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Publisher
The Strand Magazine
Language
English
Description
The Strand offers the best of both worlds—publishing previously unpublished works by John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, and Agatha Christie. We’ve also published Alexander McCall Smith, R.L. Stine, and Michael Connelly. Strand has featured interviews with Paul Giamatti, James Patterson, and Louise Penny and reviews of the latest mystery novels.
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Stranded volume 2
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English
Description
The classic story of the Swiss Family Robinson becomes a thrilling adventure in paradise.
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Stranded volume 1
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English
Description
The classic story of the Swiss Family Robinson becomes a thrilling adventure in paradise.
4) Depths
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English
Description
Do you believe in love at first phone call? Cohen Rodriguez, Deo's hilarious,
5) Stranded
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English
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Experiencing an infatuation at one time or another for a famous heartthrob while growing up is not uncommon for the typical adolescent girl. Unfortunately, the odds statistically of ever meeting a celebrity crush in person at any age are one out of a million. Furthermore, the chances of ever becoming stranded alone, in a remote cabin in the woods with that same childhood heartthrob, are zero out of a billion. Until now… Sage Cassava idolized and...
6) Stranded
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English
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Kendall Monroe is handcuffed to a car in the desert. Is this life imitating art or art imitating life? The only thing he's sure of is that the situation he finds himself in is a copy of a scene he filmed earlier, only this time, there is no director yelling "cut" and no crew to rescue him. Terrified for his life, Kendall takes comfort remembering happier times with his long-time lover, Johnny. He hasn't seen Johnny in weeks since Johnny stayed behind...
7) Stranded
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Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
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English
Description
Jane, Buzz, Carter, and Vanessa, aged nine to thirteen, are on a sailing trip in the South Pacific intended to help them bond in their newly-blended family when a massive storm strands them on a deserted island
Reading level: Ages: 8 and up
8) Survivors
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Reading level: age 8 and up
Trapped for eleven days on a deserted island, Jane, Buzz, Carter and Vanessa must venture deeper into the jungles of the island, where they discover a secret and find danger at every turn
9) Taken
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English
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Malik is kidnapped on the day he's to be married to Roman. Malik escapes and they search for the culprit, but open a box of secrets instead.
10) Trial by fire
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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"Being shipwrecked on a jungle island in the middle of the South Pacific was bad enough. But now that Carter, Vanessa, Buzz and Jane have lost their boat--and almost everything on board--to another violent storm, it's like starting over. That means finding food and shelter, making fire for the first time, dealing with the wild boars that roam the island--and of course, figuring out how to get along (and not kill each other in the process)"--Page 4...
11) Lost at Sea
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
On a windy morning in April 2005, two friends set out to go fishing near Charleston, South Carolina. The teenagers paddled their small 15-foot (5.6 m) boat into the choppy Atlantic Ocean. They planned to stay close to shore and fish. Suddenly, their boat became caught in a powerful rip current. It began to sweep the small vessel away from shore. The frightened teenagers tried paddling back to land with all their might, but the current was too strong....
12) Lost in a Desert
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In the spring of 1994, Mauro Prosperi took part in a grueling six-day race called the Marathon of the Sands. Mauro, along with 133 other runners, set out to race 151 miles (234 km) across the hot and sandy Sahara Desert. On the fourth day of the race, a sandstorm struck! Millions of grains of sand whirled in the air, pounding and stinging Mauro's skin. For six hours, the fierce sandstorm made it almost impossible to see. After the storm ended, Mauro...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In early 2007, Loic Pillois and Guilhem Nayral went on a 60-mile hike in the Amazon rain forest in French Guiana. Despite having a map and a compass, the two friends became hopelessly lost. They built fires, hoping to attract the attention of planes passing overhead, but their efforts didn't work. For weeks Loic and Guilhem survived by eating frogs, centipedes, turtles, and bird-eating spiders. Would the two men be able to find their way back to civilization...
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It was -25°F as the snow swirled all around, making it impossible to see. Explorer and dog trainer Keizo Funatsu called out into the darkness, "I'm here! I'm here!" Yet the howling winds were so loud that no one could hear his cries. He was lost in Antarctica. Keizo was part of an international expedition that had just dogsledded 3,725 miles across the frozen continent, past the South Pole. He had left his tent to feed the sled dogs when a blizzard...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In September 2013, 72-year-old Gene Penaflor was hunting for deer in California's Mendocino National Forest when he fell onto rocky terrain and was knocked unconscious. When he awoke, the hunter was disoriented and lost. Days went by but rescuers did not come. To survive, Gene ate squirrels, frogs, and lizards. He kept himself warm in the subfreezing temperatures by building small fires and covering himself with leaves and grass. Would help arrive...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In May 2011, Brian Dickinson climbed to the top of Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth. "Enjoy this moment," he said to himself. Brian's joy would not last long, however. The powerful rays of the sun soon burned his eyes. He would have to get down the icy mountain all alone and unable to see. Could he get to the bottom of the summit before his oxygen ran out or a snow avalanche buried him alive? Lost on a Mountain is a heart-stopping collection...
17) Vendetta
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Sometimes deep dark secrets don't stay hidden… When Sage Cassava wed legendary Hollywood actor Brandon Parrish, her grandmother gave the couple-as a wedding present-the two-story secluded cabin in Montana that belonged to her late husband. Extremely pregnant and restless, with Brandon off wrapping up a movie tour in London, Sage starts cleaning out her grandfather's old office in the barn and comes across a box of his personal journals in the back...
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A murder at the Blue Dragon, a small apartment building in San Francisco's Chinatown, prompts the absentee owner to hire Chinese American Peter Strand to calm the anxious tenants. But Strand isn't exactly what he appears to be. Neither are the tenants, who on the surface seem to be regular people going about their lives. Strand, a forensic accountant by trade, doesn't intend to investigate the murder, but he soon realizes that this isn't a gang-related...
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A masterful short story from the acclaimed author of Catch-22, about one long night of anticipation.In a small town in the American South, it is night in the middle of the twentieth century. Carter, a high-school teacher and football coach in the newly desegregated schools, is awaiting news of two of his students who have been in a serious altercation. Outside the building where Carter has kept his vigil, a crowd of townspeople have also gathered...
20) Amazonia
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English
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A beguiling story of an adventurous traveler, from the Edgar Award-winning author of the bestselling Deputy Charlie Hood series.Fresh out of college, a young man is hired by a high-end travel agency. His fears that he might be in over his head prove to be well-founded when he is dispatched to a potential new destination, Playa Amazonia. Twenty hours of traveling leads him to a luxurious hotel, the world's most beautiful beach--and an encounter with...
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