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"Flying to a favorite uncle's funeral in Indianapolis, middle-aged Kurt Vonnegut daydreams of one-hundred-year-old Wilbur Oriole-11 Swain, pediatrician and past United States President, who wrote history's most popular child-rearing manual and sold the original Louisiana Purchase."--NoveList viewed in Sept. 2007.
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Stink Moody volume 1
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IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school. Every morning, Judy Moody measures Stink and it's always the same: three feet, eight inches tall. Stink feels like even the class newt is growing faster than he is. Then, one day, the ruler reads-can it be?-three feet, seven and three quarters inches! Is...
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My weird school volume 15
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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620L
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It's Presidents' Day and Mr. Macky, the reading specialist, actually expects A.J. and his friends to read stuff about the presidents! Not only that, but he lives in a log cabin and thinks he's Abraham Lincoln.
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They say that every tragic hero has a fatal flaw, a secret sin, a tiny stitch sewn into his future since birth. And here I am. My sins are no longer secret. My flaws have never been more fatal. And I've never been closer to tragedy than I am now. I am a man who loves, a man whose love demands much in return. I am a king, a king who was foolish enough to build a kingdom on the bones of the past. I am a husband and a lover and a soldier and a father...
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"Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL--and a past president--has always defended his family as staunchly as he has his country. Now those defenses are under attack. A madman abducts Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie--turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security. As the world watches in real time, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father."--
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Henry and Sunday mysteries volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
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920L
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HEnry Parker Britland IV is wealthy and worldly--a beloved former president who, still youthful, is enjoying early retirement. his new wife, Sunday, is beautiful, smart, and seventeen years younger than he, and has just been elected to congress in a stunning upset victory that has made her the darling of the media. Henry and Sundya make a formidable team of sleuths-- and never more so than when they set out to solve crimes occuring among their friends...
9) Squeeze me
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Skink volume 08
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"From the best-selling author of Skinny Dip and Razor Girl, a new novel that captures the Trump era with Hiaasen's inimitable savage humor and wonderful, eccentric characters. A surefire best seller. Carl Hiaasen's Squeeze Me is set among the landed gentry of Palm Beach. A prominent high-society matron--who happens to be a fierce supporter of the President and founding member of the POTUSSIES--has gone missing at a swank gala. When the wealthy dowager...
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"After one of the most contentious and divisive elections in American history, the new president is finally settling into the West Wing. But when his chief of staff discovers evidence that voting machines in key counties in swing states were tampered with, the whole administration is in danger of unraveling. Did someone steal the election? Are America's enemies involved? Were the tampered-with machines actually rigged to swing the election the other...
11) The abduction
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Days before a presidential election, someone abducts the granddaughter of the Republican candidate. For Attorney General Allison Leahy, the Democratic candidate, it is an opportunity to shine, or is it? What if the FBI discovers her party organized the abduction? A tale of political skullduggery.
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Years ago, Dr. Gabe Singleton and Andrew Stoddard were roommates at Annapolis. Now, as President of the United States, Andrew makes a shocking request of Dr. Gabe Singleton: His personal physician is missing and he wants Gabe to take his place. After setting in at the White House, Gabe learns a critical problem. There's strong evidence that his former roommate is going insane.
15) Rain on the dead
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Investigating the attempted assassination of a former U.S. President, black ops specialist Sean Dillon discovers a link between the would-be assassins and an associate from his past.
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My weird school specials volume 7
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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520L
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A.J. and Andrea represent Ella Mentry during the Presidents' Day challenge against Dirk School in the hope of winning a top-secret prize.
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An airliner is shot down by a missile off Long Island, the president blames Islamic fundamentalists and calls for a new system of missile defense. But CIA agent Michael Osbourne suspects a plot by the people most likely to benefit from such a system, the manufacturer.
18) The devil's bed
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A disillusioned First Lady abandons her husband mid-reelection campaign and returns to her Minnesota hometown, where she is stalked by an escaped mental patient.
19) Final target
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Melissa Riley arrives at her sister's isolated Virginia country home to find herself plunged into a deadly drama. There the renowned Dr. Jessica Riley is attempting to draw the daughter of the President of the United States out of a severe catatonic trauma. The last thing young Cassie Andreas saw was an organized team ruthlessly murder her nanny and the Secret Service agents sworn to protect her. But to free Cassie, Melissa and Jessica must trust...
20) Fatal frenzy
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Fatal series volume 9
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Inauguration day is almost here ... Lieutenant Sam Holland is on leave, recovering from an attack that shook her to the core. With no case to distract her, she's trying to stay busy-- even voluntarily meeting with her new White House staff. But it's not enough to keep the horrific memories at bay, and her family is worried ... especially her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano. Nick is dealing with his own demons where his wife's safety is concerned,...
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