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1) Blood sport
Author
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
From a New York Times bestseller, “galloping entertainment” about a British secret agent searching for a missing racehorse in the United States (Kirkus Reviews).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
With only his tormented past for company, Gene Hawkins is restlessly facing three lonely weeks...
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
With only his tormented past for company, Gene Hawkins is restlessly facing three lonely weeks...
2) In the frame
Author
Series
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
The murder of his cousin's wife involves an English painter in the pursuit of an Australian art forging gang.
3) Enquiry
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Language
English
Description
"No jockey like being labelled a cheat. Least of all by a Stewards' Enquiry. Kelly Hughes' career looks doomed. He knows he's been framed, but finding the reason could prove dangerous. Especially with a killer on his tail." Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 1969.
5) Watch Hollow
Author
Series
Watch Hollow volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious stranger makes their father an offer to fix the clock at Blackford House, Lucy and Oliver Tinker join forces with the magical clock animals to defeat a vicious monster, who wants to take possession of the house.
6) For kicks
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Formats
Description
From a New York Times–bestselling “master of crime fiction and equine thrills,” a horse breeder goes undercover to investigate a horse doping scheme (Newsday).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke had resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered by a...
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke had resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered by a...
7) Forfeit
Author
Language
English
Description
Jim Tyrone is commissioned to do a sports story on the Lamplighter horse race. He suddenly finds himself involved in a mysterious death and a fight against the bookmakers who have been tampering with the odds.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 79
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Moldy Mozzarella, what was that smell? It was my friend Hercule, and he needed my help. Someone was stealing...garbage! A rascally rodent had been sneaking into the Recycling Plant and taking their trash. With the help of Flora, the plant's owner, Hercule and I try to sniff the rat out of the stench. Can we find the thief before he scurries away with all our trash?
9) Odds against
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Series
Language
English
Description
When a crippled hand forces jockey Sid Halley to turn to another career, he becomes involved in saving a racecourse from a greedy land grabber.
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Language
English
Description
"Laid off, cheated on, mugged: what else can go wrong in Maeve Stephens' life? So when she learns her birth mother has left her a house, a vintage VW Beetle, and a marauding cat, in the small town of Timber Creek, Washington, she packs up to discover the truth about her past. She arrives to the sight of a cheerful bulldog abandoned on her front porch, a reclusive but tempting author living next door, and a set of ready-made friends at the St. Francis...
11) Dead cert
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Series
Language
English
Description
Story of murder and suspense, with English steeplechasing for its background.
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Series
Language
English
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"While on a trip to New York City, the Bobbsey twins meet Jack Whipple, a man who works on an estate outside their hometown. The twins help the old man to find his long-lost brother and sister, as well as to catch the man who had robbed the estate and then cast the blame on Whipple."
Author
Series
Bowser and Birdie novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Bowser is a mutt, just adopted by eleven-year-old Birdie Gaux and her grandmother, but when they all get home to Grammy's bait and tackle shop in the bayou they discover that their prize stuffed marlin has been stolen--so Bowser decides to investigate, and things quickly become complicated and dangerous.
Author
Series
Plum (Matt Phelan) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Every day at the Athensville Zoo the peacocks are allowed to wander freely among the visitors, delighting and guiding kids and grownups alike, and kind, curious Plum is the peacock most proud of their responsibility"--Title verso page.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adventure fiction. Freddy the Pig stars in two adventures. In the first, fresh from reading about Sherlock Holmes, Freddy is drafted to solve several disappearances on Bean farm. In the second, the porcine hero and his friends escape the drafty barn for a vacation in sunny Florida.
9 yrs+
16) What a dog knows
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Language
English
Description
"Ruby Heartwood has spent her life running away. Away from the orphanage where she was left as a newborn, away from those who exploited her, and away from the man who raped her. She ran from child welfare authorities as a runaway and teenage mother. She's never stayed put. She's never felt connected. Until now. Ruby is a psychic, a fortune teller. She has spent most of her life working at street fairs, carnivals, and the odd Renaissance Faire. Of...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 74
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While celebrating his birthday with his family, Geronimo realizes someone has replaced all of his money with counterfeit bills and sets out to find the thieves.
Author
Series
Bobbsey twins volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
The twins embark on an adventure to find missing money hidden at the ski lodge.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 72
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a celebrated goldsmith from Hawaii creates a necklace for a famous actress, rumors that the necklace is about to be stolen prompt Geronimo Stilton's investigation to identify the thief.
20) Trial run
Author
Language
English
Description
From a New York Times–bestselling “master of crime fiction and equine thrills,” an expert equestrian investigates death threats against a Russian jockey (Newsday).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
The last place veteran horseman Randall Drew wanted to go was Moscow. But when his royal...
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
The last place veteran horseman Randall Drew wanted to go was Moscow. But when his royal...
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