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49) New York rises
Author
Publisher
[Distributed] in North America, D.A.P
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
50) The inner circle
Author
Series
Culper Ring novels (Brad Meltzer) volume 1
Language
English
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer returns with a pulse-pounding new novel of lies and deception at the highest levels of government.
There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I love those stories. And since I work in the National Archives, I find those stories for a living.
So says Beecher White, a young archivist who spends his days working with the most important documents of the U.S. government. When Clementine Kaye, his...
51) Catch-22
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Description
Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, this is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him.
52) The outsiders
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
Ponyboy can count on his brothers, and on his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up "greasers". Then one night, someone takes things too far.
Author
Series
Inspector Pekkala volume 3
Language
English
Description
Stalin’s most trusted secret agent, the legendary Inspector Pekkala, is on his deadliest mission—one that could save his country . . . or plunge it into the abyss.
It is 1939. Russia teeters on the verge of war with Germany. It is also on the brink of bankruptcy. To preserve his regime, Stalin orders a search for the legendary missing gold of Tsar Nicholas II. For this task, he chooses Pekkala, the former investigator...
It is 1939. Russia teeters on the verge of war with Germany. It is also on the brink of bankruptcy. To preserve his regime, Stalin orders a search for the legendary missing gold of Tsar Nicholas II. For this task, he chooses Pekkala, the former investigator...
57) Oathbringer
Author
Series
Stormlight archive volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 69
Language
English
Description
Dalinar Kholin's Alethi armies won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost: The enemy Parshendi summoned the violent Everstorm, which now sweeps the world with destruction, and in its passing awakens the once peaceful and subservient parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans. While on a desperate flight to warn his family of the threat, Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with the fact that the newly kindled anger of the...
58) The way of kings
Author
Series
Stormlight archive volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 58
Language
English
Description
A new epic series by the best-selling writer of Robert Jordan's final Wheel of Time novels introduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a highborn youth condemned to military slavery and a woman who would save her impoverished house.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 60
Language
English
Description
The war with the Parshendi moves into a new, dangerous phase, as Dalinar leads the human armies deep into the heart of the Shattered Plains. Meanwhile Shallan searches for the legendary city of Urithuru, and Kaladin, leader of the restored Knights Radiant, masters the powers of a Windrunner.
Author
Language
English
Description
First appearing as an anonymous serial in "Harper's Magazine" in 1895, "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" was Mark Twain's final novel and was published as a complete work under his name in 1896. The novel is a stark departure from Twain's usual comic and satirical writings, which is why Twain insisted it initially be published anonymously so that the public would take it seriously. The work is told from the perspective of a fictionalized version...