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1) Focused
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are starting to notice and make fun of her; when her worried parents take her to be tested she finds out that she has ADHD (only without the hyperactivity)--and with help from the psychiatrist who seems to really understand her she is...
Author
Publisher
Cardoza Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
2022 edition, New edition.
Language
English
Description
"This popular and indispensible book, one of the best-selling chess opening books ever, has taught countless players the key concepts of the opening, the most crucial part of every chess game. Beginning and intermediate players learn the best opening moves, from both Black's and White's perspectives, of more than 25 essential openings including crushing powerful attacks like the Ruy Lopez and King's Gambit, sizzling asymmetrical defenses like the...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Nothing has gone right for twelve-year-old year old Lawrence since his Pop went away, but after getting expelled from school for fighting he discovers the world of chess and things begin to change.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told from separate viewpoints, as Finn, Emma, and Chess Greystone and Natalie Mayhew, ages eight to thirteen, continue their quest to rescue their mothers they must return to the alternate dimension where truth is illegal.
5) The kip
Author
Series
Perfect Balance Gymnastics volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Marissa is a gymnast, violinist, and chess player. This summer she is busy with orchestra, a chess tournament, and learning her Level 4 gymnastics skills. In the past doing all three activities has been a snap for Marissa. She is hardworking and smart. But this summer she can't seem to get her kip, a difficult skill on the bars. If she doesn't learn a kip she won;t be competing Level 4 in the fall with her friends at Perfect Balance Gymnastics Academy....
6) Prime
Author
Series
Publisher
Breakneck Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
America's most elite soldiers are about to uncover one of history's deadliest secrets ... When a raid on an insurgent safehouse leads to a clue to decoding one of the world's greatest mysteries-the Voynich manuscript-which may contain a recipe for creating the ultimate biological weapon of mass destruction, Delta operator Jack Sigler must forge a new black ops team to avert catastrophe. While bullets fly, he recruits a group of deadly warriors with...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Greystone kids thought they knew. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does best--acting silly and being adored. They've been a happy family, just the three of them and their mom.But everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children reach the Greystone kids, and they're shocked by the startling similarities between themselves and these complete strangers. The other kids...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First United States edition.
Language
English
Description
"A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships. In each of these twelve stories, small events have huge consequences"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer - Vincent's last taste of innocence and first taste of real...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ken Bruen has been called "hard to resist, with his aching Irish heart, silvery tongue, and bleak noir sensibility" (New York Times Book Review). His prose is as characteristically sharp as his outlook in the latest Jack Taylor novel, In the Galway Silence. After much tragedy and violence, Jack Taylor has at long last landed at contentment. Of course, he still knocks back too much Jameson and dabbles in uppers, but he has a new woman in his life,...
12) Her deadly game
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Keera Duggan was building a solid reputation as a Seattle prosecutor, until her romantic relationship with a senior colleague ended badly. For the competitive former chess prodigy, returning to her family's failing criminal defense law firm to work for her father is the best shot she has. With the right moves, she hopes to restore the family's reputation, her relationship with her father, and her career. Keera's chance to play in the big leagues comes...
13) Cannibal
Author
Series
Publisher
Breakneck Media
Pub. Date
c2015
Language
English
Description
Still recovering from the tragic loss of a good friend, Jack Sigler, callsign: King, leads the Chess Team--a crew of former Delta operators--back into action. But what should be a routine snatch-and-grab to capture a drug cartel leader, escalates out of control, throwing the team into a challenge unlike anything they've ever faced. An enemy from their past, who is close to unmasking their identities, joins forces with the psychotic cartel kingpin,...
Author
Publisher
Joy Revolution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Lady Ela Dalvi knows the exact moment her life was forever changed--when her best friend, Poppy, betrayed her without qualm over a boy, the son of a duke. She was sent away in disgrace, her reputation ruined. Nearly three years later, eighteen-year-old Ela is consumed with bitterness and a desire for . . . revenge. Her enemy is quickly joining the c�rme de la c�rme of high society while she withers away in the English countryside. With an audacious...
16) Omega
Author
Series
Publisher
Breakneck Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Jack Sigler, Callsign: King, field leader for a black ops organization known as Endgame, is accustomed to feeling capable of handling most any situation. It is a confidence forged in the fires of battle against both monsters and madmen. But the introduction of Asya, a sister he never knew existed, and the kidnapping of his parents has him reeling. Using Endgame's resources, King and his "Chess Team" (Queen, Rook, Bishop and Knight) scour the planet...
17) Infinity reaper
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: In this gripping sequel to the New York Times bestselling Infinity Son, Adam Silvera brings a diverse cast of heroes and villains to life in an alternate New York where some people are born with powers, while others steal them from the blood of endangered magical creatures.
18) Forbidden city
Author
Series
City spies volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"The sinister Umbra has [its] sights set on recruiting a North Korean nuclear physicist by any means necessary, and the City Spies plan to keep an eye on his son by sending Paris to the chess prodigy's tournaments in Moscow and Beijing. Meanwhile, Sydney's embedded as a junior reporter for a teen lifestyle site as she follows the daughter of a British billionaire on tour with the biggest act on her father's music label to uncover what links both...
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