Jean Smart
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “When it comes to creating character, evoking place, and writing crackling and convincing dialogue, Sara Paretsky has no peer—and Hard Time proves it once again.”—Chicago Tribune
“Terrific . . . expertly plotted . . . This book [is] her best.”—The New York Times Book Review
In an instant, the lives of two women...
“Terrific . . . expertly plotted . . . This book [is] her best.”—The New York Times Book Review
In an instant, the lives of two women...
Author
Language
English
Description
Crime, thriller, and noir fans will delight in this fourth volume of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, an exciting series featuring short fiction by legendary writers, past and present. From Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, and Georges Simenon to Lawrence Block and Sara Paretsky, this unique collection- compiled and edited by multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler- is a captivating mixture of mystery and suspense....
3) Miss Meadows
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Language
English
Description
Miss Meadows is a school teacher with impeccable manners and grace. However, underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides a ruthless gun-toting vigilante who takes it upon herself to right the wrongs in the world by whatever means necessary. For Miss Meadows
4) Guinevere
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Language
English
Description
Awkward young Harper Sloane was always the odd one out, until she draws the attention of a brilliant older phtographer. He soon opens her world to possibilities she'd never imagined, and Harper comes out of her shell realizing her full potential.
5) Lucky You
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Language
English
Description
Acclaimed filmmaker Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential) and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Eric Roth (Forrest Gump) deal viewers into the game with this high-stakes drama set in the world of professional poker. Eric Bana (Troy, Munich) plays a gifted young gambler who gets a few lessons in risk and reward from a struggling Vegas singer (Drew Barrymore – Charlie's Angels) and her sister (Will & Grace's Debra Messing). Now on a collision course...
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Language
English
Description
A recently divorced woman with children meets a man who seems nice and gives her some cash to hold for him. What she doesn't know is he is being watched by authorities and that this man was a drug dealer. He is arrested along with her and then he lies under oath naming her as his drug dealer. Now she must fight for her freedom!
9) The Yearling
Author
Language
English
Description
A classic coming of age story in which a boy from a poor rural family adopts an orphaned fawn, but must kill it when it starts to eat his family's precious crops.