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1. 22 seconds

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Author:
Patterson, James, 1947-
Series:
Women's murder club volume 22
Language:
English
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4 stars
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"22 seconds...until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge--or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There's buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly close to home. Former cops. Professional hits. All with the same warning scrawled on their bodies: You talk, you die. Now it's Lindsay's...

2. 11/22/63: a novel

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Author:
King, Stephen, 1947-
Series:
Thorndike Press large print core
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 810L
Language:
English
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3.7 stars
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THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND MODERN CLASSIC FROM MASTER STORYTELLER STEPHEN KING

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR

WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE
On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King—who...

3. Slaughterhouse-five, or, the children's crusade: a duty-dance with death

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Author:
Vonnegut, Kurt
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850L
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English
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4.3 stars
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Billy Pilgrim serves as a chaplain's assistant in the Second World War, is captured by the Germans, and survives the fire bombing of Dresden to contemplate the human condition.

4. The guardians

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Author:
Grisham, John
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English
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4.3 stars
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In a small Florida town, a young lawyer is shot to death. A young black man, a former client, named Quincy Miller is charged and convicted. For 22 years, Miller maintains his innocence from inside prison. Finally, Guardian Ministries takes on Miller's case, but the Episcopal minister in charge gets more than he bargained for as powerful people do not want Miller exonerated.

5. Arctic storm rising: a novel

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Author:
Brown, Dale, 1956-
Series:
Nick Flynn novel volume 1
Nick Flynn novel volume 01
Language:
English
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5 stars
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"After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nicholas Flynn is exiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska's Arctic frontier. This dead-end assignment is designed to put his career permanently on ice, but Flynn's not the type to fade quietly into obscurity... As winter storms pound Alaska and northern Canada, Russian aircraft begin penetrating deep into friendly airspace. Are these rehearsals for a possible...

6. Fullmetal alchemist

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Author:
Arakawa, Hiromu, 1973-
Series:
Viz graphic novel
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English
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As young boys, Edward & Alphonse Elric dabbled in alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. As a result, Ed lost one arm and one leg, while Al lost his entire body and had his spirit sealed into a suit of armor. Now, they are searching for the fabled Philosopher's Stone to restore what they've lost.

7. Seabiscuit: an American legend

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Author:
Hillenbrand, Laura
Series:
Ballantine reader's circle
G.K. Hall large print nonfiction
Lexile measure:
990L
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.

Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success...

8. Lockdown

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Author:
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014
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730L
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English
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Teenage Reese, serving time at a juvenile detention facility, gets a lesson in making it through hard times from an unlikely friend with a harrowing past.

9. The tale of Squirrel Nutkin

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Author:
Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943
Series:
Beatrix Potter Classics
World of Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit volume 2
Lexile measure:
850L
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English
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Squirrel Nutkin would rather ask an old owl riddles than gather nuts with the other squirrels.

10. Born on a blue day: inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant

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Author:
Tammet, Daniel, 1979-
Lexile measure:
1170L
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English
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One of the world's fifty living autistic savants is the first and only to tell his compelling and inspiring life story—and explain how his incredible mind works.


Worldwide, there are fewer than fifty living savants, those autistic individuals who can perform miraculous mental calculations or artistic feats (think Dustin Hoffman's character in Rain Man). Until now, none of them has ever been capable of discussing his or her...

11. Vertigo 42: a Richard Jury mystery

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Author:
Grimes, Martha
Series:
Richard Jury mystery volume 23
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English
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"At Vertigo 42, a bar high above London's financial district, Richard Jury meets Tom Williamson - a friend of a friend who is convinced his wife, Tess, was murdered 17 years ago. Tess's death was ruled accidental - a fall caused by vertigo - but Jury agrees to re-examine the case. A young girl's fatal fall at a children's party 22 years ago at Tom and Tess's home may be connected. After an elegantly dressed woman falls from a tower near a pub that...

12. Just for the summer

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Author:
Jimenez, Abby
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Part of Your World
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English
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"Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They'll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other's out, and they'll both go on to find the love of their lives. It's a bonkers idea... and it just might work. Emma hadn't planned that...

13. Parkland

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Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2013]
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November 22, 1963 is a day that changed the world forever when beloved American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Parkland is the true story behind that tragic day, told from the vantage point of individuals who are forced to make split-second decisions after this incomprehensible event that will change the world's landscape forever.

14. The Valley of Fear

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Author:
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Series:
Sherlock Holmes volume 7
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English
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4 stars
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Step into the captivating world of "The Valley of Fear," a thrilling masterpiece by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that takes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on an unforgettable journey into the heart of mystery and intrigue. Published in 1915, this novel is a riveting addition to the iconic detective series, offering a perfect blend of suspense, deduction, and rich storytelling. Picture yourself immersed in the atmospheric landscapes of the American coalfields...

15. The immortal Irishman: the Irish revolutionary who became an American hero

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Author:
Egan, Timothy
Pub. Date:
2016
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English
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In the New York Times bestseller The Immortal Irishman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan illuminates the dawn of the great Irish American story, with all its twists and triumphs, through the life of one heroic man.
A dashing young orator during the Great Hunger of the 1840s, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony for life. But two years...

16. Sunrise on the reaping

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Author:
Collins, Suzanne
Series:
Hunger games volume .5
Hunger Games volume .50
Lexile measure:
800L
Language:
English
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4 stars
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"As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He's torn from his family...

17. Superstorm Sandy

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Author:
Peppas, Lynn
Series:
Disaster alert!
Publisher:
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date:
©2014
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NC: Non-Conforming 1190L
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"By the time Sandy had hit New York City on October 22, 2012, it had left a trail of death and destruction across the Caribbean and the eastern seaboard of the United States. Affecting 24 U.S. states, Sandy is the second-costliest superstorm in United States history. This informative book follows the timeline of the superstorm and features personal accounts by those who experienced the destruction in many New York City and New Jersey neighborhoods....

18. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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Author:
Rowling, J. K.
Series:
Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets volume 2
Harry Potter Narrated by Stephen Fry volume 2
Year ... at Hogwarts
Lexile measure:
940L
Language:
English
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4.3 stars
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When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.

19. The West Wing: The complete third season

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Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2004]
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English
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The 22-episode third season whose storylines include the investigation into the alleged cover-up of President Barlet's illness, the early bid for a second term and confrontations with global terrorism. Reel- and real-life events profoundly intersect in the historic Isaac and Ishmael episode made in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. And must-see bonus features include a special The West Wing look at the executive branch featuring...

20. Daniel Deronda

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Author:
Eliot, George, 1819-1880
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Modern Library classics
Everyman's library volume 163
Penguin classics
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English
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Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 - 22 December 1880; alternatively "Mary Anne" or "Marian"), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871-72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and known for their...
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