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Author
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
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
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." --
7) The diver
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Emma practices tirelessly to become a great diver, but as competition day approaches, her nerves get the better of her. When she picks up a penny for good luck, she has no idea that this little copper coin has dreamed of becoming a diver for his entire life!"--Provided by publisher.
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.
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
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
Series
43 Old Cemetery Road volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
109 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this story told mostly through letters, Noah Breth's feuding children come to Ghastly, Illinois, to follow a trail of limericks to their inheritance, while Seymour tries to convince Iggy and Olive to let him keep Mr. Breth's dog.
12) 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."
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...
16) Immortal reign
Author
Series
Judas chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Manor House Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
202 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
For William Barrow, two thousand years is a very long time ... too long, when it is a perpetual punishment for betraying Jesus Christ. The man originally known as Judas Iscariot is on a mission to recover thirty silver shekels once paid to him for his ultimate treachery. Twenty-two coins have been recovered, leaving just eight to go. But when his Russian nemesis, Viktor Kaslow, also becomes immortal, the stakes are immediately raised. Kaslow has followed...
17) Immortal destiny
Author
Series
Judas chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Manor House Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this third installment of The Judas Chronicles, William Barrow (AKA Judas Iscariot) is faced with recovering the silver coin he dreads above all others. Known as the “Singing Coin” among the ancients, this shekel was originally lost long ago&on the very night of Jesus Christs arrest in Jerusalem. Hoping to save it for last, until after the other twenty-nine coins are recovered, Viktor Kaslows recent designs for the coin thwart Williams plan....
18) Immortal dragon
Author
Series
Judas chronicles volume 4
Publisher
Manor House Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
171 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Free of the threat of Viktor Kaslow, William Barrow (aka Judas Iscariot) is tantalizingly close to finally having the life he has dreamed of with Beatrice and Alistair. A life blessed with youthful optimism and renewed companionship--things he once feared were forever lost. But such optimism is short lived. An ancient menace far worse than Kaslow has successfully tracked William and Roderick to Virginia, after hunting the pair for nearly five hundred...
19) Immortal plague
Author
Series
Judas chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Manor House Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
188 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
William Barrow carries a dark secret. A very dark secret. An archivist for the Smithsonian Institute and also a part-time operative for the CIA, no one would ever suspect the handsome 'thirty-ish' William is in fact the most reviled human being to ever walk the earth. His infectious warmth and sense of humor make such an assertion especially hard to believe. But long ago, William Barrow had another name ... one that is synonymous with shame and betrayal:...
20) 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...