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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
970L
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Sparks (A Bend in the Road, etc.) logs more miles on the winding high road of romance with the story of two middle-aged people who meet by chance in the small North Carolina coastal town of Rodanthe. The impassioned but doomed romance seems to owe much to Robert James Waller's The Bridges of Madison County. Once again, a housewife who has focused on everyone but herself indulges in a brief, intense, secret affair with a stranger who changes her life...
3) Ice: a novel
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As a brewing ice storm approaches, and despite the icy conditions that have always existed between him and Lolly Helton, combat veteran Gabriel McQueen makes the long haul to the middle of nowhere to find out whether she is safe and sound. Spotting strangers in Lolly's home--one of them packing a weapon--Gabriel rescues Lolly from her captors ... but when the escape is discovered, the heat--and the hunt--are on.
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Derrick Storm volume 04
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"When, throughout the world, high-level bankers are being tortured and murdered by his old nemesis Gregor Derrick, Derrick Storm is called in by the CIA to figure out who Volkov is working for and why, and, with the help of a beautiful and mysterious foreign agent, uncovers a plot that could destroy the global economy."--NoveList
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Serge Storms novels volume 22
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English
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Serge and Coleman are back on the road, ready to hit the next stop on their list of obscure and wacky points of interest in the Sunshine State. This time, Serge's interest is drawn to one of the largest retirement villages in the world--also known as the site of an infamous sex scandal between a retiree and her younger beau that rocked the community. What starts out as an innocent quest to observe elders in their natural habitats, sample the local...
6) The rescue
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
740L
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English
Description
In the face of raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: he can't fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over and the relationship starts to become truly intimate. When a raging storm hits his small Southern town,...
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I survived volume 22
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
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English
Description
"The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm. But the storm didn't stop. One day passed, then two, three...six days. The snow turned to rain. Then, just after...
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Preparations are underway for Lake Eden, Minnesota's annual Winter Carnival -- and Hannah Swensen is set to bake up a storm at her popular shop, The Cookie Jar. But the honor of creating the official Winter Carnival cake went to famous lifestyle maven Connie Mac, who is bossy, bad-tempered and downright domineering. Things finally boil over when Hannah arrives at The Cookie Jar to find the Winter Carnival cake burnt to a crisp -- and Connie Mac lying...
10) Eye of the storm
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Sean Dillon thrillers volume 1
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Sean Dillion thrillers volume 01
Sean Dillon) volume 1
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Sean Dillion thrillers volume 01
Sean Dillon) volume 1
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English
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Sean Dillon is a master terrorist who has for years eluded authorities on every continent. But it is during the Gulf War, when Saddam Hussein is feeling the grip of the British and American forces closing inon him, that Dillon once again re-emerges--right into the eye of Saddam's storm.
11) Miracle
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It is New Year's Eve when the storm of the century hits northern California. In a quiet neighborhood in San Francisco, the lives of three strangers are about to collide. For Quinn Thompson, what happens in the storm's wake will bring down a barrier he has built around himself since his wife's death. For neighbor Maggie Dartman, it will spark friendship at a time when she needs it most. And for Jack Adams, a carpenter who will repair Quinn's and Maggie's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Raised as siblings, they had learned true compassion from the examples of Elizabeth and Wynn. Now as adults, Christine has moved to a nearby city. Working as a secretary in a prosperous company, she is drawn to her employer's handsome son. Henry has joined the Canadian Mounties, where one of his first duties is to help a young widow and her infant. In their new lives, as new relationships grow, can Christine and Henry still draw on the faith they...
13) Divine evil
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"Famed sculptor Clare Kimball has commanded the attention of the New York art world, but troubling memories from childhood have drawn her home to Maryland, to the town where she grew up and where her father died so long ago in circumstances never really explained. Nothing much has changed in Emmitsboro, except Cameron Rafferty, the onetime high-school bad boy turned town sheriff. The only hint of Cam's wild nature is the light in his eyes when he...
14) Geostorm
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Geostorm: After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong. The system built to protect the Earth is attacking it, and it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything.
Into the storm: In the span of a...
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"Summertime has finally arrived in Lake Eden, Minnesota, and Hannah Swensen, owner of The Cookie Jar bakery, is looking forward to warm, lazy days, eating ice cream, and sharing picnics with friends. But when a family reunion takes a deadly turn, it's up to Hannah to find a killer...Hannah Swensen has a lot on her plate, baking up a storm for The Cookie Jar. But she'll always make time for her business partner, Lisa, who's preparing for a big family...
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From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. Yet, as author Philbrick reveals, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice; it is a 55-year epic. The Mayflower's religious refugees arrived in Plymouth Harbor during a period of crisis for Native Americans, as disease spread...
17) Into the storm
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In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones, even as storm trackers predict the worst is yet to come. Most people seek shelter, while others run towards the vortex, testing how far a storm chaser will go for that once-in-a-lifetime shot.
18) The coming storm
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From her favorite hilltop perch, the unadorned beauty of Montana fills Dianne Chadwick with serenity and purpose. But fear gnaws at that peace, for her fiance, Cole Selby, has yet to return from his journey east. When accidents and illness threaten those at the Diamond V ranch, Dianne searches for a haven from the storm that surrounds her. But with Cole's fate uncertain and another man proclaiming his love for her, Dianne's faith is a tenuous anchor...
19) Shadows reel
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"Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett and his wife Marybeth, each confront sinister surprises in their community: he finds a fishing guide who has been brutally murdered, while she opens an unmarked package at their local library to find a phot album that belonged to an infamous Nazi official. Then, when a close neighbor is killed, Joe and Marybeth face new questions: who is after the album, and how will they solve its mystery before someone hurts them...
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Regan Reilly mysteries volume 12
Regan Reilly mystery volume 12
Alvirah and Willy volume 06
Alvirah and Willy volume 09
Regan Reilly mystery volume 12
Alvirah and Willy volume 06
Alvirah and Willy volume 09
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
820L
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English
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Alvirah Meehan, lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, and private investigator Regan Reilly are guests, along with their spouses, on the "Santa Cruise." The cruise is a gift from Commodore Randolph Weed to a select group that "has made the world a better place." His largesse is prompted by the desire to create a buzz about his new cruise ship, theRoyal Mermaid, as she sets out on her maiden voyage.
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