a whole new light in this retelling through the eyes of Johnny Lawrence, two-time All Valley Tournament champion. Summer, 1984. Senior year is about to start, and Johnny and the rest of the Cobra Kai rule the school. But when the new kid makes moves on the girl that broke Johnny's heart, he vows to settle the score and win back her love. Or so goes the story Sensei Lawrence tells his students nearly...