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Michael Crichton volume 26
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America's western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country, it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop, two monomaniacal paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils while surveilling, deceiving, and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous...
2) The meg
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Megalodon series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
910L
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English
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"On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean's deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor found himself face-to-face with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. The sole survivor of the mission, Taylor is haunted by what he's sure he saw but still can't prove exists - Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. Written off as a crackpot suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Taylor refuses to...
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English
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On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, poor and uneducated Mary Anning learns that she has a unique gift: "the eye" to spot fossils no one else can see. When she uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home, she sets the religious community on edge, the townspeople to gossip, and the scientific world alight. After enduring bitter cold, thunderstorms, and landslips, her challenges only grow when she falls...
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Aggie Morton, mystery queen volume 4
Aggie Morton mystery queen volume 4
Aggie Morton mystery queen volume 04
Aggie Morton mystery queen volume 4
Aggie Morton mystery queen volume 04
Lexile measure
750L
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English
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"After an invigorating but not exactly restful trip to a Yorkshire spa during which she survived a near brush with death and foiled a murderer, aspiring writer Aggie Morton and her friend Hector are thrilled to have the opportunity to stay at a camp by the sea and watch real paleontologists at work...Tensions are running high throughout the camp, from the cook, to the collectors, to the Blenningham-Crewes themselves, and become downright dangerous...
8) Set in stone
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Treasures of the earth volume 02
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English
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"When paleontologist Martha Jankowski discovers an intact dinosaur skeleton, she has the opportunity to make a name for herself, but only if she can uncover the full skeleton before another competing dig. As she races against the clock, she meets a man who shares her passion for science and faith--but is he friend or foe?"--
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Regency brides: daughters of Aynsley volume 1
Regency brides daughters of Aynsley volume 1
Regency brides daughters of Aynsley volume 01
Regency brides daughters of Aynsley volume 1
Regency brides daughters of Aynsley volume 01
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English
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When the daughter of Viscount Aynsley encounters a fossil-hunting scientist and his sister, her assumptions about what is right are shaken. Will the trust they've withheld from each other end up tearing three lives apart?
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
650L
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English
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"Eleven year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. Okay, maybe two: to get his genius kid-sister, L.B., to leave him alone. But his summer falls apart when his real-life dinosaur expedition turns out to be a bust, and he watches his dreams go up in a cloud of asthma-inducing dust. Even worse, his grandmother, Hammy, is sick, and no one will talk to Peter or L.B. about it. Perhaps his days as a scientist aren't quite behind...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1020L
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English
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Darwin's theory of evolution, published in 1859, shook up the field of paleontology, the study of ancient plants and animals. Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope, enthralled with these new ideas, discoveries, and developments, became determined to become world-famous paleontologists. When they met in 1863, they started off as friends. But within a few years, competition drove them apart. Each fought bitterly to discover more fossils, name...
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Treasures of the Earth volume 01
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English
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Anna Lakeman has spent her life working alongside her paleontologist father. When they find dinosaur bones, a rich investor tries to take over their dig. As Anna fights for recognition of her work and reconnects with an old beau, tensions mount and secrets are unburied. How can they keep the perils of the past from threatening their renewed affection?
14) The bone bed
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In Alberta, Canada, an eminent paleontologist disappears from a dinosaur dig site, and at the Cambridge Forensic Center, Kay Scarpetta receives a grisly communication that gives her a dreadful reason to suspect this may become her next case. Then, with shocking speed, events begin to unfold. A body recovered from Boston Harbor reveals bizarre trace evidence hinting of a link to other unsolved cases that seem to have nothing in common. Who is behind...
15) The thing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"This riotous romp is a front-row seat into the world of today's scientists. Find out who travels back in time to the land of dinosaurs, spends their day singing with whales, who collects stars in jars, who spies on snails, and more. The best part about scientists? They started off a lot like YOU! Children will get to know more about the exciting careers of: Mary Anning, paleontologist; Louis R. Purnell, ocean explorer and paleontologist; Valentina...
17) Dinosaurs!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 760L
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English
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"Long ago, there was the Age of Dinosaurs. Tiny explorers can discover the many different types of dinosaurs that existed in the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretacious periods. This sturdy board book will hold up to hours and hours of use as toddlers pore over basic dinosaur facts."--
18) Digging up love
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Taste of love volume 01
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English
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"Alisha Blake creates delectable desserts for her grandfather's restaurant in rural Illinois... but dreams about opening a cookie shop in Chicago. When a dinosaur bone turns up in her grandparents' backyard, paleontologist Quentin Harris is hoping that the fossil will distract him from a recent painful breakup. Sparks fly... but Alisha is scared to fall in love. And Quentin is trying to make a name for himself in a competitive field. Will the two...
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"Wouldn't it be cool to have a job working with or around the things you love? If you like dinosaurs, perhaps a career in paleontology is something you would dig! Maybe creating lifelike robotic dinosaurs for movies is the role of a lifetime!! Discover what it would be like to have a dream job working with dinosaurs." --
20) Dinosaur Empire!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Ronnie is just a normal fifth-grader trying to pass her science class's impossible quiz on the history of dinosaurs . . . until she happens upon her neighbor-Ms. Lernin-a retired paleontologist. With the assistance of Science Magic, Ronnie and Ms. Lernin travel back through time and space to experience the Mesozoic Era firsthand. They visit three important time periods in the development of the Mesozoic Era: the Triassic, the Jurassic, and the Cretaceous....
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