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"An intricate story that entwines considerations of faith and faithlessness, inquiry, denial, fear and survival in gorgeously conceived metaphor. Kingsolver has constructed a deeply affecting microcosm of a phenomenon that is manifesting in many different tragic ways, in communities and ecosystems all around the globe." — Seattle Times
A truly
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Looking for alligators in the sewers of New York City seems like a silly idea to Gabe Brown, but his brother is the creator of the Internet series "Discover Cryptids," so the filming crew sets out to explore the storm sewers--but when one of them panics, they get separated and lost.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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The Golden Capstone atop the Great Pyramid at Giza offered protection from the global flooding and scorching sun that occurs every 4,500 years due to the Tartarus Rotation solar event. But Alexander the Great broke the Capstone into seven pieces and hid them in the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Now, in 2006, another Tartarus Rotation is due, and whoever places the reconstructed Capstone on the pyramid in time will gain absolute earthly power....
5) The sign
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English
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In this gripping thriller, a scientific expedition in Antarctica stops for a live news feed. As the CNN journalist Gracie Logan begins her report, a massive, shimmering sphere of light suddenly appears in the sky, enveloping the ship in luminous white light before disappearing as mysteriously as it arrived--the entire event witnessed by an incredulous world audience. Meanwhile, a monk in Egypt experiences visions that seemed connected, and back in...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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After an encounter with a fake Bigfoot, the film crew of the Internet series, Discover Cryptids, heads to the Florida swamps to search for the "Skunk Ape"--but find a crooked ranger who hates Florida panthers, instead.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In Texas to investigate Chupacabra sightings for their internet program, Discover Cryptids, Gabe and the rest of the crew find themselves caught between Chupacabra supporters who hope that tourism will save their town, and a vet who believes in coyotes with mange.
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Curiosity House volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Just as Pippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max become free from the danger of Nicholas Rattigan, their home, Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders, comes under threat of closure and their friend Siegfried Eckleberger is murdered.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The Discover Cryptids filming crew heads to Canada to investigate the Turtle Lake monster which is apparently sinking boats--but when the lake front diner burns down, they begin to think that this monster may be a lot more human than cryptid.
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Curiosity House volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2015
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Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Orphans Philippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max must find out who stole a valuable artifact in order to save to save their home, Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders"--
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
210 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World.
14) Kid vs. squid
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
196 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Spending the summer after sixth grade at his great-uncle's oceanside museum, Thatcher and local girl Trudy team up to help Shoal, one of the people of Atlantis cursed by a witch whose head still survives, and who has an army of monstrous creatures helping her.
15) Growing wings
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2000
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
195 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
Description
When wings start to appear on her back, eleven-year-old Linnet begins to understand some of her mother's strange behavior, but it isn't until she finds herself at a remote house in Montana with others who also have--or had--wings that she can really come to terms with her situation.
16) Nightstalkers
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47North
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Staff Sergeant Winthrop Carter has just been drafted into the Nightstalkers--an elite group of soldiers that... Actually, he's not quite sure what they do. Born from the Area 51 initiative, the Nightstalkers defy sanity and decorum and include among their ranks Moms, a Black Ops trainee too extreme for Special Forces; Doc, a scientific crackpot; Roland, the weapons enthusiast; and Mac, a contemporary MacGyver. All of them take their orders from the...
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