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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
353 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Miranda Lovelady and Dr. Bill Brockton discover what could be the bones of Jesus of Nazareth, their finding triggers a deadly tug-of-war between the anthropologists, the Vatican, and a deadly zealot who hopes to use the bones to bring about the Second Coming--and trigger the end of time.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Three young inventors are excited to start their summer internship at Flax Industries, where they can build the invention of their dreams, but things take a sinister turn when Dr. Flax's robots take over the laboratory and try to take over the world.
3) Underwater
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (95 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A crew of aquatic researchers works to get to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. But the crew has more than the ocean seabed to fear.
Author
Series
Monsterious volume 5
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When their school wins a state science competition, Rowan, Tinker, and Amari earn a dream trip to Earth Two, a biodome research lab deep in the desert, which is sealed off from the outside world. What could be cooler? But soon, strange things begin to happen. In the dome's swamp ecosystem, the kids discover a creature unknown to science-though the adults don't believe them. Then a scientist is mysteriously attacked and Earth Two's security and life-support...
5) Nearly found
Author
Series
Nearly gone volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
High school senior and science whiz Nearly Boswell, called Leigh, is thrilled when she gets an internship in a forensic science lab, since it is a step toward college and a way out of the trailer park--but soon she finds herself the target of a serial killer, one who seems to know a lot about the residents of Sunny View Trailer Park as well as her absent father's secrets.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment.
7) Morgan
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A corporate troubleshooter is sent to a remote, top-secret location, where she is to investigate and evaluate a terrifying accident. She learns the event was triggered by a seemingly innocent 'human', who presents a mystery of both infinite promise and incalculable danger.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Watch as astronauts blast off into space with this beautifully illustrated book. By simply holding the book up to the light, or shining a torch behind each page, young readers will be able to discover how astronauts work, eat and exercise on a space station, and will delight in following a crew from lift-off to touch-down. The innovative see-through feature fulfils a similar function to lift-the-flap books, but has the added interactive dimension...
Author
Series
Stranger things novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"A mysterious lab. A sinister scientist. A secret history. If you think you know the truth behind Eleven's mother, prepare to have your mind turned Upside Down in this thrilling prequel to the hit show Stranger Things. It's the summer of 1969, and the shock of conflict reverberates through the youth of America, both at home and abroad. As a student at a quiet college campus in the heartland of Indiana, Terry Ives couldn't be farther from the front...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Katie lives alone in a stone house on Jacob's Ladder island. The neighboring island of Ringrock houses a secret: a government research facility. And now two agents have arrived on Jacob's Ladder in search of someone or something they refuse to identify. Although an air of menace hangs over these men, an infinitely greater threat has arrived, one so strange even the island animals are in a state of high alarm. Katie soon finds herself in an epic and...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
It's been a long day at the lab for this scientist. Now it's time to say goodnight! Goodnight laser. Goodnight notebook. Goodnight picture of Einstein with a stern look. While poking fun at the clutter and chaos of lab life, scientists of all ages will appreciate ending their day with this sweet parody. They'll be rested and ready to return to the world of research in the morning! This scientific parody is an absolute delight for little lab girls...
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
xxi, 289 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Nestled near the Hamptons, the fashionable summer playground of America's rich and famous, and in the shadow of New York City, lies an unimposing 840-acre island unidentified on most maps. On the few on which it can be found, Plum Island is marked red or yellow, and stamped U.S. government-restricted or dangerous animal diseases. Though many people live the good life within a scant mile or two from its shores, few know the name of this pork chop-shaped...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The moment the Grace family moves into the dilapidated Spiderwick Estate, strange things begin to happen. Jared is a curious, adventurous boy who quickly seeks out and finds the hidden laboratory of his great great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. He unleashes a mysterious force when he locates a field guide full of the secrets of the magical creatures that inhabit the forest surrounding the mansion. His twin brother Simon is calm and reserved. He is the...
14) The bone thief
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Bill Brockton has been called in on a seemingly routine case, to exhume a body and obtain a bone sample for a DNA paternity test. But when the coffin is opened, Brockton and his colleagues, including his graduate assistant Miranda Lovelady, are stunned to see that the corpse has been horribly violated.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Called in to identify some remains, Dr. Brockton finds his life plunged into chaos when his identification is called into question, a killer from his past returns, and his wife delivers some news that changes everything.
16) Fire with fire
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Candice Fox's Fire with Fire is a non-stop, gripping thriller from "a bright new star in crime fiction." (James Patterson)
A pair of desperate parents. A man on the run. A rookie cop.
Four people with everything on the line.
What will be left in the ashes of the next 24 hours?
Following their daughter's mysterious disappearance, Ryan and Elsie Delaney have taken the LAPD forensic lab hostage, and have given law enforcement an ultimatum: Find their...
Author
Series
Body farm mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
2014, ©2013.
Physical Desc
499 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1992, Arkansas governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee senator Al Gore begin their long-shot campaign to win the White House. On a sweltering hillside in Knoxville, Dr. Bill Brockton, the bright, ambitious young head of the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Department, launches an unusual, some would call it macabre, research facility, unlike any other in existence. Brockton is determined to revolutionize the study of forensics to...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The first three Body Farm novels, Carved in Bone , Flesh and Bone , and The Devil's Bones, took readers deep into the backwoods of East Tennessee, where fascinating forensic science mixed with extraordinary characters, including the Farm's charismatic founder. Now, in the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series Kathy Reichs calls "the real deal," truth, lies, war, and history intertwine in a story that reaches new heights of suspense....
20) Replica
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
236, 284 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In a book that invites readers to start at either end or alternate between perspectives, Lyra and Gemma get the chance to escape from the protective environments in which they were raised while uncovering secrets about the bioresearch facility that connects them.
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