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Series
Language
English
Description
Monday mornings aren't supposed to be fun, but they should be predictable. However, on this particular Monday, Stephanie Plum knows that something is amiss when she turns up for work at Vinnie's Bail Bonds to find that long-time office manager Connie Rosolli, who is as reliable as the tides in Atlantic City, hasn't shown up. Stephanie's worst fears are confirmed when she gets a call from Connie's abductor. He says he will only release her in exchange...
Author
Series
Jigsaw Jones mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
1998
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
74 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lucy gave her father's rare coin to Bigs Maloney and now it is missing. Jigsaw and Mila are on the hunt for clues.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
89 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ed, his friends, and even his little sister are eager to go to Dinosaur Discovery, but ever since he found the magic coin called Silver Center, strange things happen around Ed--so he is not surprised to find that a blue dinosaur has followed his sister home.
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Pennies, worthless? Non-cents! Hot off the minting press, Penny feels like a million bucks. But as other coins and bills are spent while she sits forgotten, she begins to doubt her value. She is too small to slot-surf with Quarter. Even penny candy sells for a dime! Refusing to be short-changed, she sets out to find her purpose at any cost. Readers will laugh at a wealth of money puns, learn a basic lesson on US currency, and discover that self-worth...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a rare coin and a strange code are uncovered in McKenna School, Malcolm and the other classroom pets of the Midnight Academy take on their most challenging assignment yet and, through their investigations, they just might save the school from closing." --
Author
Series
Looniverse volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When ordinary third-grader Ed finds a coin with the words "strange" and "stranger" on both sides, weird things start happening around him--but when his friends start blaming him for all the weirdness Ed wonders if this coin is not too strange for comfort.
Author
Series
Obsidian mirror volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
HL 580L
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While Jake continues searching for his father and is sent by the obsidian mirror to multiple times in the past, Sarah and Venn battle with Summer for control of a powerful coin.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
443 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Here are only a few of the wonderful, strange, and mysterious elements in this breathtaking visit to the Kingdoms and Empires: A very proper girl named Lillian Velvet, living a very lonely life with a nasty Grandmother. A jar of coins, each with the power to take Lillian on a journey to a different time and place...and also to grant a single wish. A small boy in a barn about to be crushed to death by a load of hay. A family, each member in mortal...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A baby is born with a coin in her hand. An orphan crafts a mysterious wooden object. The CEO of a large corporation finds himself under extraordinary pressure at work and at home. And on a remote hilltop on a Caribbean island, a medicine man seems to understand the meaning of all these events and to hold the key to the future. Montaro Caine, CEO of the Fitzer Corporation, is losing control of the company he built just as his teenage daughter is experiencing...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Andrea Wint's life in the small town of Port Inez, Washington, is a simple one. She works, enjoys the gorgeous view from her bay window, and visits her dad at the memory-care facility. Her father is in the late stages of Alzheimer's, but Andrea brings in one coin from his valuable collection every day--little bits of precious metals that seem to bring him back to himself, even if just for a few moments. So when Andrea's house is burgled and the coins...
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
81 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The fate of Batman and Robin comes down to a flip of a coin! Two-Face is on the loose and his crimes have the Dynamic Duo working double time. From the heist of rare twin diamonds to a showdown on a biplane, the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder stop at nothing to bring this super-villain face-to-face with justice." -- Page [4] of cover.
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Four friends from Madame Rochambeaux's Gentle School for Girls find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lucky coin for each of their weddings.
17) Immortal victory
Author
Series
Judas chronicles volume 7
Publisher
Manor House Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the FINAL CHAPTER of the Judas Chronicles, William Barrow (aka Judas Iscariot) is faced with one of the most important decisions of his two thousand year stay on Earth&. Should he leave well enough alone and seek a quiet retirement, having retrieved the first twenty-eight of the original thirty coins of silver paid to him for betraying Jesus Christ? Or should he press on to recover the last two shekels, and find out if it is enough to redeem his...
18) Immortal pyramid
Author
Series
Judas chronicles volume 6
Publisher
Manor House Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
183 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
If one lives long enough, they will experience more than their share of profound sorrow&. Tragedy and death are the latest obstacles that stand in the way of William Barrow (aka Judas Iscariot) staying true to the burden upon his heart: His mission to reclaim the thirty blood coins that were his payment for betraying Jesus Christ. William and his companions return from Hungary to the United States, where they must find a new and secure place to call...
20) Stage fright
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
89 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ed and his friends accidentally sign up for a playwriting contest, a dangerous activity for someone who possesses the Silver Center, and what they write is pretty strange, but when it comes to actually performing the play, Ed's magic coin lends new meaning to the words "stage fright."