Kevin R. Free
Author
Series
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
After their father's research experiment at the British Museum unleashes the Egyptian god Set, Carter and Sadie Kane embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest which brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
Author
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Description
As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.
Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can't shake the...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command; but the devious gods haven't given them time to master their skills at Brooklyn House, a training ground for young magicians. And now their most threatening enemy yet--the Chaos snake, Apophis--is rising. If they don't prevent him from breaking...
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 06
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people--who knew?) Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans! Again!" --
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
History notes that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., marked by years of illegal surveillance and the accumulation of secret files, ended on April 4, 1968 when King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. But that may not have been the case. Now, fifty years later, former Justice Department agent, Cotton Malone, must reckon with the truth of what really happened that fateful day in Memphis. It all turns on an incident from...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he did not commit describes how he became a victim of a flawed legal system, recounting the years he shared with fellow inmates who were eventually executed before his exoneration.
In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only twentynine years old, Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed that...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Edward P. Jones, two-time National Book Award finalist, tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the...
9) Crickwing
Author
Series
Lexile measure
AD 800L
Language
English
Description
A lonely cockroach named Crickwing has a creative idea that saves the day for the leaf-cutter ants when their fierce forest enemies attack them.
Author
Series
Max and the Midknights volume 2
Lexile measure
420L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Max struggles at knight school, but when evil in the form of bodkins threatens Byjovia, Max reunites the Midknights to save the kingdom"--
Max didn't expect knight school to be so tough. Luckily, she has her best friends--the Midknights--at her side. But when Byjovia is under attack, the Midknights will have to face beastly creatures, powerful spells, and their greatest foe yet--themselves?
11) Girl, 11
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elle Castillo once trained as a social worker, supporting young victims of violent crime. Now she hosts a popular true crime podcast that focuses on cold cases of missing and abducted children. After four seasons of successfully solving these cases in Minnesota's Twin Cities, Elle decides to tackle her white whale: The Countdown Killer. Twenty years ago, TCK was terrorizing the community, kidnapping and ritualistically murdering three girls over seven...
12) Verdi
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he lives.
13) Ali: a life
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
1090L
Physical Desc
xv, 623 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle. He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us over and over again). Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth century's greatest radicals and most compelling figures. At his funeral in 2016, eulogists said Ali had transcended race and united the country, but they...
14) All systems red
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 1
Language
English
Description
A murderous android discovers itself in "All Systems Red," a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial intelligence. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest...
15) Big Al
Author
Pub. Date
1988
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A big, ugly fish has trouble making the friends he longs for because of his appearance--until the day his scary appearance saves them all from a fisherman's net.
Author
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
None of her jungle friends can find Hilda Hippo a quieter, less disruptive replacement for dancing, her favorite hobby, until Water Buffalo suggests an activity that allows Hilda to express her dance creativity in a new way.
17) Network effect
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 5
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"You know that feeling when you're at work, and you've had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot. Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. you'll read this century. I'm...
18) Wonder horse
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 690L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.
19) Survive the Dome
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A high school junior teams up with a hacker during a police brutality protest to shut down a device that creates an impenetrable dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out"--
Jamal Lawson just wanted to be a part of something. As an aspiring journalist, he packs up his camera and heads to Baltimore to document a rally protesting police brutality after another Black man is murdered. But before it even really...
20) Mighty inside
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man voice that lets him say what he wants, when he wants--especially to his crush Millie Takazawa, and Gary Ratliff, who constantly puts him down. But the thought of starting high school is only making his stutter worse. And Melvin's growing awareness that racism is everywhere--not just in the South where a boy his age has been brutally killed by two white men, but also in his own hometown of Spokane--is...