Paull, Laline.
Summary: Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive, where work and sacrifice are the highest virtues and worship of the beloved Queen the only religion. But Flora is not like other bees. With circumstances threatening the hive's survival, her curiosity is regarded as a dangerous flaw, but her courage and strength are assets. She is allowed to feed the newborns in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Newman, Aline Alexander.
Summary: This entertaining and humorous chapter book will feature animals who can perform amazing acts like riding motocross, foretelling the weather, and playing a guitar. These stories will enchant readers and empower them to devour the more text-heavy "grown up" style of the book, while still keeping the story easily digestible for a hesitant reader.National Geographic supports K-12 educators with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Krull, Kathleen.
Summary: Every U.S. president is the focus of public scrutiny, but how well do we know these men? What kind of fathers do presidents make? Husbands? Neighbors? Other books focus on the historical achievements of those who have occupied our country's highest office; Lives of the Presidents looks instead at their bad habits, silly nicknames, and strange pets. Every president—from George Washington...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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Mull, Brandon.
Summary: For centuries, mystical creatures of all description were gathered to a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary survives today as one of the last strongholds of true magic in a cynical world. Enchanting? Absolutely. Exciting? You bet. Safe? Well, actually, quite the opposite. . . Kendra and her brother Seth have no idea their grandfather is the current...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2013
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Mull, Brandon.
Summary: At the end of the school year, Kendra and her brother, Seth, find themselves racing back to Fablehaven, a refuge for mythical and magical creatures. Grandpa Sorenson, the caretaker, invites three specialists—a potion master, a magical relics collector, and a mystical creature trapper—to help protect the property from the Society of the Evening Star, an ancient organization...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2013
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Mull, Brandon.
Summary: Since ancient times, the great demon prison Zzyzx has protected the world from the most dangerous servants of darkness, including Gorgrog, the Demon King. After centuries of plotting, the Sphinx is on the verge of recovering the five artifacts necessary to open the legendary prison. Facing the potential of a world-ending calamity, all friends of light must unite in a final effort to thwart the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2013
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Mull, Brandon.
Summary: Strange things are afoot at Fablehaven. Someone or something has released a plague that transforms beings of light into creatures of darkness. Seth discovers the problem in its infancy, but as the infectious disease spreads, it becomes clear that the preserve cannot hold out for long. In dire need of help, the Sorensons question where to turn. The Sphinx has always given sound advice—but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2013
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Mull, Brandon.
Summary: Two hidden artifacts have been found. Three more remain unrecovered. More preserves face destruction as the Society of the Evening Star relentlessly pursues new talismans. Reading in Patton's Journal of Secrets, Kendra learns the location of the key to a vault housing one of the artifacts. In order to retrieve it, the Knights of the Dawn must enter a death trap—a dragon sanctuary called...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2013
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Chadwick, Paul (Paul H.)
Summary: Life as Concrete knows it is about to change forever. Former speechwriter Ron Lithgow returns as the title character in Paul Chadwick's critically acclaimed and award-winning miniseries. Trapped in an alien's rock-hard body, Lithgow is an accidental celebrity whose high profile is being courted by a front-page CEO. Though Concrete believes overpopulation to be an important issue, does he want...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2015
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Saul, Jamie M.
Summary: Light of Day is a powerful and illuminating novel about love, loss, and the unforeseeable darkness that lurks around the corners of everyday life. Respected professor Jack Owens brought his son, Danny, to Gilbert, Indiana, to escape a betrayal too painful to endure anywhere but in this quiet midwestern college town. After ten years, Jack believed they were safe. But on a seemingly ordinary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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Kupperberg, Paul
Summary: History is in the making in this epic finale to the acclaimed series LIFE WITH ARCHIE, as America's most beloved character makes the ultimate sacrifice to save a friend. The unthinkable happens: Archie Andrews dies! Fans will experience an epic tale of Archie's future sure to make headlines, generate discussion and stand as one of the most-talked about Archie stories of all time. Do not miss...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archie Comics 2014
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Mattison, Alice.
Summary: On the day they first meet in a city playground, Deborah Laidlaw lends Toby Ruben a book called Trolley Girl, the memoir of a forgotten trolley strike in the 1920s, written by the sister of a fiery Jewish revolutionary who played an important, ultimately tragic role in the events. Young mothers with babies, Toby and Deborah become instant friends. It is a relationship that will endure for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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Tobin, Paul
Summary: Declan Thomas is an ex-inmate of an insane asylum that was destroyed in a fire. He has the strange ability to step inside a person's madness-and sometimes cure it. He hopes to one day cure his own, but time is running out, as a demonic predator pursues him. From the Eisner nominated writer of Bandette.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2013
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Waid, Mark
Summary: Masquerading as a costumed crime lord, the Green Hornet establishes a criminal network to weed out the most wicked among their ranks. But his actions have not gone unnoticed, and J. Edgar Hoover has declared him Public Enemy Number One! Targeted by the law and gangster rivals, not even Britt Reid's fortune can buy Hornet and Kato out of this fix! Superstar writer Mark Waid (Kingdom Come,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dynamite Entertainment 2014