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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
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Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race,...
2) Fit to Die
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Sport, fitness, games and murder are the main themes of this collection of wicked and witty crime fiction and poetry by the Ladies' Killing Circle, who brought you Menopause is Murder and Cottage Country Killers. From the gym to the golf course to the supposedly peaceful practice of tai chi, murder, rage and revenge refuse to respect the human quest for immortality through fitness and can victimize the most tanned and toned bodies as easily as those...
3) Bone Dance
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Music may soothe the savage breast, but in this fifth collection of witty and wicked crime fiction from the Ladies' Killing Circle, music provides the background for tales of murder and mayhem. Eighteen stories by Canadian women crime writers along with poems from Joy Hewitt Mann take their inspiration from titles as varied as the upbeat "Wake Up Little Suzie" through the romantic "Summertime" and musicals such as "There's No Business Like Show Business"....
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This newest anthology of short crime fiction from the Ladies' Killing Circle takes a spirited look at baby boomers as they go from young, hairy and hip to old, bald and bad. The children of the sixties are up to no good in another wicked anthology from this prolific collective of writers. The editors, themselves celebrated short crime fiction writers, have assembled such luminaries of crime fiction as Barbara Fradkin, H. Mel Malton, Vicki Cameron...
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Do not go gentle into that good night, wrote Dylan Thomas, and Canadas notorious Ladies Killing Circle has taken his advice to heart. In Going Out With a Bang, the dangerous dames have brought together an explosive mix of authors from across the country. Whether its the boom of drums, the cacophony of a train wreck, or the thud of a body crashing down the stairs, no one goes out without a fight. Twenty authors, along with poet Joy Hewitt Mann, will...
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We Kill Monsters volume 2
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English
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The Basher Brothers battle with a blood-thirsty monster was not an isolated incident. Now a terrifying flying insect monster is on the attack, and the boys must team with Vanessa the bartender to find it before infected Jake dies from a lack of monster juice. From the creators of Sci-Fi TV's "Lost Room" mini-series.
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We Kill Monsters volume 4
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English
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The town has been overrun by monsters bent on chaos and mass destruction. Mechanics Jake and Andrew Basher battle an enormous man-rabbit creature and make a startling discovery about its origins. The decision to send away ex-girlfriend Vanessa may have been a terrible mistake. From the creators of Sci-Fi TV's "Lost Room" mini-series.
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We Kill Monsters volume 3
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English
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Mechanics Jake and Andrew Basher team with a sexy ex-girlfriend to kill a terrifying giant insect monster with a homemade weapon rigged from spare car parts. While Andrew discovers a clue about the monsters' origins, Jake's latest fix of monster juice gives him a shocking new side effect. From the creators of Sci-Fi TV's "Lost Room" mini-series.
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We Kill Monsters volume 1
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English
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Two unassuming auto repair shop owners discover that monsters are infesting the world. When they are attacked, the glowing blue juice from the monster's brain heals his arm and saves Jake's life. But this gift only begins a life-long link to the monster invasion. From the creators of Sci-Fi TV's "Lost Room" mini-series. Featured on Free Comic Book Day 2009.
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We Kill Monsters volume 6
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English
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Auto-mechanics-turned-monster-killers Jake and Andrew Basher finally discover the source of the monsters plaguing their small town. With Andrew's ex-girlfriend Vanessa, they must do battle with the most fearsome monster of them all. But will they be able to stop the monsters from infesting the whole world....or is it too late? From the creators of Sci-Fi TV's "Lost Room" mini-series.
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We Kill Monsters volume 5
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English
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Having narrowly escaped death in a battle with an enormous man-rabbit creature, mechanics Jake and Andrew Basher head for the hi-tech office park where they believe the monsters are coming from. They sneak in through a sewer pipe, only to become trapped when they inadvertently trip the office park's security system – a terrifying tentacle monster. Meanwhile, Vanessa makes a horrible discovery about the origin of the monsters that sets her on a dangerous...
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Una bomba en Roma, un relampagueo de luz... el mundo del reportero gráfico Josh Ryder explotó, y a partir de ese momento nada volvería a ser igual.
Conforme Josh va recuperándose, en su mente van apareciendo pensamientos que tienen la emoción, la intensidad y la familiaridad de los recuerdos, pero que le resultan ajenos. Pertenecen a un pasado remoto, y son muy violentos. Ni las pruebas médicas ni los exámenes psicológicos consiguen explicar...
13) El décimo caso
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Siempre ha confiado en sus clientes... hasta su última defendida.
El abogado defensor Harrison J. Walker, más conocido como Jaywalker, acaba de ser suspendido por usar tácticas "creativas" y por recibir en las escaleras del juzgado "un acto de gratitud" de una clienta acusada de ejercer la prostitución. Jaywalker consigue convencer al juez de que sus clientes lo necesitan y recibe autorización del tribunal para terminar diez casos. Sin embargo,...
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Killing volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Describes the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the hunt to track down John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices.
15) Poema mortal
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En Nashville, una chica aparece muerta a manos de un sádico asesino en serie. La teniente de Homicidios Taylor Jackson y su amante, John Baldwin, experto en perfiles criminales del FBI, se encuentran unidos en la investigación y en la persecución del sanguinario asesino. El Estrangulador del Sur está abriéndose camino a golpe de asesinato por el sureste del país, y dejando un truculento recuerdo en cada uno de los escenarios de sus crímenes:...
16) Seis segundos
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Una cooperante iraquí que pierde a su marido y a su hijo durante un brutal ataque salva la vida de un contratista americano. Creyendo que éste podrá ayudarla a vengar la muerte de su familia lo sigue hasta Estados Unidos.
En California, una abnegada madre de familia va a recoger a su hijo al colegio y descubre que su marido se ha llevado al niño y ambos han desaparecido sin dejar rastro.
En las Montañas Rocosas, un policía fuera de servicio...
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Those Who Kill volume 3
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Danish
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A new investigation takes the team into wealthy homes where families are being kidnapped and killed.
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Those Who Kill volume 11
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Danish
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Thomas Schaeffer's future plans are on hold as a former patient is connected to a bus massacre.
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Those Who Kill volume 7
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Danish
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Thomas Schaeffer goes undercover to infiltrate a drug gang.
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Those Who Kill volume 4
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Danish
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The team struggles to come up with answers as the kidnappings continue.
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