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Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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In this second entry in bestselling author Greenlaw's popular new mystery series, Jane Bunker finds out that the idyllic little town of Green Haven, Maine, harbors some dark secrets--and she finds out the hard way that they are darker than most.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal -- a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely...
Author
Series
Kate Shugak mysteries volume 8
Language
English
Description
Kate Shugak, an Alaskan homesteader and private eye, is helping her uncle fish for salmon in an estuary near Prince William Sound. Cal Meany, a commercial fisherman, is abusing his family and bullying other anglers, including Kate's aunts. The aptly named Meany is murdered, and Kate's subsequent investigation is made especially hard because her aunts are suspects, salmon season is in full swing, and her lover, Jack Morgan, has arrived from Anchorage....
4) Deep shadow
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Series
Doc Ford novels volume 17
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Two low-life ex-cons, King and Perry, are on the lam after killing a family of five in a burglary. They end up in Doc's neck of the woods, or rather his neck of the swamp, in central Florida. Doc; his boat-bum hipster pal, Tomlinson; troubled Indian teen Will Chaser, and Arlis Futch, a crusty old fisherman, have arrived at a small lake, which they intend to search for Batista's treasure plane, which disappeared in 1958 while flying the ex-dictator's...