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HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Connecticut middle-schooler Jake and his older sister Kady are transported by a Mayan artifact to a strange world inhabited by a mix of people from long-lost civilizations who are threatened by prehistoric creatures and an evil alchemist, the Skull King.
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English
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While digging up a withering wax myrtle tree beside his waterfront home on the Gulf coast, author Andy Andrews unearths a rusted metal container filled with Nazi artifacts and begins an intriguing investigation that unlocks an unspoken past that took place in his backyard...literally.
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Haven Manor volume 3
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English
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"In early 1800s England, Jess Beauchene has spent most of her life in hiding and always on the move in an effort to leave her past far behind her. But when she learns the family she thought had died just might be alive and in danger, she knows her secrets can only stay buried for so long. Derek Thornbury loves the past, which has led him to become an expert in history and artifacts. He knows Jess has never liked him, but when she requests his help...
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English
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"The color of one's skin and passport have long dictated the conditions of travel. For Shahnaz Habib, travel and travel writing have always been complicated pleasures. Habib threads the history of travel with her personal story as a child on family vacations in India, an adult curious about the world, and an immigrant for whom roundtrips are an annual fact of life. Tracing the power dynamics that underlie tourism, this ... debut parses who gets to...
5) The Titanic
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Series
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English
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This title examines the exploration and study of the Titanic's wreck. The book explores the ship's sinking, traces its discovery and scientific investigation, and discusses future study and conservation efforts.
6) Stingers
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Sharks Inc volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
While in the Bahamas with Doc Ford, who is investigating invasive lionfish, Maribel, Luke, and Sabina find precious artifacts but outlaws learn of their find and come after them.
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Elementals volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
Description
After the fateful battle between the ice wolves and the scorch dragons, Anders and his twin sister, Rayna, have been reunited. But there's no time to celebrate. The temperature all over Vallen is starting to drop. And Anders quickly learns that the wolves have stolen a weather-altering artifact called the Snowstone, and every dragon, including Rayna, is now in danger. Desperate to broker peace, Anders enlists the help of a few new flame-breathing...
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Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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After his augmented reality gaming headset is possessed by the spirit of the First Emperor of China, twelve-year-old Chinese American Zack Ying is compelled to travel across China to steal an ancient artifact, fight figures from Chinese history and myth, and seal a portal to prevent malicious spirits from destroying the human realm.--
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Curiosity House volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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English
Description
"Orphans Philippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max must find out who stole a valuable artifact in order to save to save their home, Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders"--
10) Promised land
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English
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"Despite their Israeli citizenship, Hana and Daud cannot safely return to their homeland because a dangerous terrorist ring is threatening Daud. Hana is perfectly fine remaining in the United States, working for a law firm in Atlanta, especially when she learns she's pregnant. But Daud can't shake the draw to return home to Israel, even if it makes him a walking target. Hana is helping her boss plan a huge Middle East summit in Atlanta when Jakob...
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English
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In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tom�as discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that?if he can find it?would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe?s earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure. Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences...
12) Framed for life
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Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After inheriting the Carriage House Antiques shop and Sedgwick Manor, a nineteenth-century Colonial Revival, Maggie finally understands exactly what her beloved aunt meant when she said "antiques are filled with stories - secrets just waiting to be discovered." Maggie and the lively members of the historical society set out to unravel mysteries that have been tucked away for centuries in antiques, artifacts, and heirlooms as rare and unique as the...
13) Loom and doom
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Series
Antique Shop Mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Join Maggie Watson in the charming town of Somerset Harbor on the coast of Maine as she unearths a treasure trove of antiques and adventure. After inheriting the Carriage House Antiques shop and Sedgwick Manor, Maggie finally understands exactly what her beloved aunt meant when she said 'antiques are filled with stories -- secrets just waiting to be discovered'. Maggie and the lively members of the historical society set out to unravel mysteries...
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Scottish bookshop mystery volume 1
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English
Description
"In need of a good adventure, Delaney Nichols takes the leap and moves to Edinburgh, Scotland to start a job at The Cracked Spine. She doesn't know much about what she's gotten herself into, other than that the work sounds exciting, and that her new boss, Edwin MacAlister, has given her the opportunity of a lifetime. Edwin has promised that she'll be working with "a desk that has seen the likes of kings and queens, paupers and princes," and Delaney...
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Minecraft volume 4
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
For as long as they can remember, the twin endermen Fin and Mo have lived in the mysterious land of the End. On the outskirts of the great enderman city of Talos, they explore ancient ruins under the watchful gaze of the mighty ender dragon. They have everything they need in the end ship they call home, and know everything there is to know about their world -- or so they think until the strangers from another dimension arrive. The invaders are called...
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English
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Megan Brown's brother, Tyler, is dead, but the cops are killing him all over again. They say he died of a drug overdose, potentially suicide-- something Megan cannot accept. Determined to figure out what happened in the months before Tyler's death, Megan turns to the things he left behind. After all, she understands the stories objects can tell-- at fifteen, she is a gifted collage artist with a flair for creating found-object pieces. However, Megan...
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Scottish bookshop mystery volume 5
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English
Description
"Bookseller Delaney Nichols befriends a Loch Ness monster enthusiast; when he stands accused of murder she'll do whatever it takes to learn who the killer is--and whether Nessie herself is really lurking in the Scottish waters. Delaney Nichols is delighted with her life in Edinburgh, working at The Cracked Spine--a shop that specializes in hard-to-find books and artifacts. With a job she loves, and her fast approaching marriage to devastatingly handsome...
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English
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"A young girl, kidnapped on the eve of Word War II, changes the lives of a German archaeologist forced into the Nazi Party and-decades later-a researcher trying to overcome her own trauma. 1940. Hanna Tillich cherishes her work as an archaeologist for the Third Reich, searching for the Holy Grail and other artifacts to bolster evidence of a master Aryan race. But when she is reassigned to work as a museum curator in Nuremberg, then forced to marry...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Thirty-six eerie short tales, most of which were originally published on the blog of the same name, relate to an imaginary museum of creepy artifacts and are arranged into such thematic "drawers" as love, luck, song, and fairy tales.
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English
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"An alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world in this captivating, deeply visionary adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling thriller-master James Rollins. A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death. Fleeing into the unknown she is drawn into a team of outcasts: A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he's forbidden to wield and carves...
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