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1) Split second
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IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
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"Seventeen-year-old Addie struggles to retrieve her lost memories and makes a startling discovery that challenges everything she's ever known about herself, her family, and her world"--Provided by publisher.
2) Split Second
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In a futuristic London where rising sea levels have placed large areas of the city under water, a burned out cop is assigned to investigate a series of bizarre murders which point to a non-human killer.
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Becker Drane's still got the coolest job in The World, but it's getting harder and harder to live a normal life outside of The Seems. He's always working, getting pulled out of bed to go Fix, and his Me-2™ spends more time with his family than he does. And even though it's completely against the Rules, he can't stop thinking about Jennifer Kaley, the totally cool girl he met during his Mission in Sleep.
Things don't get any easier when a bomb explodes...
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Jack, at a very young age, was left to survive on his own, due to a family tragedy. Eventually, his life pulls him back to the Big Apple to find closure and seek revenge. Returning to join New York's finest in 1975, he discovers a city in financial crisis, broken down, and controlled by the Mob. Soon his talents grab the attention of the Organized Crime Control Bureau. He is then, thrust together with TJ, a seasoned female officer who is a hard-core...
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Deadpool and Cable volume 1
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The Merc with a Mouth and the Soldier with the Shoulders, together again at last! The odd couple of '90s comics are back in their own buddy comic, guns blazing and pouches overflowing. But this time Deadpool gets top billing! And they might not be buddies anymore when Cable has a vision of a terrible future set off by the death of one man. As Nathan Summers takes on the job of protecting this key figure no matter what, guess who gets hired to kill...
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In the high-speed world of the fighter pilot, milliseconds can be the difference between life and death. Only when you've practiced, prepared, and predetermined what to do in a crisis can you react quickly enough to y the plane out of the situation or eject if need be. Likewise, we often face critical spiritual decisions with only moments to make a choice. Professional pilot and youth speaker Brock Booher helps us recognize and learn to responsibly...
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100 Bullets volume 6
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The second trade paperback in the 100 BULLETS line, this book resumes the tale of the mysterious Agent Graves who offers ordinary wronged people the opportunity to kill with impunity using 100 bullets that he supplies them with. But even as Agent Graves continues to approach and manipulate his "clients," questions about the ghoulish agent start to arise as people from his past begin to appear, revealing interesting information about their former acquaintance....
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The Case of Peter X: A Model Case of Paranoid Schizophrenia with Delusions of Grandeur. Peter Howard then reviews his psychiatrists book in the New York Review of Books, in three parts, with a confession in part one that he is, in fact, the patient referred to in Dr. Myerson's book.
The Dick Cavett Show. Cavett gets to interview both the Christ and the Devil, and their answers will both shock and entertain you.
In the end, the novel artfully...
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How many times a day do you think someone tries to persuade you? Twenty? Thirty? Actually it's more like 400. When you imagine a society based on coercion you start to see how important persuasion is; it literally keeps us alive. Now psychologist Kevin Dutton has identified a powerful strain of immediate, instinctual persuasion, an elixir of influence that can immediately help you disarm skeptics, win arguments, close the deal, get the guy. Mapping...
13) Lost In Time
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One family's tourist experience is about to get a whole lot more authentic...For their parents' silver wedding anniversary, Mila and her sister treat them to the ultimate getaway: a family vacation to fourteenth-century England, courtesy of the Split-Second Time Travel Company.But when the McLeods arrive, their medieval tour guide is nowhere in sight, and they find themselves on the run from a band of angry knights.When they injure her father and...
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Jim Aldredge was a phenomenal baseball player and signed a professional contract at age 17. In his second season, he was hit in the left eye by a thrown ball. He eventually lost sight in the eye, but he attempted two comebacks and was playing very well -- better than most players with two good eyes. But the politics of baseball and racism made him realize it was time to return to Fresno and get an education. He already had enrolled at Fresno City...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
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"Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood - but secretly, she pours her dreams and frustrations onto the pages of her notebook like prayers. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, Xiomara doesn't know how she could ever attend without her religious mami finding out. But even so, in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent."--taken from back cover.
Xiomara...
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"It's the most wonderful time of the year ... and for Heather Andrews, security manager at Timberwoods Mall, undoubtedly the busiest. But this Christmas, Heather has more to contend with than frazzled parents and disgruntled Santas. Angela Steinhart, a young woman who designed the mall's spectacular holiday displays, has had a premonition that tragedy will strike on Christmas Eve. And Angela's visions have a habit of coming true. Heather would love...
17) Blind fall
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John Houck became a Marine to become a hero. But his life changed when he failed to notice an explosive device that ended up maiming the captain of his Force Recon Company, a respected Marine who nearly sacrificed himself to save John's life. Home from Iraq, John pays a visit to his former captain, only to discover the captain has been gruesomely murdered. John pursues a strange man he sees running from the scene, but he discovers that Alex Martin...
18) The search
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"As a child caught up in a crisis, Lainey O'Toole made a split-second decision with far-reaching effects. Fifteen years later, when her car breaks down in Stoney Ridge, she is forced to face the past. Bess Reihl is less than thrilled to be spending the summer at Rose Hill Farm helping her intimidating grandmother. But once Bess meets hired hand Billy Lapp in Stoney Ridge, the summer starts to hold some promise. Now Lainey's and Bess's worlds are about...
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"In a split second, a tragic accident ends Kathleen Somers's ballet career. Her dreams shattered, she returns home to the Soaring S ranch? and her first love. Suddenly the local veterinarian, Dr. Nate Sterling, goes from her ex to her champion. With the help of a lively poodle therapy dog, the cowboy vet sets out to challenge Kathleen's strength and heal her heart. He'll show her there's life beyond dance, even if it means she leaves town again. But...
20) Shadow flight
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Shadow riders novels volume 5
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"Nicoletta Gomez was a terrified teenager when Taviano Ferraro and his brother saved her life. Ever since, she's been trying to rise above what was done to her, molding herself into a survivor under the protective eyes of the Ferraro family. All the while, she's been falling hopelessly in love with the man who knows her darkest secrets ... With one look, Taviano knew that Nicoletta was his, just as he felt their shadows connect. But no matter how...
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