James Jenner
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Series
Maximum Ride volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal life, the six genetically altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Max's ultimate destiny -- to save the world, whether she wants to or not.
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 2
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2006
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal life, the six genetically-altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Max's ultimate destiny--to save the world, whether she wants to or not.
3) Led astray
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English
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LED ASTRAY. And once he had kissed her, felt the responding warmth of her body beneath his hands, there had been no turning back. What he had done had been unforgivable. But what he was going to do was almost as bad. Cage and Hal Hendren are as unalike as two brothers can be. Preacher's kids, Hal has taken the righteous path, while Cage is the unrepentant black sheep of the family. The only thing they have in common is their love for the same...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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In the Black Hills of South Dakota lie eleven thousand acres of breathtaking rangeland and rimrock, canyons, and pastures, home to more than three hundred wild mustangs. This preserve was the vision of one man, Dayton Hyde, who conceived of a place where wild horses could live and die in freedom and dignity.
Stunning photographs and a richly eloquent text tell the story of Dayton's love of horses and the American West - and how he made this wildlife...
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Joseph Roper was interviewed in 1938 as a contributor to the American Legends Collection, a part of the Federal Writers Project. Speaking into an Edison Dictaphone, he narrated the events of his life with the Ian McCandles gang that had made him a legend of the American west at the age of seventeen. He recalled: "You know, a lot of people go to those moving-picture shows down at the Rialto or the Gaslight, and they think they're seeing the real McCoy...
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English
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John Ford's The Searchers defined the spirit of America, influenced a generation of film makers, and was named the Greatest Western Movie of All Time by the American Film Institute in 2008. Now, the novel that gave birth to the film returns to print, a timeless work of vivid, raw western fiction and a no-holds-barred portrait of the real American frontier. From the moment they left their homestead unguarded on that scorching Texas day, Martin Pauley...
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Life is rewarding for Samuel Truelove. He's a gifted surgeon, he's married to the love of his life, and he has a beautiful daughter. But when he's called to perform an emergency surgery, a deadly cascade of events is set in motion, and his picture-perfect life begins to unravel.... Annie Truelove, hoping to escape painful reminders of her grief, leaves her beloved home in the mountains of North Carolina and begins a new life in faraway Seattle. But...
10) Highway cats
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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A hard-bitten group of mangy highway cats is changed forever after the mysterious arrival of three kittens.
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English
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The story of Daniel Boone is the story of America-its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny.
Bestselling, critically acclaimed author Robert Morgan reveals the complex character of a frontiersman whose heroic life was far stranger and more fascinating than the myths that surround him.
This rich, authoritative biography offers a wholly new perspective on a man who has been an American icon for more than two hundred years, a hero as important...
13) The odious ogre
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
An ogre terrorizes villages until he meets a friendly villager.
14) City of Bad Men
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English
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USA Today best-selling author Ralph Cotton pens gun-blazing tales evoking the glory days of the Old West. In City of Bad Men, Lawrence "Fast Larry" Shaw wants nothing more than peace and quiet after miraculously surviving a gunshot wound to the head. But his hopes for tranquility don't last long. A powerful businessman needs help defending his mining operation from the likes of the Cut-Jaws Gang, and he thinks Larry is just the man for the job.
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English
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The best-selling coauthor of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, Daniel Klein delivers a stirring meditation on the simple pleasures to be found late in life. Traveling to the Greek island of Hydra, Klein set out to discover what could be learned about aging from the sage philosopher Epicurus. Equal parts travel book and guide to living well, Klein's delightful work shines a welcome light on the richer aspects of one's golden years.
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English
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A humorous and philosophical trip through life, from the New York Times-bestselling coauthor of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar ... Daniel Klein's fans have fallen in love with the warm, humorous, and thoughtful way he shows how philosophy resonates in everyday life. Readers of his popular books Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar ... and Travels with Epicurus come for enlightenment and stay for the entertainment. As a young college student...
18) Gun Law
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English
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Blowing into Kindred, New Mexico, like a sandstorm, mercenary Sherman "The Teacher" Dahl quickly locates his prey and guns them down in a blazing firefight. But Dahl's troubles are only just beginning. The town's power-hungry marshal doesn't take kindly to Dahl's brand of justice and he's determined to end the hired killer's career once and for all.
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Reeling from the death of his wife Rosa, Fast Larry Shaw turns to whiskey to drown out the sorrow. But even with a drink in one hand, he's still the fastest shot around. So when he becomes a target for a Mexican bounty hunter after killing two banditos, Fast Larry will have to protect himself the only way he knows how.
20) Coyote Blue
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English
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With New York Times best-sellers like Bloodsucking Fiends to his credit, Christopher Moore has developed a devoted cult following. Coyote Blue introduces Samuel Hunter, a young man who's running from his past while being tormented by an ancient Crow God with a talent for mischief. "Tautly written with a zest for the absurd and the unpredictable."-New York Times Book Review