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1) The storm
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
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Fifteen-year-old Ruby's fight for survival continues in a post-apocalyptic world where the rain is deadly.
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2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Con este texto los lectores aprenden todo sobre los chimpancés y su increíble hábitat de selva tropical. Las fotografías de color dan un vistazo a la vida de un chimpancé mientras que las preguntas de pensamiento crítico y un glosario de fotos ayudan a los lectores de no ficción por primera vez. With this carefully leveled text, now in Spanish, readers learn all about chimpanzees and their incredible rain forest habitat. Full-color photographs...
3) Zero sum
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[2017]
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"Returning to Tokyo in 1982 after a decade of mercenary work in the Philippines, a young John Rain learns that the killing business is now controlled by Victor, a half-Russian, half-Japanese sociopath who has ruthlessly eliminated all potential challengers. Victor gives Rain a choice: kill a government minister or die a grisly death. But the best route to the minister is through his gorgeous Italian wife Maria, a route that puts Rain on a collision...
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2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Entra en el mundo de uno de los gatos más interesantes de la selva tropical. Este texto incluye fotos vívidas de jaguares que rondan por el suelo del bosque. Las preguntas de pensamiento crítico y un glosario de fotos proporcionan a los lectores los elementos básicos para la lectura de no ficción. Enter the world of one of the coolest cats in the rain forest. Now in Spanish, this carefully leveled text includes vivid photos of jaguars prowling...
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2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Aprenda todo sobre las ranas arbóreas de ojos brillantes y de ojos rojos que llaman a la selva tropical su hogar. Las fotografías coloridas capturarán la imaginación del lector. Las preguntas de pensamiento crítico y un glosario de fotos enseñarán a los niños los conceptos básicos de la lectura de no ficción. Learn all about the brightly colored red-eyed tree frogs that call the rain forest their home. Colorful photographs will capture the...
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Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, a tangle of serpents fights its way up the Rain Wild River to the cocooning grounds. But the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old; some cannot fly, others are stunted or deformed. To save the dragons, a band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers must attend them if they are to find their true home--the legendary Elderling city of Kelsingra.
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This book rejoins a small group of weak, half-formed and unwanted dragons and their displaced human companions as they search for a legendary sanctuary. Now, as the misfit band approaches its final destination, dragons and keepers alike face a challenge so insurmountable that it threatens to render their long, difficult odyssey utterly meaningless.
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The Tarman expedition has at last found Kelsingra, a city filled with ancient treasures. Here, the dragons and their Elderling keepers may discover their full potential, but only if the magic of Kelsingra can be unlocked. Adventurers, pirates and fortune hunters will soon be coming to pillage what they can. Where is Tintaglia, the greatest of all dragons, when there is such need of her? Attacked, dying of a poisoned wound, can she survive? She holds...
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Sarah Allen burned a lot of bridges when she left her hometown. But when her husband is murdered and his associates come looking for her and her daughter, Sarah has only one place left to go-Wind Canyon, Wyoming. She runs right into Jackson Raines, the man she spurned in high school, who has now become a successful ranch owner. She expects anger from him, but instead she gets mercy...
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Pub. Date
2013
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The final volume in Robin Hobb's popular Rain Wilds fantasy series, Blood of Dragons completes the story of the dragons, their keepers, and their quest to find the lost city of Kelsingra—and the mythical silver wells that the dragons need to survive.
Can Tintaglia and the Elderlings unlock the secrets of the ancient city? Or are they doomed to extinction?
The world of Robin Hobb's Rain Wilds series has been praised by Booklist
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When a joint FBI–Seattle Police investigation of an international child pornography ring gets too close to certain powerful people, sex-crimes detective Livia Lone becomes the target of a hit that barely goes awry—a hit that had been offered to John Rain, a retired specialist in “natural causes.” Suspecting the FBI itself was behind the attack, Livia reaches out to former Marine sniper Dox. Together, they assemble an ad hoc group to identify...
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Raine Benares novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2012
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"My name is Raine Benares-and it sucks to be me right now. I'm a seeker who managed to "find" the Saghred, a soul-stealing stone that gave me unlimited power I never asked for or wanted. Now I've managed to lose the rock-and the magic it gave me-to a power-hungry goblin dark mage whose main goals are my death and world domination. All we need to do is destroy the Saghred, kill the mage, and put a renegade goblin prince on the throne. Did I mention...
14) Rain remembers
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[2023]
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In the companion novel to the critically acclaimed Rain Rising, Rain must once again find the strength to rise above. The start of the school year is bringing a lot of changes for Rain: New school. No Circle Group. No Dr. McCalla. No Miss Walia. No step team. And Xander, her older brother and superhero, is away at college. Although everyone else seems okay with change, Rain struggles to open up to her new counselor, her mom, Umi, Alyssa, and even...
15) Anacondas
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Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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This photo-illustrated book introduces the anaconda to young readers.
16) Against the sun
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Raines of Wind Canyon volume 6
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Against the sun: It's not in bodyguard Jake Cantrell's job description to share his suspicions with his assignments. Beautiful executive Sage Dumont may be in charge, but Jake's not on her payroll. As a former Special Forces marine, Jake trusts his gut, and it's telling him there's something off about a shipment arriving at Marine Drilling International. His instinct is aroused ... in more ways than one. A savvy businesswoman, Sage knows better than...
17) Against the mark
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Raines of Wind Canyon volume 9
Pub. Date
2013
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"The perfect murder is a work of art. In one catastrophic instant, Haley Warren's estranged father was taken from her, never getting the chance to reconnect with him. Now she's doing it the only way she's got left: by proving the explosion that killed him was no accident. When Tyler Brodie, provocative and handsome P.I., agrees to help the hot little blonde, find out the truth about her father's death, he doesn't realize the danger he and Haley are...
19) H2O
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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When a strange rain falls bearing a fatal, contagious disease, Ruby finds herself alone with the only drinkable water quickly running out.
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Raines of Wind Canyon volume 4
Pub. Date
2011
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Some women find trouble wherever they go. And some men are their only protection against it. Redheads like Maggie O'Connell are nothing but trouble. But Trace Rawlins, an army-ranger-turned-private-investigator, takes her case anyway. After all, he knows how to deal with women. Trace can sense that something's wrong - Maggie isn't telling him everything. If these menacing calls and messages are real, why won't the police help her? Bestseller