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My Father's Dragon is a children's novel by Ruth Stiles Gannett about a young boy, Elmer Elevator, who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby dragon. Both a Newbery Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book, it is the first book of a trilogy whose other titles are Elmer and the Dragon and The Dragons of Blueland. All three were published in a 50-year anniversary edition as Three Tales of My Father's Dragon. It was made into an anime film titled, Elmer's...
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Captains Courageous is a novel by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic.
The book's title comes from the ballad "Mary Ambree", which starts, "When captains courageous, whom death could not daunt". Kipling had previously used the same title for an article on businessmen as the new adventurers,...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
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[2021]
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English
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"Sometimes it's the waiting that kills... Millions of lives could be saved by a top-secret scientific formula. But the professor who holds the information is in the hands of the Germans, closely guarded in a secret laboratory in high-security prison. A small group of men led by the tough and ruthless Major Rhodes are ordered to smash their way through and rescue the professor. Unseen forces soon threaten the bloody venture, however, and only the most...
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HQN Books
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[2017]
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English
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Passion and danger collide in a breathless story from New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer. Saved from an abduction and unthinkable harm, Gabrielle Bennett owed her life to her rescuer. Marc Stephano, a stranger from the sketchy shadows of town, could've asked for money. Instead he introduced her to desire and claimed her completely -- then he broke her heart. Older, wiser and now a top New York model, Gabrielle is prepared for anything...
5) Jest Right
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Xanth volume 43
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Open Road Media
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[2020]
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English
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All of Xanth is a stage as an unlikely hero saves the show in the New York Times -bestselling series. There's no shortage of laughs when Jess is around; she's been cursed to have nobody take her seriously. But her dubious talent comes in handy when she meets the very handsome showman Magnus. He promises to fake taking her seriously -- if Jess joins his traveling show. But first they must see the Good Magician. He will give them the use of the flying...
6) On His Watch
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Sourcebooks
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[2016]
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English
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In the remote Rocky Mountains, lives depend on the Search & Rescue brotherhood. But in a place this far off the map, trust is hard to come by and secrets can be murder ... Ice rescue diver Derek Warner never meant to be a hero. But when two little girls go missing, he's the first in line to bring them home-even if that means scouring the wilderness with the woman he once loved and lost, Artemis Rey. Artemis has never stopped wanting Derek. Now, racing...
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Harlequin
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[2020]
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English
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"Turn up the heat with two gripping suspense stories! Always a Lawman by Delores Fossen Ten years ago, Sheriff Gabriel Beckett helped convict the man who murdered his parents. Now terror has returned to town and the woman who escaped the attack is a target again. Jodi Canton loved Gabriel -- until that love was shattered with his parents' murder and her father's conviction. Drawing out the real killer puts her life on the line, but Gabriel's protection...
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HarperCollins
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[2012]
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English
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"I loved it!" -- Mary Balogh "[Nash] ignites the page with passion." -- Julia Quinn The Hangover meets Regency England in RITA Award-winning author Sophia Nash's wickedly clever and wonderfully sensual Royal Entourage historical romance novels. In The Art of Duke Hunting , the second in her series, the dashing Duke of Norwich -- on the morning after a most extravagant royal bachelor party that he simple cannot recall -- awakens on board ship and well...
9) Dinosaur Boy
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Sourcebooks
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[2015]
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Everyone knows the dinosaur gene skips a generation. So it isn't a complete surprise when Sawyer sprouts spikes and a tail before the start of fifth grade. After all, his grandfather was part stegosaurus. Despite the Principal's Zero Tolerance Policy, Sawyer becomes a bully magnet, befriended only by Elliot aka "Gigantor" and the weird new girl. When the bullies start disappearing, Sawyer is relieved-until he discovers a secret about the principal...
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Known for his critically acclaimed contemporary thrillers, New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin explores intriguing new territory in Worthy Brown's Daughter, a compelling historical drama, set in nineteenth-century Oregon, that combines a heartbreaking story of slavery and murder with classic Margolin plot twists.
One of a handful of lawyers in the new state of Oregon, recently widowed Matthew Penny agrees to help Worthy
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HarperCollins
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[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
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The fifth book in the fast-paced and imaginative series about four adventurous friends and the secret world hidden in their local zoo. Ella, Noah, Richie, and Megan are in trouble-and so is the Secret Zoo! A captivating series for tween readers praised as "action packed and breathless" by Publishers Weekly, and "a fast-paced mix of mystery and fantasy" by School Library Journal. The Secret Zoo is an incredible world hidden beneath the regular Clarksville...
12) Kinsman's Oath
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Open Road Media
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[2020]
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English
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"A fantastic futuristic romance complete with political intrigue and out-of-this-world adventure" from the New York Times -bestselling author ( Booklist ). Human telepath Ronan VelKalevi, a Kinsman, was kidnapped by the catlike Shaauri when he was a child. Now, more than two decades later, he has escaped from the aliens who have held him captive for much of his life. On the run, he is saved by the captain of the spaceship Pegasus , Cynara D'Accorso....
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HarperCollins
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[2011]
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English
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"Marjorie Liu is magic! Her writing is passionate, lyric, gritty, and riveting. She belongs high on everyone's must-read list." --Elizabeth Lowell "Anyone who loves my work should love hers." -- Christine Feehan A pyrokinetic former thief who fears the destructive power of flame at his fingertips ... A beautiful shapeshifter with fiery talents of her own hiding in the tunnels below Manhattan from those who destroyed her family and her race ... Put...
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Sourcebooks
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[2016]
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English
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Dinosaurs, Martians, and mystery, oh my! Fans of Michael Buckley's NERDS and Dan Gutman's Genius Files will love this hilarious, action-packed adventure series. What would life be like if you were part dinosaur? When you're part Stegosaurus life can be a little crazy. (Yes, sleeping with plates is weird. No, dino-human hybrids do not have second brains in their butts.) But Sawyer's life is normal(ish) - until he's yanked aboard a UFO and sent on a...
15) Uncharted
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Sourcebooks
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[2021]
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English
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"The sparks are flying in this fast-paced romantic suspense featuring: Forced proximity Competence kink galore Survival romance A chillingly brilliant foe And scorching, brain-melting heat despite the freezing Alaska setting Stranded together in a frozen wilderness, there's nowhere left to run... Hotshot pilot Leo Eddowes is afraid of nothing and no one. So when she's asked to evacuate a man from the wilds of Alaska, she doesn't hesitate. But with...
16) Riverbend Gap
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Riverbend romance volume 1
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"She came in search of the family she'd always wanted -- and found the kind of love she'd never dared imagine. When Katelyn Loveland's car veered off a winding Appalachian Mountain road, she thought she was done for. That is until Cooper Robinson, local sheriff's deputy, came to her rescue. And though Katie narrowly escaped her brush with death, she still fell. Hard. She wasn't the only one. But soon Cooper learns that the woman he's more attracted...
17) Ensnared
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(Anita G.).Splintered novel volume 3
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Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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"After surviving a disastrous battle at prom, Alyssa has embraced her madness and gained perspective. She's determined to rescue her two worlds and the people and netherlings she loves. Even if it means challenging Queen Red to a final battle of wills and wiles... and even if the only way to Wonderland, now that the rabbit hole is closed, is through the looking-glass world--a parallel dimension filled with mutated and violent netherling outcasts....
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