George Newbern
1) Supertruck
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When the city is hit by a colossal snowstorm, only one superhero can save the day. But who is this mysterious hero, and why does he disappear once his job is done?
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Dr. Eric Parrish is the Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at Havemeyer General Hospital outside of Philadelphia. Recently separated from his wife Alice, he is doing his best as a single Dad to his seven-year-old daughter Hannah. His work seems to be going better than his home life, however. His unit at the hospital has just been named number two in the country and Eric has a devoted staff of doctors and nurses who are as caring as Eric is. But when he...
3) Cottonmouth
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Guns of Samuel Pritchard volume 02
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"A legendary gunfighter can never outrun the ghosts of his past. But he can outshoot them. Acclaimed author Sean Lynch's epic saga of Samuel Pritchard continues-with a vengeance. 1874. After losing his innocence in the Civil War and risking his life as a Texas Ranger, Samuel Pritchard has finally settled into a peaceful life in his hometown of Atherton, Missouri. As marshall, he hopes to put his bloody past behind him. To see his sister marry his...
4) Death rattle
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Guns of Samuel Pritchard volume 01
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In 1863, a teenaged boy fled his home in Atherton, Missouri, to escape the power-hungry men who murdered his father and stole his family's land. He joined the Confederacy under an assumed name and led guerilla raids in the Civil War. Then came a decade as a Texas Ranger. Now, after ten blood-soaked years, he is finally coming home and finally using his real name and finally getting revenge against the cold-hearted devils who destroyed his family and...
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For most of the citizens of Hidden Refuge, it's an ordinary Friday night in an ordinary American town. But when men claiming to be police officers show up at their doorsteps in the middle of the night, ordering them to evacuate for their own safety, it's only the beginning of a long, dark night that will prove to be anything but ordinary. Because, unbeknownst to most of its residents, Hidden Refuge contains something that very dangerous men want very,...
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When Billy Stafford and his wife move into a remote high-tech mansion designed with every comfort in mind, he thinks it will be the perfect chance to work on their marriage and to restart his career. A brilliant computer engineer fallen on hard times, Billy's been hired by his former business partner to test out Nellie, a next-generation artificial intelligence hardwired into the house. All Billy has to do is fix a few bugs in the system; that should...
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In 1953, at the end of the Korean War, Dr. Charles Wilson, an Army bio-weapons scientist, died when he "jumped or fell" from the ninth floor of a Washington hotel. As his wife and children grieve, the details of his death remain buried for twenty-two years. With the release of the Rockefeller Commission report on illegal CIA activities in 1975, LSD is linked to Wilson's death, and suddenly the Wilson case becomes news again. Wilson's family and the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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860L
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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle was the second of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books to be published, comin out in 1922. It is nearly five times aslong as its predecessor and the writing style is pitched at a more mature audience. The scope of the novel is vast; it is divided into six parts and the illustration are also more sophisticated in the series that was adapted into the film Doctor Dolittle.
10) The detonator
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"Ike Singer is a demolitions expert, or 'master blaster.' He is second to none at his craft, knows every type of explosive known to man, and is the one everyone turns to when they need a safe, controlled explosion. Just when he believes he has found peace after making a personal mistake that led to catastrophe, Ike is targeted by a brilliant psychopath bent on systematically destroying his life. Ike must use every resource in his arsenal to prevent...
11) Touch of red
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Tracers volume 12
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When crime scene investigator Brooke Porter arrives at the home of a murdered woman, the only thing more shocking than the carnage is the evidence that someone escaped the scene. But where is this witness now? A thorough search of the area yields more questions than answers, and before Brooke even packs up her evidence kit, she's made it her goal to find the witness and get them out of harm's way.
12) An evil mind
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Robert Hunter thrillers volume 6
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"A freak accident in rural Wyoming leads the Sheriff's Department to arrest a man for a possible double homicide, but further investigations suggest a much more horrifying discovery -- a serial killer who has been kidnapping, torturing and mutilating victims all over the United States for at least twenty-five years. The suspect claims he is a pawn in a huge labyrinth of lies and deception -- can he be believed?" --
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 8
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When the Tin Woodman and his friends set off to find his former fiancee, their many adventures include an encounter with a wicked giantess and a meeting with the tinsmith who first made the renowned tin man.
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Benjamin, known as Jam, works at a dead end job and dreams of adventure until a phone scam sends him and his friend Jim off to Somalia with a scheme to pass themselves off as Navy SEALs and get the local pirates to surrender their treasures to the two Americans.
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A crime thriller that will break your heart and a literary novel with a mystery at its core, Chris Whitaker's We Begin at the End unforgettably examines how the choices we make can nudge us into the dangerous ground between good and evil.
For some people, trouble just finds them . . .
Thirty years ago, a teenage Vincent King was sent to prison. But he’s served his sentence and is returning to his hometown. His childhood best friend, Walk, is now...
16) The Dream Master
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His name is Charles Render, and he is a psychoanalyst, and a mechanic of dreams. A Shaper. In a warm womb of metal, his patients dream their neuroses, while Render, intricately connected to their brains, dreams with them, makes delicate adjustments, and ultimately explains and heals. Her name is Eileen Shallot, a resident in psychiatry. She wants desperately to become a Shaper, though she has been blind from birth. Together, they will explore the...
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Captured by a vicious militia group called Liberty's Torch, Captain America is put on trial for the imagined crimes of America. Forced to defend himself in a hostile courtroom with no hope of a fair trial, the star-spangled Avenger faces his greatest challenge as his ideals are put to the acid test...
18) Gone South
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Robert McCammon unfurls his visionary masterpiece of survival, redemption, and the astonishing transformations love can create. Gone South chronicles a desperate man's journey through a desperate land. Flooded by memories, poisoned by Agent Orange, Dan Lambert kills a man in a moment of fear and fury-and changes his life forever. Pursued by police and bounty hunters, Dan flees south toward the Louisiana bayous. In the swamplands he meets Arden Halliday,...
19) The road to Oz
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IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 7
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Dorothy and her friends follow the enchanted road to Oz and arrive in time for Ozma's birthday party.
20) Instinct
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Twin Peaks meets Blake Crouch as an overwhelmed police officer struggles to save her small, isolated mountain town after a series of seemingly unrelated violent incidents and senseless deaths in this twisting, atmospheric thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dire Earth Cycle.
Welcome to Silvertown. Population: 602 (for now).
Officer Mary Whittaker has yet to be fully welcomed by the residents of this tiny, quirky mountain town...