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In a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph-a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 34
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English
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For years, Jack Ryan, Jr. and his colleagues at the Campus have waged an unofficial and highly effective campaign against the terrorists who threaten western civilization. The most dangerous of these is the Emir. This sadistic killer has masterminded the most vicious attacks on the west and has eluded capture by the world's law enforcement agencies. Now the Campus is on his trail. Joined by their latest recruits, John Clark and Ding Chavez, Jack Ryan,...
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Alex Cross novels volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene of the biggest case he's ever been part of. The president's son and daughter have been abducted from their school - an impossible crime, but somehow the kidnapper has done it. Alex does everything he can but is shunted to the fringes of the investigation. Someone powerful doesn't want him too close.
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Jack Ryan and John Clark novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 25
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English
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In a nondescript office building in suburban Maryland, a firm named Hendley Associates does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies, but its real mission is quite different: to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them, in whatever manner necessary. "The Campus" is always on the lookout for promising new talent, and three men are about to cross its radar.
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Pacific Rim novels volume 2
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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After a gruesome discovery escalates America's involvement in a naval war in the South China Sea, U.S. President Douglas Surber must choose to take a stand against evil or save the life of his daughter, who is stationed aboard a U.S. submarine tender.
8) Final Target
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English
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In this fast-paced thriller, Melissa Delgado is off on an incredible adventure from Washington to Amsterdam to Paris in an attempt to recover the Wind Dancer, a priceless gold statue that has been stolen.
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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Hush McGillen, a young widow and single mother running a successful family orchard, finds her life turned upside down when her college student son Davis elopes with and marries the rebellious daughter of the President of the United States.
11) Father night
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Jack McClure novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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When reform efforts in the Middle East culminate in a violent power struggle between two criminal underworld bosses, Jack McClure finds himself at the center of a multi-national uprising that is complicated by powerful enemies.
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002
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English
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Eve Cooper, occasional sleuth and the daughter of a newly elected president, investigates the death of the White House head usher while performing her first daughter duties, watching her younger brother, and focusing on a career in photojournalism.
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Wind Dancer volume 4
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Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2001
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English
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The president's daughter has fallen into the darkness of severe catatonic trauma after witnessing the murder of her nanny and the Secret Service agents on duty to protect her. Melissa Riley is attempting to help young Cassie, little knowing that there's a dangerous international game of intrigue under way.
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Sally Hemings series volume 2
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Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1994]
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English
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The life of Harriet Hemings, daughter of President Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, his slave and mistress. Passing for white because of her light skin and red hair, Harriet is tormented by the thought that her husband could be jailed and her children sold into slavery if the truth of her race came out. By the author of Echo of Lions.
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Jack McClure novels volume 3
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Homeland Security agent Jack McClure sets out to save 23-year-old Alli Carson after she's accused of murdering her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Alli, who's training to be an FBI special ops agent, must escape from the clutches of her uncle, Henry Holt Carson, who has ties to a lengthy list of criminals engaged in dirty deeds ranging from a burgeoning trade in sex slaves to causing the recent financial meltdown in the U.S.
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While writing a biography of Graham Hayward, the upright and highly regarded former president of the United States, journalist Simon Keller comes across landscape designer Dina McDermott, who may be Hayward's illegitimate daughter. Dina has grown up believing that Jude McDermott is her mother. Jude, torn between telling her daughter the truth and protecting her from it, is afraid that revealing her parentage may prove dangerous, especially since Dina's...
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Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A brief, fictionalized account of what life was like for Theodore Roosevelt during his political career, with his oldest daughter, Alice, a strong-willed and somewhat wild young woman, who loved to do things that shocked the public, even when she lived in the White House.
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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In the suburbs of Maryland, the firm of Hendley and Associates meanders its way through financial transactions-but its true purpose is to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them in whatever manner necessary
19) Locked on
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 33
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English
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Jack Ryan, Sr. has made a momentous choice. He's running for President of the United States again and thus giving up a peaceful retirement to help his country in its darkest hour. But he doesn't anticipate the treachery of his opponent, who uses trumped up charges to attack one of Ryan's closest comrades, John Clark.Now, Clark is in a race against time and must travel the world, staying one step ahead of his adversaries, including a shadowy organization...
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Love at stake volume 11
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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When a video reveals to the world that vampires live among us, it's up to "young" vamp Gregori Holstein, VP of Marketing, to persuade the U.S. government to declare the video a hoax. But first the president wants a favor, one that requires Gregori to spend forty-eight hours in very close contact with the First Daughter. Abby Tucker would rather spend her nights in a lab than attend her father's state dinners. She's dedicated her life to finding a...