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Alex Rider adventures volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
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780L
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English
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Alex Rider must once again do battle against the terrorist organization responsible for the death of his parents--Scorpia--when their plot in the Middle East poses a threat to humanity, but this time around the risks are bigger and Alex will not walk away so easily.
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Mrs. Pollifax mysteries volume 13
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English
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Working with her retired CIA friend John Farrell, Mrs. Pollifax must smuggle a manuscript out of Jordan, a document that encodes the shocking truth of Saddam Hussein's reign. Hardly are the two airborne when the coils of Middle Eastern intrigue begin to unwind. Mrs. Pollifax's seatmate is not the affable Arab businessman he pretends to be. It is not imagination that persuades Mrs. P. that wherever they go, she and Farrell are followed. To elude their...
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Maggie Costello volume 1
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English
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Israel and Palestine are about to sign a historic peace treaty, but when a seemingly random series of killings puts the treaty in jeopardy, American-appointed peace negotiator Maggie Costello is called in to find out what is going on.
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"When rich, spoilt Christie Mansell arrives at a crumbling Lebanese palace to care for her eccentric aunt, the dogs are howling “a warning, according to local tradition, of imminent death. Riddled with hidden passages, the place holds a dark secret." --Amazon.
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"Sizzling...engrossing all the way." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
Hit men stalk computer analyst Lina Alwen and financial investigator Sam Hoffman in pursuit of the knowledge the pair may have regarding a late Iraqi dictator's billions. From London to Switzerland, and from Baghdad to the mysterious corners of the just-budding Internet, this spy thriller covers the map to uncover a world of corruption.
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It was the start of a grand adventure in a land of antiquity, a rare opportunity to visit biblical places rich in tradition. But in a Jerusalem hotel room a world away from everything she knows, Dinah van der Lyn hears angry voices through the wall, followed by a crash and a brief cry in English... for help! The brutal shattering of an evening's stillness becomes a prelude to terror. Without warning, Dinah has been unwittingly pulled into something...
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The global community, led by a visionary U.S. president, brokers a major compromise between Israel and the Palestinian authority in order to snuff out the violent flashpoint of global terrorism. It seems to work until a well known fundamentalist rabbi is taken hostage by a legendary Palestinian terrorist.
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When a hawkish Congress ordered an attack on Indonesia and a pacifist president countermanded it, Admiral Billings obeyed Congress. Now Billings is facing a Navy court martial for disobedience while Congress prepares to impeach the president. A sequel to Balance of Power.
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