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"1927. Olivia "Livy" West is a fearless young pilot with a love of adventure. She yearns to cross oceans and travel the skies. When she learns of the Dole Air Race -- a high-stakes contest to be the first to make the 2,400 mile Pacific crossing from the West Coast to Hawaii -- she sets her sights on qualifying. But it soon becomes clear that only men will make the cut. In a last-ditch effort to take part, Livy manages to be picked as a navigator for...
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For veterinarian Lily Munroe, running in the grueling 10-day, 1,110-mile Iditarod was challenging enough without having to compete against tall, dark, and annoying playboy-rancher Derek Wright. But flirtatious Derek is determined to prove that he is the only man for Lily. Of course, once Derek wins Lily over, he has to tell her about his other career as a secret agent for T-FLAC, a privately funded black ops antiterrorist group. When Lily becomes...
3) Blue gold
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IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
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Earth us a paradox - a fertile world three-quarters covered with water, yet in danger of running dry. Overuse and pollution have drained most of its fresh water, and scientist Francesca Carval's brilliant formula for desalination has vanished with her plane over South America. But when Kurt Austin and his NUMA team come across a pod of dead whales, their investigation takes them to the Venezuelan jungle where a cadre is bent on controlling the world's...
4) The cage
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
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810L
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Beryl, a nature photographer, joins an expedition to photograph polar bears in Manitoba; when things go disastrously wrong, she and three others must make their way past starving bears and cross frozen tundra and treacherous ice floes to reach the safety of the town of Churchill.
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2012.
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Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase have stunned the world with their discoveries, from the legendary sword Excalibur to the golden city of El Dorado. Now, by bringing together three ancient statues from three different continents, Nina is about to tap into a colossal energy source--one not felt since the days of Atlantis.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
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"Shuri is a skilled martial artist, a genius, and a master of science and technology. But, she's also a teenager. And a princess. This story follows Shuri as she sets out on a quest to save her homeland of Wakanda. For centuries, the Chieftain of Wakanda (the Black Panther) has gained his powers through the juices of the Heart-Shaped Herb. Much like Vibranium, the Heart-Shaped Herb is essential to the survival and prosperity of Wakanda. But something...
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2011.
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Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase possess extraordinary pieces of an ancient puzzle that leads them from Singapore to the jungles of South America. Inside a storm of political and drug warfare, Nina is getting close to one of history's greatest secrets: the mythical golden city of El Dorado. As one discovery unveils another, Nina realizes that a legendary Incan leader made a deal with his Spanish captors-and hid forever the real El Dorado. Now, Nina and...
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2017.
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When their daughter turns two, American archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband/ex-SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase return to work and soon become embroiled in a case in which a woman has apparently been turned to gold, leaving them to wonder if it can be related to the legend of Midas.
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DC super hero girls (Lisa Yee) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
780L
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"She's the most powerful teenager in the galaxy, but after losing her home planet of Krypton and everyone she knows, Supergirl is not so sure the elite Super Hero High is the right place for her" --
10) Dragonfell
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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Rafi Bywater is unlike anyone else. The people in his village don't trust him because he spends too much time in an abandoned dragon lair. When a stranger, Mister Flitch, accuses Rafi of being “dragon-touched,” Rafi sets off to discover the truth about dragons -- and about himself. On his journey, Rafi befriends a brilliant scientist, Maud, who has secrets of her own. Together they search for dragons while escaping from a dangerous dragon hunter,...
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Jim Cleve has been deemed, ""a good guy"" all of his life and it agitates him to no end. Even his girlfriend, Joan Randle has scorned him for this ""weakness"" shouting, ""You haven't it in you even to be BAD!"" Dejected and hurt, Jim abandons the life he has known for the gold mining camps along Alder Gulch in southern Montana. It is here, among the thieves and murderers, that he must make a new name for himself. Meanwhile, Joan realizes the danger...
14) The darkest hour
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
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790L
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After the Nazis killed my brother on the North African front, I volunteered at the Office of Strategic Services in Washington to do my part for the war effort. Only instead of a desk job at the OSS, I was tapped to join the Clandestine Operations--a secret espionage and sabotage organization of girls. Six months ago, I was deployed to German-occupied France to gather intelligence and eliminate Nazi targets.
15) Charming Lily
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Professional mountaineer Lily Harper, having moved from Wyoming to the lush river country of the deep South and reestablished a relationship with Matt Starr, the man she has always loved, embarks on a dangerous journey when Matt disappears without a trace.
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Rosie Holland mysteries volume 1
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1998.
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A missing engineer, a reluctant psychic gardener, an outspoken advice columnist cum pathologist, and an elderly bird enthusiast are some of the colorful characters in Jo Bannister's entertaining The Primrose Convention. Primrose, the nearly 200-pound columnist, dives with gusto into the mysterious disappearance of a reader's brother in Scotland, dragging her resourceful friends and associates with her into sleuthing and danger. Bannister specializes...
17) And then you die
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 11
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Photojournalist Bess Grady teams up with a CIA agent to catch germ-warfare terrorists who wiped out a Mexican village in a rehearsal for an attack on the U.S. Bess was vacationing in the village and only escaped because she is immune to anthrax, the bacteria used. By the author of The Ugly Duckling.
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From the moment Madeling Hammond steps off the train in New Mexico, she walks straight into t5rouble. Almost tricked into marriage by a handsome, drunken cowboy, Madeline quickly realizes she has a lot to learn if she is going to survive life on her brother's ranch in the southwestern territory.
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This is the question that troubles hotshot young FBI agent Judy Maddox in Ken Follet's hold-your-breath new thriller. Judy's boss has a grudge against her, so he gives her a dumb assignment: to investigate an anonymous threat from a group that claims that it can trigger earthquakes. Judy's research leads her to maverick seismologist Michael Quercus, who tells her it is possible for an earthquake to be caused deliberately. And when a tremor in a remote...
20) Sea of shadows
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Age of legends volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
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Trained in the rites of the spirits to become the Keeper and Seeker of Edgewood, twins Moria and Ashyn are separated during a visit to the Forest of the Dead, where they learn that shadow stalkers have been killing all visitors.
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