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1) Adventure
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This antiquarian book contains Jack London's 1911 novel, "Adventure". It tells the story of the relationship between a man who finds himself harassed by a group of cannibals on a plantation and a fierce, independent, and liberated woman who arrives at the plantation and changes everything. It is a hard-hitting exploration of slavery and colonialism set on the Solomon Islands, and was the cause of much controversy. An interesting and thought-provoking...
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Diary of an awesome friendly kid volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
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"From the imagination of Rowley Jefferson comes an adventure of epic proportions. Join Roland and his best friend, Garg the Barbarian, as they leave the safety of their village and embark on a quest to save Roland's mom from the White Warlock. Will our heroes survive? Find out in Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure!" -- Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
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William Goldman's beloved novel has sold over one million copies. A movie, released twenty years ago, perfectly captured the spirit of the book and has introduced new fans to its pages ever since. In 1941 a young boy lies bedridden from pneumonia. His perpetually disheveled and unattractive father, an immigrant from Florin with terribly broken English, shuffles into his bedroom carrying a book. The boy wants to know if it has any sports. His father...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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In the long-awaited sequel to Fablehaven, the dragons who have been kept at the dragon sanctuaries no longer consider them safe havens, but prisons and they want their freedom. The dragons are no longer our allies....
In the hidden dragon sanctuary of Wyrmroost, Celebrant the Just, King of the Dragons, plots his revenge. He has long seen the sanctuaries as prisons, and he wants nothing more than to overthrow his captors and return the...
In the hidden dragon sanctuary of Wyrmroost, Celebrant the Just, King of the Dragons, plots his revenge. He has long seen the sanctuaries as prisons, and he wants nothing more than to overthrow his captors and return the...
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This book is about 1987 and is the third book in a continuing series of the life adventures of the last federal homesteader in America to have filed on the Federal Homestead Act of 1862. This act was closed in October 1986, never to reopen. Read to view parts of 1987's construction stage, struggles, hardships, accomplishments, bears, and up-close encounters with what I come to call the Hairy Ones. The Hairy Ones are peaceful beings and not the scary...
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The high-octane thriller that inspired the Academy Award-winning film. On a sinking cruise ship, passengers fight rising water-and each other-to survive. On its maiden voyage, luxury ocean liner SS Poseidon is capsized by a massive undersea earthquake. A handful of survivors must fight for their lives-struggling to make it from the upper deck of the ship to the hull, the only part above water, before the ship sinks. Faced with rising water and the...
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The fifth issue of Adventure Tales salutes pulp legend Achmed Abdullah, popular writer in the pulp magazines in the early 20th century, with two long stories - "Their Own Dear Land" and "The Remittance Woman." Many of his stories deal with exotic locales, usually Oriental. But even his Occidental tales are of interest, well written and fast paced, often with an unexpected twist or two. Also included are "The Mid-Watch Tragedy," a Jimmy Lavender detective...
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Here are the fourth installments for both ongoing LitRPG series by genre author, Adam Drake.
Shadow Blade (Shadow For Hire Book 4)
A hallowed weapon hidden in a jungle hell.
Forced to prove my worthiness to an elite group of players, I must earn the right to enter one of the most notorious locations in the game. The Emerald Caldera has a fearsome reputation for chewing up would-be adventurers and quickly sending them back to the newbie zone. Filled...
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A sword-for-hire quests to defeat an evil Necromancer.A young girl discovers that music has a magic of its own.An FBI interrogator discovers a chilling conspiracy.A shipwreck unleashes a supernatural monster onto the inhabitants of a tropical island.A washed-up electrician battles a monster from beyond our universe.Tales of Adventure #2 is a collection of five science fiction and fantasy novelettes and novellas: The Necromancer's Lair, A Note Of Magic,...
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Flat Stanley volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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When Santa quits his job a few days before Christmas because of too many greedy children, his daughter whisks young Stanley Lambchop and his family off to the North Pole to help change the old man's mind.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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Nita Dara is one of ten eighth graders who has already won a scholarship to attend the Alaska Young Explorers program and learn explorer skills in an Alaskan wilderness camp; but the program is also a competition and the winner will get 5000 dollars--money that Nita's family could really use--but on the final challenge she is paired with the super-competitive Sohail Aman, and the challenge turns deadly when they find themselves lost in the fog while...
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IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Herbie is a little hedgehog who is perfectly happy at home with his mother. But one day Mommy tells Herbie that it's time to go exploring-all by himself! Herbie is not so sure, but ready or not, a westerly wind sweeps Herbie into the wide world ... and Herbie's Big Adventure begins! Little Herbie finds that he's braver than he thinks and even makes a friend before coming safely back home.
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The ultimate adventure guide! This is the most comprehensive guide to Java ever produced. Hundreds of pages of travel tips and dozens of lively articles on history, nature, and the arts, take you right under the surface of Javanese life, with visits to lots of unique places. Under the volcano, Java's 121 active volcanoes rumble and roar above one of the world's most dramatic tropical landscapes. Whether you come here to trek the volcanoes or to visit...
17) Adventure Boys!
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Activities that foster creativity, curiosity, and courage in boys ages 6 to 12
Discover exciting new kinds of crafts for kids. Whether your boy adventurer likes to play outside, work with his hands, get creative, or do all three at once-Adventure Boys! has all kinds of awesome ways for him to play.
Empower boys and encourage them to try new things. Whether it's creating a backyard racetrack, developing coding skills, or building a neighborhood...
18) Adventure Girls!
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Explore, create, and imagine like a girl!
Girls can do anything, and Adventure Girls! proves it! Packed with exciting activities and crafts for girls (ages 6 to 12), this book inspires young adventurers to be curious, innovative, and bold. From stargazing and animal tracking to making a pinhole camera and building a shadow theater, Adventure Girls! is not one of your typical craft books. It empowers girls to:
• Develop independence-Many of the...
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This all-new, all-ages comic magazine will thrill kids and parents alike! Featuring 48 pages of brand-new comics by acclaimed cartoonists Robert Goodin (The Kurdles), Cathy Malkasian (Percy Gloom), and other surprises! Starring the Kurdles! Greta Grump! Howdy Pardner! Pacho Clokey! The best kids comic magazine since the demise of Nickelodeon magazine!
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What if the fate of two worlds were in the hands of one person: you? The childhood secret of a troubled teen warrior is used against her by her enemies. It turns out what Neiko imagined is real, and she becomes trapped in the same world she imagined by an otherworldly evil that is worse than the devil. Getting home is the least of her problems.The Indians and the Crackedskulls are locked in the turmoil of a war that has raged for centuries, and it...