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81) Alert
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New Yorkers aren't easily intimidated, but someone is doing the9ir best to scare them, badly. Why? After two crippling high-tech attacks, the entire city is on edge. Detective Michael Bennett, along with his old pal, the FBI's Emily Parker, has to catch the shadowy criminals who claim responsibility -- but they're as good at concealing their identities as they are at wreaking havoc. When a shocking murder in broad daylight points to killers both...
82) Road dogs
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Gentleman/banker-robber Jack Foley is back in prison doing a thirty-year sentence after a week-long escape. Brought in by Karen Sisco, US marshall, who got her man after being abducted with the escapees, Jack and Karen have a thing for each other, and Karen arrests him only after a meaningful 'time'out' together. Jack is resigning himself to doing time, lots of it, and he seems to have a friendly and easy control over the hardened criminals he is...
83) The power of Six
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Lorien Legacies volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
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In a Spanish convent, seventeen-year-old Marina longs to join forces with her fellow Loriens to prepare for battle with the Mogadorians who destroyed their home planet, while in the United States, John, Six, and Sam elude authorities who think John is a terrorist.
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"In the town of Night Vale, there's a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone's home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from... until now. Told in a series of eerie flashbacks, the story of The Faceless Old Woman goes back centuries to reveal an initially blissful and then tragic childhood on a Mediterranean Estate in the early nineteenth century, her rise in the criminal underworld of Europe, a nautical adventure with...
86) Shantaram
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Shantaram volume 1
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Crime and punishment, passion and loyalty, betrayal and redemption are only a few of the ingredients in Shantaram, a massive, over-the-top, mostly autobiographical novel. Shantaram is the name given Mr. Lindsay, or Linbaba, the larger-than-life hero. It means "man of God's peace," which is what the Indian people know of Lin. What they do not know is that prior to his arrival in Bombay he escaped from an Australian prison where he had begun serving...
87) Sick puppy
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Skink novels (Carl Hiaasen) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
An eco-terrorist in Florida strikes at a polluter by kidnaping his wife. In the process, Twilly Spree discovers a conspiracy by state politicians to turn a wildlife sanctuary into a golf course. He also discovers that the polluter's wife fancies him. A comedy by the author of Kick Ass.
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Lucy Baker was a prominent attorney until she got fed up with helping one too many ruthless criminals back onto the stree. So she quit her job, left New York, and now spends much of her time gardening. Then something happens that shocks Lucy to her core--the FBI reveals that her fiancé, Jonathan St. Clair, is leading a double life! Reeling over the betrayal, Lucy finds solace in an unexpected place--the arms of Wylie Wilson, the handsome man next...
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Black cat volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
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After the battle between Creed's Apostles and the Cerberus Team ends in a draw, Train Heartnet's friends Eve and Sven are captured by Creed, who believe that killing them will force Train to join Creed. Train must save his friends before he loses the only people he can trust.
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Black cat volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
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Train Heartnet tries to protect Charden and Kyoko, despite having been shot by a bullet that turned him into a little boy. Rinslet searches for Dr. Tearju, who may be the only one who can return Train to his normal state.
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Dive into the dark and pulsating streets of Victorian England with Charles Dickens' timeless masterpiece, "Oliver Twist." Follow the captivating destiny of Oliver Twist, a brave young orphan, as he confronts the injustice, poverty, and cruelty of the world around him.
Oliver, mistreated in an orphanage, escapes to London where he becomes entangled with a gang of thieves led by the infamous Fagin. But Oliver is different. His innocence and purity...
92) The road to ruin
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Dortmunder novels volume 11
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Having set up a con on Monroe Hall, a fabulously wealthy and corrupt CEO, John Dortmunder and his hapless gang of crooks suddenly find themselves caught in the deadly crossfire between their would-be mark Hall and his own victims.
94) Blood fever
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Young Bond series volume 2
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Description
During a summer holiday in Italy, the teen-age James Bond tangles with an underground empire of criminals as he attempts the rescue of a kidnapped young girl.
95) Gentlehands
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1990,c1978
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
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A teenage boy falls in love with an "upper-class" girl and gets to know his estranged grandfather in one heartbreaking summer which climaxes in a shattering search for Nazi war criminals.
96) The viper
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"Framed for the grisly murder of his shellan, Kane is condemned to the notorious prison camp - unaware of the dark truth behind his arranged mating. Centuries later, when he is horribly burned while attempting to save others, he prays he'll finally be reunited in the Fade with his mate . . . not knowing what revelations await him. Nadya is a self-taught nurse who does what she can to ease the suffering of the prisoners. When Kane comes under her care,...
97) The White Cat
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Curse workers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
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The only person in a family of curse workers who can't use magic, Cassel has attempted to forge a normal life for himself amongst the general public. When a series of strange occurrences lead him to believe that something is going on, Cassel is forced to look into his own past to find the secrets his family has been keeping from him -- until now.
98) Blind faith
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Sarah has just witnessed the execution of the man who confessed to killing her husband and son, among others. She leaves with no closure as the killer has refused to reveal the site of her family's graves. Sarah returns home to her small town of Hopewell in the Adirondack Mountains and vows to search until she finds Sam and Josh.
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"Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime war, Danny Ryan is now on the run. The Mafia, the cops, the FBI all want him dead or in prison. With his little boy, his elderly father and the tattered remnants of his loyal crew of soldiers, he makes the classic American migration to California to start a new life. A quiet, peaceful existence. But the Feds track him down and want Danny to do them a favor...
100) The innocent
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 14
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One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight-and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he's an ex-con who takes nothing for granted. His wife, Olivia, is pregnant, and the two of them are closing on their dream house. But all it will take is one shocking, inexplicable call from Olivia's phone to shatter his life-a second time...