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1) Dune
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Series
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny.
Author
Series
Millennium novels (Stieg Larsson) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
Lisbeth Salander lies in Intensive Care with a bullet lodged in her head. She will face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. Salander is now ready to fight back.
3) Almost dead
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Cissy Cahill sets out to find the person who is killing members of her family, but a shocking secret from the family's past may offer insight into why her family is being targeted, and who is responsible.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Eight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. In the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Cathedral. She has produced a monster of stick and snow who will do her bidding-- and exact her revenge. Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, fled to the human world and lives in the woods. When she is chased through the streets by the hag Bogdana, Suren is saved by Prince Oak, the heir to Elfhame-- and the boy...
Author
Series
Islands of blood and storm volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Sigourney Rose is the only surviving daughter of a noble lineage on the islands of Hans Lollik. When she was a child, her family was murdered by the islands' colonizers, who have massacred and enslaved generations of her people--and now, Sigourney is ready to exact her revenge. When the childless king of the islands declares that he will choose his successor from amongst eligible noble families, Sigourney uses her ability to read and control minds...
6) Unspeakable
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Language
English
Description
Jack Sawyer, a drifter whose easygoing nature hides a troubled past, returns to his hometown in Blewer County, Texas in an attempt to protect widow Anna Corbett and her young son from revenge-minded escaped convict Carl Herbold.
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Traces Harleen Quinzel's journey from precocious, revenge-obsessed teenage girl to a hardcore justice-seeker on her way to becoming supervillain, Harley Quinn.
When Harleen Quinzel scores an internship in a psych lab at Gotham University, she's more than ecstatic; she's desperate to make a Big Scientific Discovery that will land her a full-ride college scholarship and get her away from her abusive father. But when Harleen witnesses the way women...
Author
Series
FBI thrillers. Dead series volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When FBI agent Dylan Shields was killed in an undercover drug deal two years ago, his colleague (and fiancee) Annie Marie McCall was left alone with too many unanswered questions--and nothing to do but hit the job as hard as she could to escape the pain. Only now is Annie allowing herself a chance at happiness, thanks to detective, thanks to detective Evan Crosby. But before embracing a bright new future, she must grapple with a dangerous past and...
9) Bad words
Publisher
Focus Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Guy Trilby is a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. While reporter Jenny Widgeon attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward ten-year-old Chaitanya Chopra, who is completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners approach to life.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From Lagos to Mexico City, Australia to the Caribbean, Toronto to Los Angeles, Darjeeling to rural New Zealand, London to New York--twenty-two bestselling crime writers from diverse cultures come together from across the world in a razor sharp and deliciously sinister collection of crime stories--
Author
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Haunted by memories of the Civil War, Coy Jennings just wants to find work as a ranch hand and to begin saving for a small farm where he could finally enjoy peace and quiet. Arriving in the Texas settlement of Phantom Hill, Coy soon befriends a damaged but likable stable hand by the name of Ira Dalton and hopes for a future with a lovely widowed mother and her eight-year-old daughter. In order to make Phantom Hill a decent place to settle down, Coy...
12) The butcher
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English
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Description
When Lady Mae turns 18, she'll inherit her mother's job as the Butcher: dismembering Settlement Five’s guilty residents as payment for their petty crimes. An index finger taken for spreading salacious gossip, a foot for blasphemy, no one is exempt from punishment.
But one day Winona refuses to butcher a six-year-old boy. So their leaders, known as the Deputies, come to Lady Mae’s house, and, right there in the living room, murder her mother...
13) True blue
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Mason "Mace" Perry, having been incarcerated for two years and lost her badge for a crime she did not commit, is released from prison and determined to be reinstated, deciding the only way to do so is to solve a murder of a female lawyer, but evidence of secrets within the private and public world of the nation's capital threaten her chances of becoming a police officer again and her life.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Doublecross volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amy and Dan are shocked to learn that Outcast, a violent renegade who is threatening the lives of innocent people, may be a Cahill family member who is determined to exact revenge.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Amidst ongoing strife within and between the Clans of warrior cats, Brambleclaw is tempted by the dark plans of his father and brother, and the meaning of Leafpool's ominous visions becomes clear.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Angel Sullivan and Seth Baker, teen misfits in the quaint town of Roundtree, Massachusetts, are led by a sinister force to a small cabin where they find a book of spells that gives them the power to get more than even with their tormentors.
17) The English spy
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 15
Language
English
Description
She is an iconic member of the British Royal Family, beloved for her beauty and charitable works. resented by her former husband and his mother, the Queen of England. But when a bomb explodes abroad her holiday yacht, British intelligence turns to one man to track down her killer: legendary spy and assassin Gabriel Allon. - Gabriela's target is Eamon Quinn, a master bomb maker and mercenary of death who sells his services to the highest bidder. Quinn...
18) Foul is fair
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Series
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Elle and her friends Mads, Jenny, and Summer rule their glittering LA circle. Untouchable, they have the kind of power other girls only dream of. Every party is theirs and the world is at their feet. Until the night of Elle's sweet sixteen, when they crash a St. Andrew's Prep party. The night the golden boys choose Elle as their next target. They picked the wrong girl. Sworn to vengeance, Elle transfers to St. Andrew's. She plots to destroy each boy,...
19) Hench: a novel
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Language
English
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Description
Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. As a temp, she's just a cog in the machine. But when she finally gets a promising assignment, everything goes very wrong, and an encounter with the so-called 'hero' leaves her badly injured. So, of course, then she gets laid off. With no money and no mobility, with only her anger and internet research acumen, she discovers her suffering at the...
Author
Series
Six of crows volume 2
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge...
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