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First published in 1970, nine years after Ernest Hemingway's death, Islands in the Stream is the story of an artist and adventurer -- a man much like Hemingway himself. Rich with the uncanny sense of life and action characteristic of his writing -- from his earliest stories (In Our Time) to his last novella (The Old Man and the Sea) -- this compelling novel contains both the warmth of recollection that inspired A Moveable Feast and a rare glimpse...
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Finally, back on Earth, Jake has to adapt and evolve as his hunt continues....With a huge open planet before him, Jake has literally grown wings as he begins his conquest of the local wildlife. With his newfound freedom, he finds his true Path as a hunter. All the while trying to avoid the responsibilities of having founded the first city on the planet. Oh, and bird friends. Meanwhile, all across Earth, Pylons of Civilization are claimed. Cities are...
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The candymakers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
790L
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English
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"It has been a few months since the nationwide New Candy Contest, and Logan, Miles, Philip, and Daisy have returned to their regular lives. But when the winning candy bar comes down the conveyor belt at the Life Is Sweet candy factory, Logan realizes something's very wrong... When the Canymaker announces that they will be going on tour to introduce the new candy bar, the four friends see this as an opportunity to make things right. But with a fifty-year-old...
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2012.
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It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act.
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Nevermoor volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
790L
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English
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"A cursed child destined to die on her eleventh birthday is rescued and whisked away to a secret realm called Nevermoor and given the chance to compete for a place in a prestigious organization called the Wundrous Society."--
6) Fire ice
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 21
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Along the eastern seaboard lie pockets of methane hydrate, a notoriously unstable compound known as "fire ice." What if somebody should set them off, say, outside a major city? Think of the explosions. Think of the earth tremors.
8) Mafia mamma
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While seeing to her long estranged (and now deceased) grandfather’s affairs in Italy, Collette, a mild mannered suburban mom, unexpectedly inherits his mafia empire and finds herself stuck in the middle of a deadly mob war. Guided by the firm’s trusted consigliere (Monica Bellucci), she hilariously defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
9) Prester John
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South Africa, 1900. After his father dies, nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd is sent off to South Africa to earn his living as a storekeeper in the back of beyond. A strange encounter on the journey suggests that dark deeds and treacherous intrigues are afoot - all bound up with the mysterious primeval kingdom of Prester John.
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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 36
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
800L
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English
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Nancy Drew travels to Hawaii to uncover the mystery surrounding the Kaluakua estate.
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[2020]
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In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back (Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan) but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order to escape the world's most dangerous game. - Amazon.
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Sugar Creek Gang volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1000L
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"Someone knocks Bill Collins into a snowdrift and steals his suitcase when he goes to spend the night with Poetry. When the boys track the footprints in the snow, they make an amazing discovery. And a penmanship test helps to solve another mystery (the mystery of who's been sending the mean notes received by Bill and Mr. Black). Find out with the gang how important it is to love and befriend those who hurt us." -- Amazon.com.
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Oregon files volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 19
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Jungles come in many forms, and to pull off their latest mission, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must survive them all: a devastating new weapon unleashed in thirteenth century China, a daring rescue along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, a woman gone missing in the jungles of northern Thailand and Myanmar. All these events will lead to the greatest threat against U.S. security every known.
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"A wildly entertaining road trip novel featuring a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman off on the adventure of their lives, full of tremendous heart, wit, and wisdom from the USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island. Twenty-three-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit...
15) No One to Trust
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Trained assassin Elena Kyler is on the run from a wealthy, psychopathic control freak who is also the father of her son. She will do whatever it takes to shield her child from his father's obsessive desire to mold the boy in his own ruthless image.
16) Uncharted
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Treasure hunters Nathan Drake and Victor Sullivan race to find the lost fortune of Ferdinand Magellan, and hopefully also Nathan's long-lost brother, before Santiago Moncada, who believes that he is the fortune's rightful heir.
17) Black Site
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A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far-reaching and dire consequences.
18) Hook
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English
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A high-flying adventure from the magic of Steven Spielberg, Hook stars Robin Williams as a grown-up Peter Pan and Dustin Hoffman as the infamous Captain Hook.
19) Noah
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[2014]
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English
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A man is appointed by God to carry out a crucial mission of rescue before a calamitous flood destroys the world.
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