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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
970L
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English
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Artist Basil Hallward is greatly impressed by Dorian Gray's physical beauty when he paints his portrait. Basil becomes strongly infatuated with Dorian, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode in Basil's art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new kind of hedonism, Lord Henry suggests that the only thing worth pursuing in life is beauty, and the fulfilment of the senses. Dorian...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 980L
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English
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A beautiful hardcover repackaging of this timeless classic from the publishers of the Autobiography of Mark Twain and in partnership with the Mark Twain Project. This definitive edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was the only version of Mark Twain's masterpiece based on his complete manuscript, including the 663 pages found in a Los Angeles attic in 1990. Prepared by the Mark Twain Papers, the official archive of Sam Clemens's papers at the...
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Lexile measure
770L
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English
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Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorpe, and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Mary, just outside Essex. Among those basking in the shadow of doubt are the heiress's fawning new husband, her two aimless stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary. And though the identity of the culprit will prove as shocking as the...
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he vice-president of a Chicago bank hires V.I. Warshawski to find his son. She's pleased. The head of the International Brotherhood of Knifegrinders hires her to find his daughter. She's not so pleased. Who's the boss in this dangerous game of insurance fraud, murder contracts and gunmen?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 48
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English
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Set in Ice Age Europe, Ayla, the horse Whinney, which she tamed, and her lover Jondalar encounter the Mamutoi, a tribe of mammoth hunters, who, because of her control over animals, her healing skills, and the magic firestone she discovers, adopt Ayla into their clan. Ayla finds herself drawn to the Mamutoi master carver Ranec, which makes Jondalar wildly jealous. It isn't until after the great mammoth hunt, in which Ayla's life is threatened, that...
6) Deep lie
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Sifting through seemingly unrelated intelligence, CIA analyst Katherine Rule discovers an ultrasecret Baltic submarine base, a crafty Russian spy-master in command, and a carefully planned invasion about to be launched from dark waters. Her higher-ups dismiss her suspicions as too crazy to be true. Can Katherine stop this invasion?
7) Lightning
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
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"A storm struck on the night Laura Shane was born, and there was a strangeness about the weather that people would remember for years. But even more mysterious was the blond-haired stranger who appeared out of nowhere - the man who saved Laura from a fatal delivery. Years later - another bolt of lightning - and the stranger returned, again to save Laura from tragedy. Was he the guardian angel he seemed to be? The devil in disguise? Or the master of...
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Jack Ryan and John Clark novels volume 6
Jack Ryan Universe volume 6
Jack Ryan novel volume 05
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
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Jack Ryan Universe volume 6
Jack Ryan novel volume 05
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 44
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
"When Colombian drug lords assassinate both the U.S. ambassador and the visiting head of the FBI, their actions trigger a covert response from the American government--a response that goes horribly wrong... As the newly named Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA, Jack Ryan should be privy to operations like the one in Colombia, but he's been left completely in the dark. With the help of field officer John Clark, Ryan intends to find out what's...
9) Grass roots
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After years as chief of staff for a venerable Georgia senator, Will Lee decides to run for the seat himself when a stroke cripples his mentor. Standing in his way are an ambitious governor in the Democratic primary and, possibly, a far-right fundamentalist in the general election. In addition, Will must interrupt his campaign to serve as the defense lawyer in a controversial race-murder trial, while elsewhere, a dedicated ex-cop pursues the head of...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 42
Lexile measure
1050L
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English
Description
I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice-- not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany. In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 58
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English
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The sequel to The Mammoth Hunters finds Ayla and Jondalar on their long journey returning to Jondalar's family. Returning humankind's earliest days, the fourth novel in the Earth's Children series. Courageous heroine Ayla and companion Jondalar leave the Mammoth Hunters and travel into the dark, spectacular lands of an unmapped world-always driven to reach a place that they can finally call home.
12) Mirror image
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The crash of a Dallas-bound jet isn't just a tragedy for TV reporter Avery Daniels; it's an act of fate that hands her a golden opportunity to further her career. But it also makes her the crucial player in a drama of violent passions and deadly desires. After plastic surgery transforms her face, Avery is mistaken for the glamorous, selfish wife of Tate Rutledge, the famous senatorial candidate and member of a powerful Texas dynasty. As she lays helpless...
13) Reap the wind
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A desperate race against death, a firestorm of passion, and a search for priceless treasure collide in this novel.
14) Eye of the storm
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Sean Dillon thrillers volume 1
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Sean Dillion thrillers volume 01
Sean Dillon) volume 1
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Sean Dillion thrillers volume 01
Sean Dillon) volume 1
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Sean Dillon is a master terrorist who has for years eluded authorities on every continent. But it is during the Gulf War, when Saddam Hussein is feeling the grip of the British and American forces closing inon him, that Dillon once again re-emerges--right into the eye of Saddam's storm.
15) Honest illusions
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As the daughter of a world-renowned magician who is equally accomplished as a jewel thief, Roxy Nouvelle inherits her father's genius. Dashing escape artist Luke Callahan also possesses a gift for relieving the wealthy of their valuables. Brought up together, Roxy and Luke are partners first in illusion, then in crime, and finally in passion. But the shadow of his past stalks Luke, forcing him to vanish or see his loved ones ruined. Years of hollow...
16) Four in hand
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Infamous rogue Max Rotherbridge unexpectedly inherits a dukedom--and four lovely young wards along with it. Suddenly he has to protect the four ladies from other rakes like him. But it's the eldest sister, Caroline, who is giving him real trouble. Because she's the one he wants for his own... Caroline Twinning's beauty is matched only by her intelligence and shrewdness. She's determined to see her sisters--and herself--well married before the season...
17) Private scandals
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Deanna Reynolds and Angela Perkins are popular talk-show queens in constant competition. However, the competition quickly turns into war when Deanna replaces Angela on the air, and off the camera with her ex-lover after Angela moves to the Big Apple. Which woman will survive the betrayals and backstabbing?
18) Charade
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A TV personality with a transplanted heart feels compelled to leave Hollywood for San Antonio to host a TV show spotlighting adoptive children with special needs at the same time that other patients who received donor hearts meet with fatal accidents.
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Detective Harry Bosch of Los Angeles police department is sure that he killed the sadistic serial murderer known as the Dollmaker. A corpse of a woman is found, and all indications are that this is another of Dollmaker's victims, but reports show that this woman was killed after Harry shot the man he believed to be the serial killer. The question now is did Harry kill the right man?
20) Enchanted
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Simon the loyal medieval knight has vowed never to love, for love has made great warriors weak. To bring peace to the disputed lands, he agrees to wed an unwilling Norman heiress who speaks only through the sad song she draws from her harp. Marriage is his duty and nothing more. Ariane has known only coldness from men - and a betrayal so deep it all but killed her soul. And so she comes to Simon with resistance...and fear. Yet marriage in name alone...
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