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Language
English
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Hannah Payne has devoted her life to her church and family, but when she is accused of murdering her unborn child and turned into a Chrome, transplanted into a new body that matches the color classification of her crime--red for murder--and left in a bare room where cameras broadcast her every move to the public for their entertainment, Hannah vows to protect the identity of her child's father, a public figure who would be ruined if their affair is...
42) The Punisher
Language
English
Description
The Punisher walks through the same world we all know, a world darkened by war, by crime, by cruelty, and by injustice. He has no superpowers to battle the evil he sees all around him. He only has his fierce intelligence, his years of combat experience and, above all, his ironclad determination to avenge those wronged by society's villians, including those who killed his family.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Getting into trouble after feeding his dinner to the dog again, Ben embarks on a period of "solitary confinement" in his room, where he passes the time by eating hidden snacks, liberating his caged pets, and honing his slingshot skills.
45) The Mighty Ducks
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Slapped with a community service assignment, a tough trial lawyer must coach a ragtag team of pee wee hockey players who can't skate, can't score and can't win.
49) Dead man walking
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Catholic nun provides spiritual counseling to a man on death row.
50) Hell
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Hatcher McCord, an anchorman on the Evening News from Hell, reports on hellishly banal traumas while real-life persons suffer hilarious punishment: Adolf Hitler is repeatedly executed, only to be reassembled gruesomely, his face like a stitched football. All are ruled by a smarmy, Armani-clad Satan who smells noxiously of Old Spice aftershave, is only reachable by voice mail and blames everything on his father issues. But when McCord discovers that...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Death waits for us all, but only those sentenced to death know the day and the hour-- and only they can be sure that their last words will be recorded for posterity. From the famous, such as Nathan Hale to Ted Bundy, to the forgotten, these final statements range from heartfelt to horrific.
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Series
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully. Rabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, befriends the emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained...
53) Blood of angels
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Language
English
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Description
"...another winner that thriller, mystery and general fiction readers alike will relish." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Arvin weaves together disparate elements into a coherent and often thought-provoking tale." - Pittsburgh Tribune
"Intriguing...clever. A-" - Entertainment Weekly
"A suspenseful story line that takes hold of the reader from the very beginning to the book's close." - New York Law Journal
"(BLOOD OF ANGELS is) the kind of...
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
This book examines critical debates on the death penalty, presenting arguments for and against the death penalty and discussing legislation that has shaped this controversial issue at the present time.
57) The Punisher
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Punisher walks through the same world we all know, a world darkened by war, by crime, by cruelty, and by injustice. He has no superpowers to battle the evil he sees all around him. He only has his fierce intelligence, his years of combat experience and, above all, his ironclad determination to avenge those wronged by society's villians, including those who killed his family.
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