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801) Sacrifice fly
Author
Series
Raymond Donne novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"Raymond Donne wasn't always a schoolteacher. Not only did he patrol the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as one of New York's Finest, but being the nephew of the chief of detectives, he was expected to go on to bigger things. At least he was until the accident that all but destroyed his knees. Unable to do the job the way he wanted, he became a teacher in the same neighborhood, and did everything he could to put the force behind him and come to...
Author
Series
Life on Earth (Graphic Universe) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
"Claudia Jones was missing for months--possibly abducted, possibly by aliens. When she returns to Blithe dale High School, questions still surround her disappearance. And her presence has a strange effect on the students around her. Something almost...supernatural? Nigel feels Claudia's aura most of all and starts wondering how to get next to her. Brett, Nigel's former sort-of romantic rival, is trying to keep a distance from everybody. Emily has...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
On a summer evening, in the seemingly idyllic suburb of Hollington Drive, 10-year-old Alex Boyd is declared missing. As grief tears through the community, sisters Theresa and Helen fight to hold their lives and their families together. Secrets and lies begin to surface as long-held faȧdes falter.
804) Monsterland
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Chased into the woods by neighborhood bullies who are after his Halloween candy, fifth grader Charlie Cooper quickly gets lost and finds his way into Vampyreishtat--or Monsterland, an uncharted land where werewolves, mummies, and vampires live freely--and with the help of the Monster of all Monsters, Charlie hopes he will find his cousin Billy who disappeared a year ago.
Author
Series
Stranger things graphic novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2021-
Description
v. 1: "The Other Side follows Will Byers after he has been pulled into a mysterious nightmare realm. Isolated, disoriented, and scared, he quickly realizes he isn't alone-monsters lurk around every corner, and they are hunting him. In Science Camp, Dustin Henderson arrives at Camp Know Where anxious about spending the summer away from his friends after they've saved their town from eldritch horrors." -- v. 2: "A chilling glimpse at the machinations...
807) The other side
Author
Series
Stranger things graphic novels volume 1
Pub. Date
May 2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"When Will Byers finds himself in the Upside Down, an impossible dark parody of his own world, he's understandably frightened. But that's nothing compared with the fear that takes hold when he realizes what's in that world with him!"--
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Ten-year-old Flavia and her friends encounter the Roman admiral Pliny before making a journey to her uncle's farm near Mt. Vesuvius, where they try to solve a riddle, reunite a family, and get out of the path of a natural disaster.
Author
Series
Something is killing the children volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"When children begin to go missing in the town of Archer's Peak, all hope seems lost until a mysterious woman arrives to reveal that terrifying creatures are behind the chaos - and that she alone will destroy them, no matter the cost. IT'S THE MONSTERS WHO SHOULD BE AFRAID. When the children of Archer's Peak--a sleepy town in the heart of America--begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Sylvester and the magic pebble: On a rainy day, Sylvester finds a magic pebble that can make wishes come true. When a lion frightens him on his way home, Sylvester makes a wish, with results he hasn't expected.
The amazing bone: Pearl couldn't be a nicer pig. Touched by spring, she dawdles in the dandelions and exudes an infectious love for life. Then she happens upon a talking bone that used to belong to a witch. On the way home the bone manages...
811) Rupture
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Hailed for combining the darkness of Nordic Noir with classic mystery writing, author Ragnar Jonasson’s books are haunting, atmospheric, and complex. Rupture, the latest Ari Thór thriller, delivers another dark mystery that is chillingly stunning with its complexity and fluidity. Young policeman Ari Thór tries to solve a 50-year-old murder when new evidence surfaces. But the case proves difficult in a town where no one wants to know the truth,...
813) Nickel plated
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Nickel lives by his wits on the streets, blackmailing pedophiles and selling marijuana, but when a young girl, Arrow, needs help finding her runaway sister, Nickel's investigation leads to the dark world of child traffickers.
814) At the speed of lies
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Description
"High school junior Quinn Calvet gets caught up in the disappearance of kids in a nearby town, soon beginning to suspect more to the story than anyone understands, and it is up to her to figure out what's going on"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Savannah secrets volume 11
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
An old acquaintance of Meredith's hires Magnolia Investigations to look into financial discrepancies at her company. Meredith and Julia call on Julia's forensic accountant nephew Wyatt and together they learn someone has been stealing money from the company. Meanwhile, the friends learn the proper and straight laced Laodicea Oglethorpe was a codebreaker during World War II when she asks them to investigate a threat that could have led to the deaths...
816) The crocodile caper
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"Ra the Mighty is Pharaoh's Cat, Lord of the Powerful Paw. He is NOT Ra the Royal Babysitter. How's a cat supposed to fit in all his snacks and naps when his charges keep getting into mischief? Ra's new job only gets harder on a voyage up the Nile, leading to a fearsome palace where crocodiles swarm the waters. Then Pharaoh's son disappears. Has he run away? Has he been eaten by crocodiles? Has he been kidnapped, or worse? Ra and his fellow Great...
819) Want to go private?
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Insecure about the changes high school brings, Abby ignores advice from her parents and her only friend to "make an effort" and, instead, withdraws from everyone but with Luke, who she met online.
820) Crumbled!
Author
Series
Misadventures of Nobbin Swill volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
When Nobbin Swill, a royal dung farmer, ventures to the castle, he is drawn into hapless Prince Charming's quest to solve the case of the woodcutter's missing children, Hansel and Gretel.