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“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life - both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read....
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Vampire Academy volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 23
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English
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In this final novel in the "Vampire Academy" series, Rose is on trial for her life. Sworn to protect Lissa who is vying for the royal throne, Rose realizes she will have to take her future into her own hands and prove her innocence.
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Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devasting storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand and control the impact of Lena's claiming, which is even causing her family members' abilities to dangerously misfire. The plot contains mild profanity, sexual references and violence. Co-author is Margaret Stohl.
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Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the old house proves to be quite dangerous.
7) Darkness
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Publisher
Bantam Books
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English
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A family moves back to a Florida town, where something evil awaits.
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Last apprentice volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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The continuing adventures of Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son and apprentice to the local Spook, who faces danger and death daily in his job protecting the region from evil.
10) Gone
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Gone novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
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Series
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Book Pipeline 2017 Grand Prize Winner
Winner of the Audiofile Magazine 2018 Earphones Award for Fiction
For fans of Lauren Oliver and Kazuo Ishiguro, The Last to See Me is a spellbinding American ghost story deftly weaving past and present into an unforgettable narrative about a young woman's fight for a life of her own—long after her life is over.
Over one hundred years ago, Emma Rose Finnis was born and...
Winner of the Audiofile Magazine 2018 Earphones Award for Fiction
For fans of Lauren Oliver and Kazuo Ishiguro, The Last to See Me is a spellbinding American ghost story deftly weaving past and present into an unforgettable narrative about a young woman's fight for a life of her own—long after her life is over.
Over one hundred years ago, Emma Rose Finnis was born and...
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Fallen novels (Lauren Kate) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Desperate to unlock the curse that condemns her love for Daniel, Luce revisits her past incarnations trying to understand her fate, but Daniel is chasing her throughout the centuries in order to keep her from rewriting their history.
15) Fade
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Paul Moreaux, the thirteen-year-old son of French Canadian immigrants, inherits the ability to become invisible, but this power soon leads to death, destruction, and no escape.
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Vampire Academy volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir's and to her best friend, Lissa. But Rose's heart still aches for Dimitri, and she knows he's out there, somewhere. He has tasted her blood, and now he is hunting her. Only this time, he won't rest until Rose joins him--forever.
17) Fire star
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Series
Last dragon chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Orchard Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
While on a research trip to the Arctic, Chris begins writing a story about bears, dragons and a mysterious fire star, only to realize that his tale is coming alive and is populated by an old adversary out to destroy his world forever.
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Pendergast novels volume 17
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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""FOR GOD'S SAKE, TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENED!" "VENGEANCE. VENGEANCE IS WHAT'S HAPPENED." It begins as a manhunt for Grace Ozmian, the missing daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire. At first, the NYPD assumes Grace, beautiful, reckless, and a regular feature of the local tabloids, has simply sped off on another wild adventure. But the case becomes something altogether different when the young woman's body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse in Queens,...
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Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
20180327
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Lee Strobel trains his investigative sights on the hot-button question: is it really credible to believe God intervenes supernaturally in people's lives today?
This provocative book starts with an unlikely interview in which America's foremost skeptic builds a seemingly persuasive case against the miraculous. But then Strobel travels the country to quiz scholars to see whether they can offer solid answers to atheist...