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Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he is tracked down by a man he's never met -- a man his mother claimed was dangerous. The man tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls,...
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William Least Heat-Moon travels by car and on foot into the core of our continent, focusing on the landscape and history of Chase County-a sparsely populated tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of central Kansas-exploring its land, plants, animals, and people until this small place feels as large as the universe.
3) 200 Mph
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After his older brother's death in a car crash, a young amatuer racer is plunged into the harrowing world of illegal street racing, risking his life as he races with a vengeance.
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Silent. Relentless. No attachments. This is Viktor’s code. The mantra that took him from the slums of Romania to the pinnacle of his profession – as a murderer for hire. Viktor knows the value of life more than most, which makes him the perfect killer. But after a ruthless betrayal by his bosses, he escapes to London, joins a new “family,” and finds himself caught in a vicious underworld power struggle. Viktor is now better, faster and more...
7) Drop Zone
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Wesley Snipes freefalls into the daredevil world of sky-diving in this high-octane thriller that takes crime-fighting to new heights. U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip (Snipes) finds his career in hot water when the prisoner he’s transporting parachutes out of a 747 and disappears safely into the night with his deadly cohorts in two. While Nessip does his best to stop the bold escape, he can’t stop the force from suspending him. But even this isn’t...
8) 4GOT10
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A wounded man wakes up in the desert surround by bodies, no memory and with three million dollars cash. On the run, he discovers the more he remembers the less he wants to know about who he really is.
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When maverick reporter Dan Kovacs learns that his Pulitzer Prize-winning brother has been inexplicably murdered in Barcelona, he launches an investigation. Hunted by his brother's killers, including a corrupt Interpol agent and a vast network of government agents on both sides of a military conflict, Kovacs must uncover just who's working for whom-and who can be trusted-as he fights to stay alive and unravel the mystery of a super-secret item dubbed...
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A man wrongly imprisoned for murder breaks out of jail. He wants to clear his name, but with the police pursuing him, he's forced to take a beautiful young woman, driving a fast sports car, hostage and slip into a cross-border sports car race to try to make it to Mexico before the police get him.
11) The Victim
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Annie's (Jennifer Blanc of The Divide, TV's Party of Five) life is in jeopardy after she witnesses the horrific rape and murder of her closest friend, Mary (Danielle Harris of THE Hatchet Franchise). Fleeing from two attackers, she stumbles across Kyle (Michael Biehn of The Terminator, Aliens, The Divide), a recluse living in the middle of the woods. The ruggedly handsome loner stays far from civilization, until a single knock on his door throws his...
15) Quantum
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Series
Captain Chase novel volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
International bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers pulse-pounding thrills in the first book in a series featuring a brilliant and unusual new heroine, cutting-edge cybertechnology, and stakes that are astronomically high. On the eve of a top secret space mission, Captain Calli Chase detects a tripped alarm in the tunnels deep below a NASA research center. A NASA pilot, quantum physicist, and cybercrime investigator, Calli knows that a looming...
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"The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, Jennifer Chiaverini, reveals the famous First Lady's very public social and political contest with Kate Chase Sprague, memorialized as "one of the most remarkable women ever known to Washington society." (Providence Journal) Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious lawyer. Her father, Salmon P. Chase,...
17) Battleground
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After a violent bank robbery goes wrong, six testosterone-fueled criminals face someone far worse than themselves: The Hunter, a grizzled Vietnam Vet who hasn't let go of the war, engages the equally disturbed criminals in a battle for survival.
18) London Payback
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48 hours in the life of a burnt-out City lawyer who loses his job, falls for a call girl and steals £400,000 from a gangland boss - who wants every penny of it back.
19) Final Girl
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Veronica, a teenage girl who's new to town is lured out into the woods by a group of senior boys who hunt and kill girls for sport. Little do they know, Veronica is an assassin-in-training, and killing these boys is her final test...and the hunters become the hunted.
20) Double Tap
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Bobby Giovanni is a distraught police detective and father over the edge. Plagued by his past and mourning the death of his wife he compensates by taking Vicodin and other prescription drugs. Upon discovering who murdered his wife he seeks revenge as social services takes his children away!
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