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Book cover for "Miss Meteor".
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"There hasn't been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pageant who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky Quintanilla in all its history. But that's not the only reason Lita wants to enter the contest, or her ex-best friend Chicky wants to help her. The road to becoming Miss Meteor isn't about being perfect; it's about sharing who you are with the world--and loving the parts of yourself no one else understands. So to pull off the unlikeliest underdog story...
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The author of "The Abduction" and "Found Money" presents a chilling thriller in which a missing wife may be a serial killer's victim--or accomplice.
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HL: High-Low 630L
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English
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4.6 stars
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Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations...
Book cover for "The shade of the moon".
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Pub. Date:
2013
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 520L
Language:
English
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"Jon Evans is one of the lucky ones--until he realizes that escaping his safe haven may be the only way to truly survive"--
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English
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5 stars
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"With shades of The Hunger Games, Ender's Game, and Game of Thrones, debut author Pierce Brown's genre-defying epic Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom from the overlords of a brutal elitist future built on lies. Now fully embedded among the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his work...
Book cover for "The day of the triffids".
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"What if a meteor shower left most of the world blind--and humanity at the mercy of mysterious carnivorous plants? Bill Masen undergoes eye surgery and awakes the next morning in his hospital bed to find civilization collapsing. Wandering the city, he soon realizes that surviving in this new world requires evading strangers and the seven-foot-tall plants known as triffids--plants that can walk and can kill a man with one quick lash of their poisonous...
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"In Greek mythology Cassandra foresaw calamities, but was cursed by the gods to be ignored. Modern-day Cassandras clearly predicted the disasters of Katrina, Fukushima, the Great Recession, the rise of ISIS, and many others. Like her, they were ignored. There are others right now warning of impending disasters, but how do we know which warnings are likely to be right? Through riveting explorations in a variety of fields, the authors uncover a method...
Book cover for "Russian History Through the Ages".
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Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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- The Third book in Our Captivating Russian History Series. Embark on a fascinating journey into Russia's 20th-century history with the latest book in our acclaimed series, "Russian History Through the Ages: Revolution and Transformation in the 20th Century." This riveting volume unveils the events and personalities that defined a nation's extraordinary path through a century of upheaval and change. Witness the epic Russian Revolution, which toppled...
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Publisher:
Triumph Books
Language:
English
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The United States is experiencing a new British Invasion-One Direction, the British boy band that has captured the hearts and attention of young Americans in a way that can only be compared to the Beatles. With the recent U.S. launch of their new album Up All Night and their current North American tour, Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry, and Louis have taken the United States by storm, and this account details how five solo contestants on Britain's X Factor...

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Wyman Ford volume 3
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English
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"Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia ... to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world. While he searches for the origin of these dangerous jewels, a young woman in Maine borrows her father's boat to search the outer islands for the meteorite that lit up the sky in her small town. Meanwhile, a scientist at the National Propulsion Facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma...
Book cover for "If You Could Live Anywhere".
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Even when your job can be done from anywhere, the place you call home still matters, a lot. By the old rules of work, your dream career determines where you live. If you want to make movies, move to Los Angeles. If you want to work in publishing, you must be in New York. And if you're launching a start-up, you'll only succeed in Silicon Valley. But with the meteoric rise of remote and freelance work, more people than ever are becoming location independent....
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Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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An astonishing memoir about how song saved a life. Singer/songwriter Tara MacLean has had an extraordinary musical career. From being discovered singing on a BC ferry to touring with Dido, Tom Cochrane and Lilith Fair, her solo albums and those with the band Shaye have touched legions of fans. But she hasn't, until now, disclosed the details of how the power of song saved her from a childhood filled with danger. From her earliest days in the backwoods...
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Pub. Date:
2017
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English
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The manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom goes behind the scenes to tell the complete, unadulterated story of David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and the legendary band that changed rock music. Van Halen's rise in the 1980s was one of the most thrilling the music world had ever seen-their mythos an epic party, a sweaty, sexy, never-ending rock extravaganza. During this unparalleled run of success, debauchery, and drama, no one...
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Publisher:
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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A young child goes missing visiting a dinosaur-themed park on the Island of Crete in Greece. Despite a worldwide search, he is never found. It is only later a disturbing picture emerges concerning his upbringing. The dinosaur park has been built in a crater created by a meteor many millions of years ago. Unknown to the park's owners, fragments of the meteor have affected the animatronic creations, empowering them with intelligence. There is also an...
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Publisher:
Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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Near Miss considers the relationship between close calls and the tenuous conditions of contemporary life. From actual cataclysms such as meteor collisions and volcanic eruptions to everyday failures and accidents, these inventive poems collide with the perpetual unease created by life's unpredictability while contemplating mortality, fragility, gratitude and hopefulness.
Book cover for "Meteorite Hits and Near Misses".
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(c) 2022 George Mitrovic
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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What is a meteor or meteorite? A meteor is a small body of matter apparently from outer space that upon entering the Earth's atmosphere resembles a streak of light, what we normally call falling stars. A meteorite is one of these that successfully hits the ground and sometimes other things, including people, buildings and animals! Until 1803 most scientists regarded falls of meteorites as absurd and fantastical. As well as impossible. This was until...
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Publisher:
Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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A new adult gay romance from Entangled's Embrace Sometimes answers fall from the Dead Rock, Texas, 2037 Raleigh Williams made a promise to his brother before he died, that he'd scatter his ashes on Mars. Desperate to leave a life of bad memories behind and start over in the Martian colony, Raleigh fully intends to keep that promise. But his plans are thwarted when a meteor near-misses him in the desert, and Raleigh finds in its crater not debris or...
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Publisher:
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
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Don't miss the best meteor shower of the year. Discover the figure of the boy, "Jack," on the moon. Quickly locate favorite constellations such as the Big and Little Dipper, Orion, Draco, and Cassiopeia. With Mark R. Chartrand's Night Sky: A Guide to Field Identification, now you can! No other guide makes it easier for the casual stargazer or beginning astronomer to enjoy the splendors of the universe and appreciate the laws that govern the sun, moon,...
Book cover for "Missing Kenley - Season 1".
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Publisher:
Syndicado
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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On 21 September 1992, Kenley Matheson-a 20-year-old first-year Acadia University student-disappeared from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, without a trace. No eyewitnesses came forward. No body was found. No suspects emerged, and no leads surfaced. For three decades now investigators-from local PD and the RCMP to private detectives hired by the family-have been stumped.
Book cover for "Wish Upon a Gift".
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Publisher:
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date:
2012
Lexile measure:
640L
Language:
English
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A magical new series! Cassie has helped many wishes come true! Now she just has to earn one more charm for her bracelet. Then she'll finally be a real Lucky Star!But getting her final charm won't be easy. Everything is going all wrong! Cassie's cat is upset, her dad is missing the big meteor shower, and the ballerina staying at the B&B can't remember her routine. Plus, Alex is leaving! Will Cassie be able to help anyone -- or will she wish this day...