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3) Ice: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
As a brewing ice storm approaches, and despite the icy conditions that have always existed between him and Lolly Helton, combat veteran Gabriel McQueen makes the long haul to the middle of nowhere to find out whether she is safe and sound. Spotting strangers in Lolly's home--one of them packing a weapon--Gabriel rescues Lolly from her captors ... but when the escape is discovered, the heat--and the hunt--are on.
4) Unexpected
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Language
English
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Description
Ray Vereker, a sexy female mercenary armed with quick reflexes and sharp instincts, finds her life forever changed when she is hired by Eli Conner to rescue his reckless brother, a dangerous mission that results in undeniable passion, true love, and a severe case of morning sickness.
Author
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots--fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family,...
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Series
Miss Peregrine volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Time is running out for the Peculiar Children. With a dangerous madman on the loose and their beloved Miss Peregrine still in danger, Jacob Portman and Emma Bloom are forced to stage the most daring of rescue missions. They'll travel through a war-torn landscape, meet new allies, and face greater dangers than ever. Will Jacob come into his own as the hero his fellow Peculiars know him to be? (Features more than 50 all-new Peculiar photographs.)
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Series
Erec Rex volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Erec Rex must meet the terrifying Nightmare King as he struggles to save his best friend Bethany from the evil Baskania.
9) Early dawn
Author
Series
Historical Coulter family novels volume 4
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Remaining volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In a steel-and-lead-encased bunker 20 feet below the basement level of his house, a soldier waits for his final orders. On the surface, a plague ravages the planet, infecting over 90% of the populace. The bacterium burrows through the brain, destroying all signs of humanity and leaving behind little more than base, prehistoric instincts. Someday soon, the soldier will have to open the hatch to his bunker, and step out into this new wasteland, to complete...
11) A hill of beans
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Mac is back. Framed for a murder he didnt commit, Dewey Mac McKenzie is a wanted man on a cattle drive heading west, as a chuckwagon cook. Though he's never even boiled an egg, McKenzie has a natural gift for cobbling together good trail drive grub. Now, with two trail drives under his belt, McKenzie has proven to be more than a good chuckwagon cook. He's good at serving up justice, too, with a side of hot lead."
12) Marja's skis
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Marja, often told she is not strong enough to do strenuous chores or attend school, discovers her own inner strength when, on her way home from school, she uses her skis to help a lumberjack who has fallen through the ice.
14) Hidden
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Series
Alex Verus novels volume 5
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With his talent for divining the future, Alex Verus should have foreseen his friends' reactions to the revelations about his previous life. Anne Walker no longer trusts him-and has also cut all ties with the mage community after getting kicked out of the apprentice program. As a favor to Luna, Alex's own apprentice and Anne's best friend, he checks in on her only to be told to leave her alone.
Then Anne gets kidnapped. The Council Keepers of the...
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Series
Publisher
Andersen Press USA, an imprint of Andersen Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"As Elmer the patchwork elephant is strolling through the jungle, he hears a cry for help. A butterfly is trapped. Elmer easily frees her. She promises to help Elmer. But how can a butterfly ever help an elephant?"--
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Series
Secret Zoo volume 5
Publisher
Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Noah, Megan, Richie, and Ella must navigate a maze of never-ending aquariums in the Secret Zoo to rescue their animal friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amazon Pub
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Captain Romulus Buckle and his zeppelin crew plan to rescue their kidnapped leader from the City of the Founders, but first they must survive the war zeppelins and aliens that infest the skies of post-apocalyptic Southern California.
Author
Series
League of Ursus volume 1
Publisher
Quirk Books
Language
English
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Description
A teddy bear named Spark, together with a league of toy allies, stages a rescue mission after a human child is kidnapped by an interdimensional monster.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old twins Casey and Lacey fly an enchanted, antique airplane, named the "Vin Fiz," across the United States and have several daring adventures along the way. Includes historical notes on the real "Vin Fiz," the name of the airplane that made the first transcontinental flight in 1911.
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