James Patterson
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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New York police detective Jacob Kanon searches for the killer of his daughter and her boyfriend, who were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in other European cities have been found dead with little to connect the murders except a postcard to the local newspaper. Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm, and they think they know where to find the next victims....
Author
Series
I funny volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
As the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic finals near, Jamie faces a whirlwind of attention at school and in the media and the fame starts to go to his head, but in Hollywood with Uncle Frankie, some of his fellow comedians quickly show him what competition and pressure are all about.
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Series
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English
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Description
In James Patterson's blockbuster series, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the "flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time...like when Angel, the youngest member of the flock, is kidnapped...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Book Group USA
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two heavy-hitters in children's literature deliver a critically acclaimed, bestselling biographical novel of cultural icon Muhammad Ali. ★ "This utterly delightful story about Ali's childhood is a smash hit."—School Library Journal (starred review) Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly depict his life up to age seventeen in both prose and...
5) Criss Cross
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In a Virginia penitentiary, Alex Cross and his partner, John Sampson, witness the execution of a killer they helped convict. Hours later, they are called to the scene of a copycat crime. A note signed "M" rests on the corpse. "You messed up big time, Dr. Cross."
Was an innocent man just put to death? Alex soon realizes he may have much to answer for, as "M" lures the detective out of the capital to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with...
Author
Series
Treasure hunters volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Alex Cross faces the most cunning, psychotic killer of his career in the blockbuster James Patterson novel that inspired a major motion picture.
Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, D. C. Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife in front of him. Alex's need for vengeance was placed on hold as he faced another huge challenge: raising his children without their mother.
Years later, Alex is making a bold move in his life....
10) Malicious
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Series
Language
English
Description
A Navy SEAL dropout will break every rule to expose the truth -- even if it means destroying the people he loves.
Mitchum is back. His brother's been charged with murder. Nathaniel swears he didn't kill anyone, but word on the street is that he was involved with the victim's wife. Now, Mitchum will do anything to get even . . . no matter what the cost.
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11) Hidden
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Have you seen my cousin...alive?"
Rejected by the Navy SEALs, Mitchum is content to be his small town's unofficial private eye, until his beloved 14-year-old cousin is abducted. Now he'll call on every lethal skill to track her down--but nothing is what it seems...
12) Hunted
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Series
Language
English
Description
In the English countryside, a former Special Forces officer must go undercover in a high stakes game . . . but he might not make it out alive.
Someone is luring men from the streets to play a mysterious, high stakes game in the English countryside. Former Special Forces officer David Shelley will go undercover to shut it down-but this might be a game he can't win.
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Lightning-fast stories by James Patterson.
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Language
English
Description
A mysterious billboard from a wealthy stranger intrigues three single women in LA. But is he really the man of their dreams?
A creative, open-minded businessman doesn't have time to play the field . . . so he offers a serious proposal of ten million dollars to find the right woman. But who is this Mr. Right? And is he the perfect match for the lucky winner?
14) Zoo 2
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Series
Language
English
Description
Zoo was just the beginning. Now, the last humans on Earth are fighting for their lives in a dystopia where humans are prey.
The planet is still under violent siege by ferocious animals. Except some humans are evolving, mutating into a savage species that could save civilization . . . or end it.
15) O Dom
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Series
Language
Portuguese
Description
Os irmãos Allgood nunca desistem de lutar contra os poderes autoritários e desumanos d'O Único Que É O Único, mas, agora, eles estão sem Marg - a jovem e atrevida revolucionária; sem Célia - o grande amor de Whit; e sem seus pais - que provavelmente estão mortos...
Então, em uma tentativa de esquecer suas tristes lembranças e, ao mesmo tempo, continuar seu trabalho revolucionário, os irmãos vão parar em um concerto de rock organizado...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the "Flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly. It seems like a dream come true--except that they're being hunted by half-human, half-wolf "Erasers" who can fly, too.
In Book 2 of the series, the Flock members are taken under the wing of an FBI agent and try to live "normal" lives by going to school, making friends--and continuing...
17) Triple Threat
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Language
English
Description
Alex Cross faces an unlikely killer, humans evolve into a sinister new species, and a handsome thief faces his deadly ex-partner in this collection of three pulse-pounding thrillers.
Cross Kill: Along Came a Spider killer Gary Soneji has been dead for over ten years. Alex Cross watched him die. But today, Cross sees him gun down his partner. Is Soneji alive? A ghost? Or something even more sinister? Nothing will prepare you for the wicked truth.
Zoo...
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Language
English
Description
A sexy game of romantic make-believe goes too far in this intense thriller from the world's #1 writer.
Both survivors of the divorce wars, Christy and Martin don't believe in love at first sight and certainly not on a first date. But from the instant they lock eyes, life becomes a sexy, romantic dream come true. That is, until they start playing a strangely intense game of make-believe -- a game that's about to go too far.
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Language
English
Description
Going home for the holidays can be murder.
Joanie was dreading Thanksgiving with her family at their strange new house. And that was before she saw her brother Alan standing in the kitchen. It was hard to know what to say to him, seeing as he'd died five years ago....