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1) The BFG
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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Description
"The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants-- rather that the BFG-- she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Based on extensive research and one-on-one interviews with more than 50 of the most legendary financial experts in the world--from Carl Icahn and Warren Buffett, to Ray Dalio and Steve Forbes--Tony Robbins has created a simple 7-step blueprint that anyone can use for financial freedom as well as a lifetime income plan.
3) Catch-22
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 30
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
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Description
Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him.
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Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Lucy and Edmund, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, sail to the land of Narnia where Eustace is temporarily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hemingway's first bestselling novel, the story of a group of Americans and English on a sojourn from Paris to Paloma, evokes in poignant detail, life among the expatriates on Paris's Left Bank, during the 1920s and conveys in brutally realistic descriptions the power and danger of bullfighting in Spain.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
"In The Invisible Man, a scientist who is devoted to researching optics invents a way to become invisible through neither absorbing nor reflecting light. After becoming an invisible man, Griffin dresses in long-sleeved coats and gloves, keeping his face hidden by bandages and a wide-brimmed hat in order to disguise his invisibility. During a snowstorm, he stays at a local inn owned by Mr. and Mrs. Hall, who find him extremely odd and reserved. When...
7) Stone cold
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Series
Camel Club novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Oliver Stone, the leader of the mysterious group that calls itself the Camel Club, keeps a vigilant watch over our leaders in Washington, D.C., winning over some allies but also making some formidable enemies. Now two men are out to kill two members of the Camel Club, and Stone must try to stop them.
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 20
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he's made sure that no one will recognize him--by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window, and Alex is called to the scene. The victim recently gave birth, but the baby is nowhere to be found. Before Alex can begin searching for the missing newborn and killer,...
10) The target
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Escaping unwanted media attention after a notorious incident, Ramsey Hunt retreats into the solitude of a cabin high in the Rockies. But his isolation is shattered when he finds a small girl unconscious and hurt in the forest. When strangers suddenly come into his private meadow, their intent to kill, she can't help him. She's mute. Molly Santera, the little girl's mother, catches up with Ramsey and her daughter, mistaking him for the kidnapper....
11) Lady killer
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Series
Language
English
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A young lawyer searches for her missing rival from high school and finds more than she bargained for, in the latest high-octane thriller from New York Times bestselling author
She's bright, witty, and dynamically attractive. So why can't Mary DiNunzio still get a date? While her love life is frozen, her career is heating up. She's become quite a rainmaker at her law firm, attracting new clients from her loyal South Philly fan
12) Easy prey
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
Lucas Davenport is called for an unusual case. The strangulation victim is one of the biggest models, and there are a few complications such as the drugs in her body.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to 'aging out' out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse.... As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds...
15) 4th of July
Author
Series
Women's Murder Club volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The world's bestselling detective series has never been more suspenseful. Trapped in deadly showdowns, courtroom trials, and dangerous secrets, the Women's Murder Club must fight for their lives.
In a deadly late-night showdown, San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer fires her weapon and sets off a dramatic chain of events that leaves a police force disgraced, a family destroyed, and Lindsay herself at the mercy of twelve jurors....
In a deadly late-night showdown, San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer fires her weapon and sets off a dramatic chain of events that leaves a police force disgraced, a family destroyed, and Lindsay herself at the mercy of twelve jurors....
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 11
Language
English
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Description
After failing to stop a suicide bomber attack in London, master art restorer and assassin Gabriel Allon is summoned by the CIA and is faced with an organization riddled with dissent--and ill-equipped to deal with the deadly new face of global jihadist terror.
17) First family
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
A daring kidnapping turns a children's birthday party at Camp David into a national security nightmare, pushing agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell to their limits.
18) Smoke Mountain
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the bears learn of the legendary Last Great Wilderness, a fabled bear paradise, they believe that this must be their ultimate destination.
19) Matilda
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
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Description
Matilda Wormwood's father thinks she's a little scab. Matilda's mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matilda's headmistress, Miss Trunchbull? Well, she's the worst of all. She is a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded chokey. As for Matilda, she's an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind - and now she's had enough. So all these grown-ups had better watch out, because Matilda is going to teach...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
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Description
A shortened, simplified version of an adventure in seventeenth-century France, when young d'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen.
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