MacLeod Andrews
Author
Series
Outlaws of time ; 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Misfit twelve-year-old Sam Miracles life is made up of dreams, dreams where hes a courageous, legendary hero instead of a foster kid with two bad arms that can barely move. Sometimes these dreams feel so real, they seem like forgotten memories. And sometimes they make him believe that his arms might come alive again. But Sam is about to discover that the world he knows and the world he imagines are separated by only one thing: time. And that separation...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Like most Americans at the time, Plennie Wingo was hit hard by the effects of the Great Depression. When the bank foreclosed on his small restaurant in Abilene, he found himself suddenly penniless with nowhere left to turn. After months of struggling to feed his family on wages he earned digging ditches in the Texas sun, Plennie decided it was time to do something extraordinary -- something to resurrect the spirit of adventure and optimism he felt...
Author
Publisher
Soft Skull Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Morning rush hour on the Golden Gate Bridge. Amidst the river of metal and glass a shocking event occurs, leaving those who witnessed it desperately looking for answers, most notably one man and his son Jake, who captured the event and uploaded it to the internet for all the world to experience. As the media swarms over the story, Jake will face the ramifications of his actions as he learns the perils of our modern disconnect between the real world...
264) Hard target
Author
Series
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
FBI agent Nancy Clement teams up with Gideon Davis after learning of an impending terrorist attack that none of their superiors believe is real, a threat that forces the pair to go rogue to protect targets at the top level of the government.
265) Elfangor's secret
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Visser Four has found the Time Matrix, the machine Elfangor had hidden, and he plans to use it to become Visser One.
266) The Andalite's gift
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
The Animorphs needed a break from the superhero stuff and everything should have been cool. But Rachel is missing and something is after the kids.
267) The beginning
Author
Series
Animorphs ; 54
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
No one ever thought it would come to this. Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco, and Ax know that even if they could have warned people in the beginning, no one would have believed their story. A story about an invasion of parasitic aliens. So for all this time, Jake and the other Animorphs have secretly fought a desperate battle. Secretly held the Yeerks at bay.
But those days are over.
It's come down to the final battle between the Yeerks and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of the year's best mystery short fiction selected by New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award–winning author C. J. Box.
C. J. Box , #1 New York Times best-selling author of the hugely popular Joe Pickett series, selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in this annual "treat for crime-fiction fans" (Library Journal).
Author
Series
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Jack and Max Stalwart, Code Names: Courage and Wisdom. Jack and Max are ordinary kids who become secret agents by night, thwarting evil and saving priceless treasures as they solve mysteries around the world. Destination: Thailand. Temporarily retired from the GPF-Global Protection Force-and on family vacation, Jack Stalwart and his older brother, Max, are motivated to act when a band of thieves takes the Emerald Buddha from the Grand Palace...
Author
Series
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Jack and Max Stalwart, Code Names: Courage and Wisdom. Jack and Max are ordinary kids who become secret agents by night, thwarting evil and saving priceless treasures as they solve mysteries around the world. Destination: Brazil. Secret agents Jack and Max Stalwart are sent to the Amazon jungle to investigate the disappearance of an important Global Protection Force scientist. Soon, they discover that the scientist's disappearance is no accident....
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace
Pub. Date
[1954]
Language
English
Description
Retreating from the Russian front after the failure to take Moscow in 1944, German soldier Ernst Graeber is granted a three-week furlough. He returns to his home village for the first time since he left two years before and is shocked to learn that his parents are among the thousands left dead or missing by the Allied bombing raids. Then he falls for the beautiful Elizabeth Kruse, and the two attempt to begin a romance amidst the devastation and despair...
272) True Stories
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited
...Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Unlikely pairs join forces to crack a slew of intriguing cases in an anthology edited by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry, featuring original stories by Jacqueline Winspear, Jeffery Deaver, Allison Brennan, Charles Todd, and many more, including Perry herself.
Throughout the annals of fiction, there have been many celebrated detective teams: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Nick and Nora Charles. Hercule Poirot and Arthur...
Throughout the annals of fiction, there have been many celebrated detective teams: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Nick and Nora Charles. Hercule Poirot and Arthur...
