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161) Jerusalem
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2016.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
49 audio discs (60 hr., 45 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fierce in its imagining and stupefying in its scope, Jerusalem is the tale of everything, told from a vanished gutter. In the epic novel Jerusalem, Alan Moore channels both the ecstatic visions of William Blake and the theoretical physics of Albert Einstein through the hardscrabble streets and alleys of his hometown of Northampton, UK. In the half a square mile of decay and demolition that was England's Saxon capital, eternity is loitering between...
162) Sons of destiny
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As Darren faces the final showdown with his archenemy, Steve Leopard, he seeks a way to trick destiny and avoid the requirement that one of them die and the other become Lord of the Shadows, fated to destroy the world.
163) Hopper's destiny
Author
Series
Mouseheart volume 2
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
344 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A brave pet shop mouse named Hopper attempts to rebuild a fallen empire in the underground rat civilization of Atlantia, located in the subway tunnels of Brooklyn, while Queen Felina and her band of street cats declare open season on the rodents" --
164) The air I breathe
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A film based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. Four very different people teetering on the edge of desperation are unexpectedly linked by their destinies. Filled with surprising twists and turns, this suspenseful, action-filled drama employs both brutal violence and aching poetry in a moving exploration of the search for happiness in a gritty urban world.
165) Echo
Author
Series
Lexile measure
880L
Description
Daire Santos and her boyfriend, Dace, team up again to find the Richters, a dark family of sorcerers, before they upset the balance between good and evil, and Dace's brother Cade, who forces Daire to confront the horrifying prophecy that brought them all together and claim her true destiny as a Seeker.
166) The loop
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In New Orleans, Louisiana, star-crossed teens Ben and Maggie try to find a way to escape the time loop that always ends in their murder.
167) The upper world
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages : illustrations, charts ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Today; During arguably the worst week of Esso's life, an accident knocks him into an incredible world--a place beyond space or time, where he can see glimpses of the past and future. But if what he sees there is true, he might not have much longer to live, unless he can use his new gift to change the course of history. Tomorrow; Rhia's past is filled with questions, none of which she expects a new physics tutor to answer. But Dr. Esso's not here to...
168) Descent
Author
Series
Publisher
Waterhouse Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Brad Steel made a promise to his wife and children--to create a legacy born from his love for them and his desire to protect them from harm. It was a worthy ambition... But along the way, something went terribly wrong. Daphne Steel loves her husband beyond measure and will stand by him no matter what, even when it's more than she can deal with. She escapes when she must, still always putting Brad and their children first. Mysteries deepen, secrets...
Author
Series
Castles in their bones volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
514 pages : illustrations, map, genealogical table ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Empress Margaraux has had plans for her daughters since the day they were born. Princesses Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz will be queens. And now, age sixteen, they each must leave their homeland and marry their princes. Beautiful, smart, and demure, the triplets appear to be the perfect brides--because Margaraux knows there is one common truth: everyone underestimates a girl. Which is a grave mistake. Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz are no innocents....
170) The shadow prince
Author
Series
Into the dark volume 1
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
481 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this modern retelling of the Persephone myth, Haden Lord, the disgraced prince of the Underrealm, is sent to the mortal world to entice a girl into returning with him to the land of the dead.
171) The return: a novel
Author
Series
Titan volume 1
Publisher
Spencer Hill Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's been a year since Seth made the deal with the gods that pledged his life to them. And so far, the jobs they've given him have been violent and bloody--which is kind of all right with him. But now Apollo has something else in mind for Seth. He's got to play protector while keeping his hands and fingers off, and for someone who really has a problem with restraint, this new assignment might be the most challenging yet. Josie has no idea what...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
HL 760L
Physical Desc
411 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Haven Moore leaves East Tennessee to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, where she meets playboy Iain Morrow, whose fate may be tied to hers through a series of past lives.
173) A kiss in time
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Princess Talia persuades seventeen-year-old Jack, the modern-day American who kissed her awake after a 300-year sleep (based on the tale of Sleeping Beauty), to take her to his Miami home, where she hopes to win his love before the witch who cursed her can spirit her away.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
408 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In order to rid herself of the curse placed upon her by the devious Fate Spinner, Annalise must enter the Labyrinth of Fate and Dreams and face the Fate Spinner, showing the world--and herself--what she is made of.
175) Medusa
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
207 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Exiled to a far-flung island, Medusa has little company except for the snakes adorning her head instead of hair until a beautiful boy named Perseus arrives, disrupting her lonely existence and unleashing desire, love, and betrayal.
Medusa has been exiled to a far-flung island by the whims of the gods. She has little company except the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. When a charmed, beautiful boy called Perseus arrives on the island, her...
176) Forest of souls
Author
Series
Shamanborn volume 1
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Sirscha Ashwyn restores her best friend Saengo to life, Sirscha is drawn into the domain of the Spider King and events surrounding the Dead Wood.
After years of training to become the queen's next royal spy, Sirscha Ashwyn's plans are derailed when shamans attack and kill her best friend Saengo. Then Sirscha, somehow, restores Saengo to life. Unveiled as the first soulguide in living memory, Sirscha is summoned to the domain of the Spider King....
177) Happily and madly
Author
Publisher
Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Maris Brown has been told two things about her destiny: She will fall happily and madly in love; and she could be dead before she turns eighteen. The summer before that fateful birthday, Maris is in the beach town of Cross Cove with her estranged father and his new family-- and the infamous Duvals. Since the youngest member of the Duval family, Edison, is back from college and back in the arms of Maris's new stepsister, her summer looks to be a long...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Two years ago Guy, Emily and Eric went to a "coincidence creation course" and learned techniques for creating what look like random events which will cause people to change their own lives. Now they are responsible for organizing random encounters between lovers-to-be, creating moments of inspiration that help people make life changing decisions, or "building" coincidences that cause important scientific discoveries. Then Guy gets a new special mission....
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On her sixteenth birthday, Hazel Stanczak discovers that she is the Chosen One who is meant to save the world with the aid of five alternate-dimension doppelgängers and an exasperated dragon mentor.
180) Sparrows in the wind
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Trojan princess Cassandra is cursed by Apollo with the gift of prophecy, and must try to find her place in a world that she knows to be perilous; years later, will her friendship with a young Amazon princess named Rin help her to avert a disastrous end to their war?"--
Cassandra, a princess of Troy and follower of Apollo, is delighted when the god himself appears to her. Apollo asks to love her in exchange for giving her future sight, and she agreesbut...