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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Once presided over by a Roaring '20's Hollywood mogul, the magnificent West Coast estate known as Roseland now harbors a reclusive billionaire financier and his faithful servants-and their guests: Odd Thomas, the young fry cook who sees the dead and tries to help them, and Annamaria, his inscrutably charming traveling companion. Fresh from a harrowing clash with lethal adversaries, they welcome their host's hospitality. But Odd's extraordianry eye...
2) Odd hours
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Description
Thomas Odd is a fry cook rumored to have the ability to talk to the dead. Odd is pulled inexorably to the sea, to a small California coastal town where nothing is as it seems. Now the forces arrayed against him have both official sanction and an infinitely more sinister authority ... and in this dark night of the soul dawn will come only after the most shattering revelations of all.
3) Odd Thomas
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
Odd Thomas, a short order cook at the Pico Mundo Grill, keeps his ability to speak with ghosts a secret from all but his girlfriend, Stormy, and the local police chief who he occasionally helps solve or prevent crime, but his unusual talent leads him and his fellow citizens into big trouble when a strange man comes to town followed by a horde of borachs--ghostly harbingers of mayhem.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"It's 1830s England, and Culinarians--doyens who consult with society's elite to create gorgeous food and confections--are the creme de la creme of high society... When Penelope and Helena meet Elijah, a golden opportunity arises: to pull off a project never seen before, and turn Elijah from a street vendor to a gentleman chef. But Elijah's transformation will have a greater impact on this trio than they originally realize--and mayhem, unseemly faux...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
New Jersey bail-bonds office worker Lula is a witness to celebrity chef, Stanley Chipotle, losing his head, literally. Now Lula and Stephanie Plum, a bond enforcement officer, are on the hunt to identify the killers before Lula is next on the chopping block. Meantime, security expert Carlos Manoso, aka Ranger, has recruited Stephanie for a top secret mission. Someone on the inside at Rangeman is leaking client information, determined to bring the...
Author
Series
Odd Thomas prequels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Odd Thomas is aregular nineteen-year-old with an unusual gift: the ability to see the lingering spirits of thedead. To Odd, it's notsuch abigdeal. And most folks in sleepy PicoMundo, California, are much more interested in the irresistible pancakes Odds whips up at the local diner. Stilll, communing with the dead can be useful Because while some spirits only want a little company...others want justice.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Princess Decomposia, overworked and underappreciated, runs the underworld for her layabout father but when she hires Count Spatula, a vampire with a sweet tooth, as the new chef, he not only helps straighten out her life, he may become more than a friend.
Author
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
"Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about food, cooking, and life. Each chapter is bookended with an illustrated recipe-- many of them treasured family dishes, and a few of them Lucy's original inventions"...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions, doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen. There, she lets her hands tell her what to cook, listening to her intuition and adding a little something magical every time, turning her food into straight-up goodness. Even though she's always dreamed of working in a kitchen...
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