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Author
Series
O'Keefe family volume 1
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A marine biology student reporting to his summer job on an island off Portugal finds himself at the center of a power struggle between his boss and another group of Americans.
Author
Series
Problim children volume 3
Publisher
Katherine Tegan Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Problim siblings must solve a puzzle, find a treasure, and rescue their little brother, Toot, from the villainous Cheesebreath.
3) Afterward
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Dylan Anderson is kidnapped, his subsequent rescue leads to the discovery of Ethan Jorgensen, who had disappeared four years earlier, and now Dylan's sister Caroline befriends Ethan and wants to learn the truth about her autistic brother's captivity.
Author
Series
Show me a sign volume 1
Language
English
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Schneider Family Book Award
Titles Worth Trying: Historical [Middle School]
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Titles Worth Trying: Historical [Middle School]
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Description
It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes...
5) Hold fast
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
6) Mirage
Author
Series
Mirage (Daud) volume 1
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"In a world dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry; she dreams of having adventures, and travelling beyond her isolated home. But when adventure comes for Amani, it is not what she expects: she is kidnapped and brought to the royal palace, where she discovers that she is to become a body double for the hated princess Maram"--
Author
Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"When the young prince of Zapada is imprisoned by invaders, he needs all the help he can get to escape. As he flees dressed in his red pajamas, his captors are hot on his heels. But soon he realizes that he is not alone. The whole land of Zapada has joined forces to help him, each person dressing in red to confound and confuse his enemies. This exciting tale of adventure and escape is brought to life by the illustrator of Wall. A dramatic tale of...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Sixteen-year-old Sayers Wayte has everything: popularity, good looks, perfect grades--there's nothing Sayers' family money can't buy. Until he's kidnapped by a man who tells him the privileged life he's been living is based on a lie. Trapped in a windowless room, without knowing why he's been taken or how long the man plans to keep him shut away, Sayers faces a terrifying new reality. To survive, he must forget the world he once knew, and play the...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband-these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. And with a government scholarship right around the corner, everyone can see that these dreams aren't too far out of reach. But the girl's dreams turn to nightmares when her village is attacked by Boko Haram, a terrorist group, in the middle of the night. Kidnapped, she is taken with other girls and women into the forest where she...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A pious man explained to his followers: "It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. 'Don't be scared, ' I tell those fishes. 'I am saving you from drowning.' Soon enough, the fishes grow calm and lie still. Yet, sad to say, I am always too late. The fishes expire. And because it is evil...
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