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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 34
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English
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For years, Jack Ryan, Jr. and his colleagues have waged an unofficial and highly effective campaign against the terrorists who threaten us. The most dangerous of these is the Emir, a sadistic killer who has masterminded the most vicious attacks on the west and has eluded capture by the world's law enforcement agencies. Joined by their latest recruits, John Clark and "Ding" Chavez, Jack Ryan, Jr. and his cousins, Dominick and Brian Caruso, are determined...
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Putnam's Sons
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English
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Four friends, recent college graduates, caught in a terrible job market, joke about turning to kidnapping to survive. And then, suddenly, it's no joke. For two years, the strategy they devise works like a charm - until they kidnap the wrong man. A finger-burning page-turner, filled with twists, surprises, and memorably complex characters, "The Professionals" marks the arrival of a remarkable new writer.
3) Guilty
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English
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Superstition and Bait comes the story of Kate White, a single mom and successful prosecutor in the Philadelphia DA’s office. She’s used to challenges, but none as terrifying as Mario Castellanos, the violent career criminal she’s been hired to convict. But Kate and Mario have already met—during one of the darkest periods of Kate’s past. And Mario knows...
4) Night vision
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Doc Ford novels volume 18
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Putnam's Sons
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English
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When a local teen from a trailer park being targeted by powerful developers witnesses their hired gun committing a murder, her only hope for survival falls in the hands of Doc Ford and Tomlinson, who undertake a search through the underground in the hopes of finding her first.
5) Whiplash
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FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock must investigate the murder of a foreign national with ties to a multinational drug company in this pulse-pounding thriller. Print run 650,000.
6) The Cobra
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English
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What if you had carte blanche to fight evil? What would you do? For decades, the world has been fighting the drug cartels, and losing. Until one man is asked to take charge. Paul Devereaux used to run Special Operations for the CIA before they retired him for being too ruthless. Now he can have anything he requires, do anything he thinks necessary. No boundaries, no rules, no questions asked. The war is on. Print run 300,000.
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Charley Castillo and his men go in to investigate, but they have no idea what they have just gotten themselves into. By the time they finish connecting the dots, they will be on the hit lists of the Kremlin, the Cubans, the Venezuelans, and the drug cartels.
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Stone Barrington novels volume 24
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Putnam's Sons
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English
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A star-studded gala will be attended by socialites, royalty, and billionaires from overseas - and according to phone conversations intercepted by the NSA, it may also have attracted the attention of international terrorists. To ensure the safety of his guests - and the city of Los Angeles - Stone may have to call in a few favours from his friends at the CIA.
9) Taken
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Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels volume 15
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English
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When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. Cole soon discovers that it was not faked, but that the boy and his secret girlfriend have been taken and are now lost in the world of professional border kidnappers. When Cole goes undercover to try to buy them back, he himself is taken. Now it is up to Pike to retrace Cole's steps.
10) The tombs
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Fargo adventures volume 4
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English
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Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are intrigued when an archaeologist friend requests their help excavating a top-secret historical site. What they find will set them on a hunt for a prize greater than they could ever imagine. The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, the High King who was reportedly buried with a vast fortune of gold and jewels and plunder - a bounty that has never been found.
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