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Pub. Date:
2019
Lexile measure:
710L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Now in Paris with her parents who are filming their TV show about the world's haunted cities, Cassidy Blake (who can see ghosts) and her friend Jacob (who is a ghost) are alert for trouble, especially when the filming takes them into the underground Catacombs, the empire of the dead, where Cassidy accidentally awakens a powerful poltergeist spirit--one whose mystery she must solve before his power in unleashed on the whole city.
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Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Description:
"From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, John le Carré has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his highly anticipated memoir, le Carré is as funny as he is incisive, reading into the events he witnesses the same moral ambiguity with...
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Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Lexile measure:
770L
Language:
English
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"Queen Victoria has a problem: there's a petty thief at work in Buckingham Palace. The Agency, the all-female detective unit, assigns quick-witted Mary Quinn to the case. Posing as a palace maid and fending off the attentions of the Prince of Wales are challenging enough, but when the prince witnesses a murder, Mary's case becomes anything but petty. Engineer and former flame James Easton has an assignment in the sewers, where someone is making illicit...
5. Tunnels
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Series:
Lexile measure:
470L
Language:
English
Description:
"The 21st Century Junior Library Extraordinary Engineering series explains how important feats of engineering are accomplished. Tunnels examines the engineering concepts that make these important structures possible. Sidebars encourage readers to engage in the material by asking deeper questions or conducting individual research. An activity, full color photos, a glossary, and a listing of additional resources all enhance the learning experience"--...
6. Tunnels
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Lexile measure:
990L
Language:
English
Description:
When Will Burrows and his friend Chester embark on a quest to find Will's archaeologist father, who has inexplicably disappeared, they are led to a labyrinthine world underneath London, full of sinister inhabitants with evil intentions toward "Topsoilers" like Will and his father.
Author:
Series:
Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins volume 5
Lexile measure:
800L
Language:
English
Description:
"Maisie sets out to uncover the true identity of the new lodger at her gran's boarding house and uncovers a more complicated--and dangerous--mystery than she could have imagined"--
11. Tunnels
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Publisher:
Holiday House
Pub. Date:
[1984]
Language:
English
Description:
A brief introduction to tunnels--their types, shapes, and parts, and how they are built.
12. Tunnel rats
Publisher:
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date:
2007
Language:
English
Description:
In this no-holds-barred, action-packed portrayal of the Vietnam War, a special US combat unit is on a mission to hunt down Viet Cong soldiers in the endless tunnels beneath the jungles of Vietnam.
Author:
Lexile measure:
1020L
Language:
English
Description:
Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. "Grand Stand-In" is narrated by an employee of a Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider -- a company that supplies "stand-ins" for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in "Blowing Up On the Spot," a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted....
Author:
Lexile measure:
1130L
Language:
English
Description:
"World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering. They were hungry and afraid. The young pilot wanted to help, but what could one man in one plane do?"--Dust jacket flap.
15. Halloween pie
Author:
Publisher:
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date:
[1999]
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 530L
Language:
English
Description:
Old Witch smiles a crooked smile and makes a Halloween pie for vampire and ghoul and ghost and banshee to enjoy.
16. Tunnels
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Series:
Lexile measure:
470L
Language:
English
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Description:
Readers will have a blast learning about Tunnels. From mining tunnels to the Channel Tunnel, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer's job to build and plan for them. --Amazon.
Publisher:
Bridgestone Media Group
Pub. Date:
2009
Language:
English
Description:
When Mandie Shaw runs away from her log cabin home in 1899, she convinces Cherokee friends to help her escape into the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. After a treacherous journey, they reach the extravagant mansion of Uncle John, only to discover that his ship has been lost at sea. The house staff, headed by caretaker Jason Bond, kindly allows Mandie to remain. When strangers arrive claiming to be the rightful heirs to Uncle John's fortune,...