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1) Merciless
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After his no-nonsense assistant, Joceline Perry, comes to his rescue time and time again, FBI agent Jon Blackhawk realizes that he cannot live without her and must convince this beautiful single mother that he is worth the risk.
2) The unseen
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When San Antonio becomes a dumping ground for the battered bodies of young women, Texas Ranger Logan Raintree must use his powerful ability to commune with the dead and lead a brand-new group of elite paranormal investigators to solve this disturbing case.
3) Charade
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A TV personality with a transplanted heart feels compelled to leave Hollywood for San Antonio to host a TV show spotlighting adoptive children with special needs at the same time that other patients who received donor hearts meet with fatal accidents.
5) Trust me
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"When her best friend is murdered the same way her brother was, who can she possibly trust? A decade ago, Delaney Broward discovered her brother's murdered body at the San Antonio art co-op he founded with friends. Her artist boyfriend, Hunter Nash, went to prison for the murder, despite his not-guilty plea. This morning, Hunter walks out of prison a free man, having served his sentence. This afternoon, Delaney finds her best friend dead, murdered...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 380L
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Experience the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novelânow as an oversized edition featuring 16 brand-new pages of mini-comics!
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âRemember the Alamo!â
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That rallying cry has been a part of Texas lore for generations. But what, exactly, should we remember? Who were the ragtag group of adventurers behind the famous slogan, and how did they end up barricaded in a fort against a Mexican
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"He's a cop trying to stop a serial bomber. And she'll stop at nothing to clear her own name. When a deadly bomb goes off during a climate change debate, librarian and event coordinator Jackie Santoro becomes the prime suspect. Her motive, according to Detective Avery Wick: to avenge the suicide of her prominent father, who was accused of crimes by a city councilman attending the event. Though Avery has doubts about Jackie's guilt, he can't exonerate...
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Amara Alvarez volume 1
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English
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"Three years ago, a collision between a fast-moving freight train and a school bus full of kids led to devastation and grief on an unimaginable scale. But a fresh clue leads San Antonio police detective Amara Alvarez to the unlikely conclusion that one of the children may still be alive. If she's correct, everything law enforcement believes about the accident is a lie. With time running out, Amara must convince others--and herself--that despite all...
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True Blue ;New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer continues her beloved Long, Tall Texans series by delving deep into the heart of San Antonio and one of its top detectives, Rick Marquez. He never met a case he couldn't solve or a woman he couldn't charm. But this smooth-talking Texan is about to meet the one woman who'll lasso him-body and soul! Carrera's bride; Notorious Marcus Carrera instills fear in friends and foes alike-but one woman...
10) Eyes of eagles
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"Orphaned at the age of seven and adopted by the Indians, Jamie Ian MacCallister grew into a man more at ease in the wilderness than among men. But when the westward strike drove him across the Arkansas Territory into Texas, he finally found himself a home--in the middle of a bloody war. Texans like Jim Bowie and Sam Houston were waging a fierce struggle against Santa Anna's Mexican army, and Jamie MacCallister made the perfect scout for the fledgling...
11) The furies
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Newly widowed, Amanda Kent, a brave young woman raised by the Teton Sioux, after witnessing the horrors of war at the Alamo, is indentured to a Mexican officer and longs to return home to Boston and restore her family's legacy.
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Boxcar children volume 58
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
550L
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English
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Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are given the opportunity to be extras in a movie about the Alamo, but they are called upon to use their sleuthing skills when Claire, the star of the film, is implicated in the theft of a valuable ring.
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A full-scale fictional chronicle centered around the fall of the Alamo bristles with historical figures, including Jim Bowie, Santa Anna, and Davy Crockett, among others, as it provides a dramatic re-creation of an event that shaped the history and identity of Texas.
14) No good deed
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Lucy Kincaid thrillers volume 10
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Lucy Kincaid understands the dangers of corruption. As an FBI agent, she has witnessed some very bad deeds committed by seemingly good people. That's why she's glad to see corrupt DEA Agent Nicole Rollins behind bars for murder, conspiracy, and gunrunning. But when Rollins makes a daring escape--jeopardizing a busload of children and killing five officers--Lucy becomes the key to the biggest manhunt in Texas history--and the target of a brilliant...
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"John Apple is a simple man. A gardener and preacher who lives a quiet life in Ohio. Then a broken heart sends him south. A chance encounter with a very drunk Jim Bowie leads him to join the Texian Army. And the struggle for independence from the brutalities of Mexican President Santa Ana teaches Apple a valuable new skill: Killing. Working with Bowie, Sam Houston, Stephen Austin and their ragtag army, Apple becomes a secret courier and bloody advocate...
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In 1835, Alan Kane and his family come to the Circle C Ranch in Texas, little dreaming what the future holds in both blessing and danger; when Lieutenant Colonel William Travis calls for the men of Texas to rally against Mexico's General Santa Anna, two brothers, Alan and Adam, defend the Alamo.
18) Two for Texas
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In the early 1800s, nineteen-year-old Son Holland is falsely accused of stealing a purse and condemned to ten years in a brutal Louisiana prison camp. Determined not to spend the next decade behind bars, Son teams up with a fellow inmate and a beautiful Native American woman, and the trio flees. Killing a guard in the process, however, ensures they'll face a punishment far worse than the chain gang if they're caught. They realize their best chance...
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Tres Navarre mysteries volume 3
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English
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Tres Navarre, a private investigator who just happens to have a Ph.D. in English literature, steps in to fill the void when a controversial English professor at the University of Texas is murdered, but he decides to take on a little extracurricular work when the evidence against the prime suspect in the killing begins to look a little too perfect.
20) Brave
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
740L
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English
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When twelve-year-old Dylan rescues Brave, he knows it will take hard work, patience, and training to convince his parents that he can keep the skittish stray dog.
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