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61) Apocalypse taco
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
GN 150L
Language
English
Description
Twins Axl and Ivan, with Sid as their driver, make a late-night fast-food run for a high school theater crew but return to discover that goo monsters are copying--and mutating--everything in sight.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Although the Winds of Mackinac Inn has been in her mother's family for generations, Maude Welling's father refuses to let her run it without the guidance of a husband. So she seeks to prove her worth and independence by working incognito as a maid at the Grand Hotel. While undercover journalist Ben Steffan pursues a story about impoverished men chasing heiresses at the famed hotel, he becomes attracted to an intriguing maid. By an act of heroism...
63) Scarlet
Author
Series
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 345 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The first book in a rollicking new historical-fantasy series that reinvents the French Revolution with vampires as the aristocrats, in a lively retelling of The Scarlet Pimpernel from the author of the beloved Invisible Library series. It is 1793 and the French Revolution is in full swing. Vampires are a normal part of society across Europe--usually rich and aristocratic, they have slaked the guillotines thirst in large numbers. The mysterious Scarlet...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HaperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
415 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Princess Charis Willowthorn is the dutiful sword of Calera. Raised to be ruthless and cunning, her only goal is to hold her war-torn kingdom together long enough to find a path toward peace with their ancient foe Montevallo, even if the cost is her own heart. When violence erupts in the castle itself, nearly killing the queen, Charis must assume her mother's duties and manage both the war and her kingdom. But as an unseen enemy begins sinking Calera's...
65) Newt's emerald
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On her eighteenth birthday, Lady Truthful, nicknamed "Newt," will inherit her family's treasure: the Newington Emerald. A dazzling heart-shaped gem, the Emerald also bestows its wearer with magical powers. When the Emerald disappears one stormy night, Newt sets off to recover it. Her plan entails dressing up as a man, mustache included, as no well-bred young lady should be seen out and about on her own. While in disguise, Newt encounters the handsome...
66) The list
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
438 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In The List, best-selling author Steve Martini turns the publishing industry on its ear. In this bold, fast-paced, and suspenseful thriller, Gable Cooper has penned a novel to kill for. There's just one problem: he doesn't exist. Abby Chandlis, an attorney turned novelist, created Gable Cooper. Now she needs to find someone to play the author so she can secure six million dollars in book and film rights. Enter Jack Jermaine. He's got dangerous good...
67) Stain
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
519 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Lyra--a princess incapable of speech or sound--is cast out of her kingdom of daylight by her wicked aunt. A witch saves her life, steals her memories, and raises her in an enchanted forest-- disguised as a boy known only as Stain. In Lyra's rival kingdom, the prince of thorns and night is dying, and the only way for him to break his curse is to wed the princess of daylight. As Lyra rediscovers her identity, an impostor princess prepares to steal her...
68) Tandem
Author
Series
Many-worlds trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
431 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sasha, who lives a quiet life with her grandfather in Chicago but dreams of adventure, is thrilled to be asked to prom by her long-time crush, Grant, but after the dance he abducts her to a parallel universe to impersonate a princess.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 770L
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Nico Morris's older sister mysteriously disappears, her parents, family, and friends are devastated. But Nico can never admit what she herself feels: relief at finally being free of Sarah's daily cruelties. Then the best and worst thing happens: four years later, after dozens of false leads, Sarah is found. But this girl is much changed from the one Nico knew. She's thin and drawn, when Sarah had been golden and athletic; timid and unsure, instead...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton volume 66
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
107 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Milan to attend the unveiling of a parchment that contains the original recipe for a traditional holiday bread, Geronimo Stilton is shocked when a thief posing as him steals the recipe, forcing him to catch the culprit and clear his name.
71) Queen's shadow
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Language
English
Description
"When Padmé Naberrie, "Queen Amidala" of Naboo, steps down from her position, she is asked by the newly-elected queen to become Naboo's representative in the Galactic Senate. Padmé is unsure about taking on the new role, but cannot turn down the request to serve her people. Together with her most loyal handmaidens, Padmé must figure out how to navigate the treacherous waters of politics and forge a new identity beyond the queen's shadow"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016], 2018.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Obayda's family is in need of some good fortune. Her father lost one of his legs in a bomb explosion, forcing the family to move from their home city of Kabul to a small village, where life is very different and Obayda's father almost never leaves his room. One day, Obayda's aunt has an idea to bring the family luck--dress Obayda, the youngest of her sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh. Now Obayda is Obayd. Life in this in-between place is confusing,...
73) Cosmic
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st American ed.
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Super-sized, eleven-year-old Liam makes a giant leap for boy-kind by competing with a group of adults for the chance to go into space.
74) Rebel spy
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
1776. A shipwreck off her home in Grand Bahama Island presents an unthinkable opportunity for Frannie Tasker to escape her brutal stepfather. Assuming the identity of drowned Emmeline Coates, Frannie is rescued by a British merchant ship and sails with the crew to New York. For the next three years, Frannie lives a lie as Miss Coates, swept up in a courtship by a dashing British lieutenant. But after witnessing the darker side of the war, she realizes...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kara and Jessie strike up an unlikely friendship when seated next to each other on a plane headed to the heartland. With both girls visiting family they've never met, they devise a plan to switch places for Christmas.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tom Palding offers Ned Rippon $500 to impersonate him for five days to find out why Charles Barrett has summoned him back to Tyndal Valley which he fled twenty years ago after killing Sam Barrett. Rippon needs the money and agrees, but soon wonders if he'll survive the five days to collect it"--
78) In her boots
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Rhett Gallagher's adventurous life is imploding. Just as she turns the big 4-0, her long-term relationship collapses and her gran's death draws her back to the family farm. The only silver lining is that Rhett's inspirational book, The Modern Pioneer Girl's Guide to Life--written under a pseudonym--has become a wild success, so much so that when her big publicity moment comes, self-doubting Rhett panics and persuades her best friend, Jasmine, to...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fleeing her father's attempts to marry her off, Alyce Bunnock disguises herself as a nun named Sister Terese and hides in a remote abbey. But when Alyce's father sends Lachlan Sinclare to find Alyce, Lachlan falls for Terese.
80) Let's be cops
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted "heroes" get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.