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2) Uncharted
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When her solo mission turns into a disaster, pilot Leo Eddowes, with enemies in close pursuit, must team up with Elias Thorne, a criminal both hated and feared by the entire nation who is guarding a dangerous secret, to survive.
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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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[2014]
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One of a handful of lawyers in the new state of Oregon, recently widowed Matthew Penny agrees to help Worthy Brown, a newly freed slave, rescue his fifteen year old daughter, Roxanne, from their former master, a powerful Portland lawyer. Worthy's lawsuit sets in motion events that lead to Worthy's arrest for murder and create an agonizing moral dilemma that could send either Worthy or Matthew to the hangman.
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"London, 1887. As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her own. After burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry--and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as she is fending off admirers, Veronica wields her butterfly net and a sharpened hatpin with equal aplomb, and with...
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Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
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When Oscar dies in the city of the elves after a silver wave struck him down, his friends, family, and a six-year-old troublemaking stowaway elf race against time to stop the clock and rewind time to prevent the tragedy.
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Anya volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
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Thirteen-year-old Anya sets out to find her missing father but instead travels to Kiev, where she meets the tsar, dines with a rabbi, and rescues two brothers from a dangerous monster lurking beneath the city.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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"When young mouse Tobin has his baby brother snatched from his burrow by monstrous spiders, Tobin and his friends must embark on a dangerous journey deep into their forest home to save him, encountering new friends along the way"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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When her parents and the other quiet, shy wombats of the Northern Forest are captured by the traitorous, carnivorous Tassie devils, Lola Budge, a talkative, adventure-seeking young wombat, embarks on a rescue mission, joined by a swamp water rat and a baby penguin.
14) Early dawn
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Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
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Eden Paxton's fiancé spreads so many rumors about her after breaking off the engagement that she's forced to leave San Francisco. She heads for Colorado to live with her half brothers but murderous outlaws kidnap her, intending to sell her across the Mexican border. Enter Matthew Coulter, whose wife was murdered by such a gang. When he sees Eden's predicament, he takes focused action to save her.
15) Chaos
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"Iris Johansen introduces a new kickass female protagonist, Alisa Flynn, a CIA agent who may be willing to go rogue if it means catching the most heartless band of criminals she's ever encountered. Alisa is aided by mysterious billionaire-genius-inventor Gabe Korgan and recurring character Margaret Douglas, an animal whisperer who brings along her beloved dog Juno to fight alongside them. Alisa is determined to rescue schoolgirls kidnapped from their...
16) Into dust
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
[2018]
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"Cowboy Jack Durand thwarts an attempted kidnapping of Cassidy Hamilton, the youngest daughter of a Presidential candidate. Forced on the run, Jack and Cassidy begin piecing together a jagged family puzzle, exposing a plot years in the making--one that will either tear them apart or bring them closer together than ever"--
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Global search and rescue volume 3
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"Former Navy SEAL Hamilton Jones thought the love of his life was dead. But when he hears she might still be alive, he will stop at nothing to find her and bring her home. When he discovers her reason for staying away, he must choose between her and the nation he vowed to protect"--
18) The innocent
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 17
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Will Robie, a freelance hitman working for the government, rescues a teenage girl whose parents' disappearance may be linked to a vast, high-level cover-up.
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Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2012
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Paul Janson, an ex-assassin for the United States government, teams up with an accomplished sharpshooter, Jessica Kincaid, to rescue a doctor abducted by African pirates in international waters and realizes there are larger forces at work when their liberation mission goes awry.
20) Ensnared
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Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
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"Alyssa travels to Wonderland once again to free both her mother and Jeb, and to set right all that's gone wrong"--
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. The only way to Wonderland, now that the rabbit hole is closed, is through...
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