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1) Desperation
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 30
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Several cross-country travelers--including a writer, a family on vacation, and a professor and his wife--end up in the little mining town of Desperation, where a crazy policeman and evil forces compel them to fight for their lives.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Five Vermont state troopers are out to have a good time. Stationed in a remote area near the Canadian border, the troopers, avid pranksters have a knack for screwing up on the job. But when budget cuts in the town threaten their livelihood and pit them against arch-rival Spurbury P.D., the five friends try to straighten up and fly right. That is, until a dead body is discovered and a possible drug ring is unearthed. The super troopers spring into...
4) Mecca
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Johnny Frías has California in his blood. A descendant of the state's Indigenous people and Mexican settlers, he has Southern California's forgotten towns and canyons in his soul. He spends his days as a highway patrolman pulling over speeders, ignoring their racist insults, and pushing past the trauma of his rookie year, when he killed a man assaulting a young woman named Bunny, who ran from the scene, leaving Johnny without a witness. But like...
8) Traffic stop
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 2015, African-American schoolteacher Breaion King was stopped for a minor traffic violation in Austin, Texas and what should have been a routine encounter quickly escalated into a harrowing arrest that was captured in detail by police dash cams. King was pulled from her car by the arresting officer, repeatedly thrown to the ground and handcuffed. En route to jail in a squad car, she engaged in a revealing conversation with her escorting officer...
9) Expired
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A kind meter maid who resents having to issue parking tickets and an angry traffic officer who loves his job attempt to overcome their differences and find love.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
"Dramatic, true stories will keep readers turning the pages as they learn about how these skilled police responders stay calm, think quickly, and act fast to address serious situations in which people or animals are lost or in danger. In addition, readers will go behind the scenes to see how these everyday heroes train for a wide variety of emergency rescues, so that they are ready to help day or night."--Amazon.com.
12) Super troopers 2
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
You have the right to remain laughing as the Broken Lizard comedy team returns in the long-awaited sequel to the hilarious cult hit Super Troopers! When an international border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the fun-loving Vermont Highway Patrolmen - Mac, Thorny, Foster, Rabbit and Farva - are called in to resolve the situation. Co-starring Brian Cox, Rob Lowe, and Lynda Carter, the time is “meow” for Super Troopers 2!
18) 14 hours
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of not being capable to make his girlfriend happy, keeps police at bay for fourteen hours while attempting suicide.
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