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"The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" is the collaborative work of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirized the era of political greed and corruption that followed the American Civil War. This period is often referred to as "The Gilded Age" because of this book. The corruption and greed that was typical of the era is exemplified through two fictional narratives; one of the Hawkins family, a poor family from Tennessee who try to get the government...
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After a college student is killed, Police Chief Scott Parris turns to an aging shaman, who had visions of the killing, to track down the person responsible before they can kill again.
"The shocking death of a female physics student has shattered the peaceful community of Granite Creek, Colorado--and police chief Scott Parrish has a hunch he can't even begin to explain. He saw the killing ... in his dreams. Daisy Perika experienced the same visions....
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First novels volume 34
Publisher
Formac
Pub. Date
c2000
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IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Fred and his friends decide to investigate when his cat Rick begins behaving strangely.
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First novels volume 38
Publisher
Formac
Pub. Date
c2001
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English
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Fred and his father are ice fishing in a cabin on the frozen river. Fred imagines they are in the Far North living in an igloo. Their fishing is going very well and Fred's dad goes out to his truck. Suddenly the ice cracks and Fred and his cat Rick are floating down the river on an ice floe, floating farther and farther away from dry land.
5) Open season
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Joe Pickett novels volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Joe Pickett, a dedicated Wyoming game warden, finds the body of a well-known poacher in his back yard. As Joe starts to investigate, he gets some very strong indications from those in power that he should accept the explanation he's been given and put the matter to rest.
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In the years before the Demon Wars the world has become a dangerous place, with humans menaced by goblins and bloodthirsty Powries. The monk Bran Dynard returns from a mission to a far land wanting to share the religious truths he has learned, but must contend with a changed world.
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Dark-hunter novel volume 1
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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Vampire Kyrian of Thrace is handcuffed to beautiful accountant Amanda as part of a dangerous adversary's cat-and-mouse game, a confrontation for which the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
10) Rah-rah Ruby!
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Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
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IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Ruby, an aspiring cheerleader, always seems to mess up the cheers that involve spelling, but after a summer of study she aces the tryouts and goes on to win the spelling bee.
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Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Noah is thrilled when the week's library theme is sea creatures. But when Noah can't find the stuffed shark, he is disappointed. Noah knows there is a shark somewhere in the library, and he is going to find it"--P. [4] of cover.
13) The ranger
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"...Northeast Mississippi, hill country, rugged and notorious for outlaws since the Civil War, where killings are as commonplace as in the Old West. To Quinn Colson, it's home-but not the home he left when he went to Afghanistan. Now an Army Ranger, he returns to a place overrun by corruption, and finds his uncle, the county sheriff, dead-a suicide, he's told, but others whisper murder. In the days that follow, it will be up to Colson to discover...
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Jack Reacher novel volume 1
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Berkley
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He's just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he's arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Reacher knows is that he didn't kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn't stand a chance of convincing anyone. Not in Margrave, Georgia. Not a chance in hell.