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Dust wakes to discover the world as he knew it is gone after fragments of a comet hit Earth. It isn't the only thing that has changed, though, so has Dust. He now possesses powers that continue to grow, but also come with a price. A dangerous encounter after he leaves his home leads to a new discovery — other survivors, and a creature that has risen from the ashes, one that is determined to possess the powers that he has. Follow a new band of unlikely...
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A new world order is coming, one that will pit one species against another. Life is about to become very hazardous-for anyone who gets in Dust's way. With every day that passes, Dust is more afraid of what he will become. His powers are growing far beyond what he can predict, and he is reluctant to tell his make-shift family that he isn't sure when-or if-it will ever stop. His goal is to get Portland, Oregon and find his aunt and uncle. Ideally he...
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A story of love and survival
Jed was loved by his mum Clare even though they lived in squats and on the streets of Exeter in the United Kingdom.
Their life was hard but when she died, he was forced to grow up in a local church children's home.
Bullied both at school and home, his life spiral led out of control despite the kindness of some to try and help him.
His story, his life, and how he came to be a key part of the DUST.
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Gagnant d'or 2016 du Wishing Shelf Book Awards !
Dust se réveille pour découvrir que le monde tel qu'il l'a connu n'existe plus après que des fragments d'une comète aient frappé la Terre. Mais ce n'est pas la seule chose qui est différente, Dust l'est aussi... Il possède à présent des pouvoirs qui continuent de croître, mais qui ont aussi un prix.
Après avoir quitté sa maison, une rencontre dangereuse le mène à une nouvelle découverte...
5) Dust
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Dust volume 1
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Jupiter has ignited, the Earth has turned to Dust. The rich and powerful have built a utopia underground. The rest of humanity are left to die on the surface. Those below forge a life of luxury, while those above lead a life of poverty where only the strong survive. One of these few is a girl named, Keeli. Abandoned by her family and deported to the surface, Keeli grew up tough, taking to a life of thievery to survive. At first glance, she might look...
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Book of dust volume 2
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Alfred A. Knopf
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[2019]
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 30
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Twenty-year-old college undergraduate Lyra is once again thrown together with Malcolm Polstead, now a professor, after Lyra and her daemon, Pantalaimon, receive secrets from a dying man about a daemon-haunted city and the origins of Dust.
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Book of dust volume 1
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Alfred A. Knopf
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[2017]
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IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20
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When Malcolm finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust, he finds himself embroiled in a tale of intrigue featuring enforcement agents from the Magisterium, a woman with an evil monkey daemon, and a baby named Lyra.
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Prilla, the new fairy in Never Land acts like a human when she arrives, and worse, she doesn't even know her own talent. Mother Dove is certain Prilla has a talent, but it takes a hurricane, a selfish fairy, and an evil dragon to bring it out of her.
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Even though she never got tired thinking about him, she had other more pressing things to worry about. Most important was the baby growing inside her and then she worried about where her next meal was coming from. She had no answers to these pressing problems either, just more questions. These days it was only by concentrating on his face that she could imagine his touch or hear his gentle voice and this allowed her to escape the dire predicament...
10) Piece of Meat
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He lay back weakly and focused his mind on the various forms that the clouds took on as they floated by. He was able to do this by realizing that there was nothing more he could, or actually wanted to do right then. Even so, his mind eventually shifted over to wondering about the boat he'd spent the last five months on, though just knowing he'd gotten the boat to safety made him feel better.
Before long, he could smell the sickening stench of the...
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About a half hour after being placed in this room, and hearing the door lock with a sound of finality to it, the door opened and a man brought in a tray with food on it and placed it on the table, but she was too nervous to eat anything. Seated at the table, she did sip on the apple juice, but kept the rest of the food covered. With nothing else to do, she went over to the bed and stretched out on it. The bed was not too bad, but it was much softer...
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Once the ship pulled into, she walked off the ship with the others, only now her head was held high. Once they were on land, they were all were loaded onto huge trucks covered with drab green, though really smelly canvas, over the backs of them. For the next three hours she bounced around in the back of the truck with the others as they were taken to their new home.
At the compound, the main gate was opened and they drove directly into an enclosed...
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What she was thinking about was taking a path that thousands of other young girls exactly like her had taken in the past. She got up and using a dirty broken mirror hanging in the center of the shack put on her best face. She had to swallow hard to keep the bile down and with her sprit nearly broken she left the shack, hopefully for the last time.
Once outside, she stood and reappraised the course of action she was about to embark on. She knew that...
14) Splintered Heart
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Betrayed. Abandoned. SPLINTERED
It is the 1960s, and teenage Lisa O'Connor is growing up in a brutal family in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Abused and forsaken by those she should have been able to trust the most, Lisa is sent away to the notorious Parramatta Girls Home for 'reform'. While captive there, she encounters the depths of human depravity and sinks even further into despair.
Luckily for Lisa, she is rescued from this abhorrent...
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For the first time since working at the restaurant, she called in sick and spent all day and most of the evening Wednesday hiding in her bed. However, by four o'clock Thursday morning she was thoroughly, disgusted with herself and got up. After all, wasn't she the one who survived hunger, endured humility, lived through a broken heart and much, much more? It was her and her alone who had made it through the camp, it was she, who had been living in...
16) Extremely Gifted
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The old lady who owned the restaurant was sitting behind the counter reading a newspaper, and had heard the tall, thin, girl ask for tea. She handed the fumbling waitress a menu and continued to watch with interest.
The part of the restaurant where customers sat had about ten tables in front and ten booths that ran along one side of the restaurant near the kitchen. The entire establishment could not have been over twenty-five feet wide, but it was...
17) Side Door
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Before she started up the stairs to the second floor of the hotel, she stopped and grabbed a small plastic bag out of a wooden pigeonhole sort of wall cabinet to her left, then smiled at him and headed for the stairs.
His mind was instantly cleared of the booze he'd consumed because something told him that this was going to be the most extraordinary night of his life, he felt it in his very being. The fire in him was causing him to sweat as he watched...
18) Believe
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Monday morning rolled around a lot sooner than either of them wanted it to. With feelings of apprehension, he was awake at five and sat up on the edge of the bed he was sharing with his new wife. He knew it was time for him to get back into the war, but after spending all these weeks with nothing except love in his heart, and on his mind, he was going to have a hard time picking up a gun and shooting at someone again. Oh sure, he knew that making...
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There was not a single flaw on her that he could find anywhere, she was the most perfect woman God ever created. He hated to disturb his sleeping princess and his delightful thoughts, but the demanding pressures of his bladder forced him to think otherwise. Slowly and gently, he eased out of bed and stood over her, she had not moved. He walked down to the foot of the bed and never took his eyes off her, no matter what angle he looked at her, she was...
20) All Fired Up
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Once bitten. Twice burned. Forever bonded.
Don’t miss this riveting and romantic spin-off series from Jenn Burke, author of Not Dead Yet.
Paranormals are dying. All over the city, with no explanation and only one thing in common: their magic is missing.
Vampire and private investigator Evan Fournier isn’t supposed to be taking on paranormal cases, but when the murderer hits close to home, he agrees to look into it. The last thing he expects...
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