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"The choie is simple for Arkady Renko: plunge into the black and limitless Siberian forest in search of a woman who seems to have scorned him or stay in Moscow working as a senior investigator for the office of the prosecution. Tatiana Petrovna, a well-known journalist, had set out to write an exposé on the oligarchs of Siberia, but she has not returned. Arkady pursues her into Siberia, where he learns that she has fallen under the spell of Mikhail...
2) Good news
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American civilization as the tewentieth century knew it has crumbled. In the great Southwest, a new breed of settler, whites and Indians together, is creating a new way of life in the wildernes - a pastoral economy - with skills aned savvy resurrected from the pre-industrial past. Meanwhile in a last surviving bastion of urban life, the remnants of the power elite are girding their armed forces to reimpose the old order. This is a land of horses and...
3) The equals
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The Ones (Daniel Sweren-Becker) volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
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Desperate to save her boyfriend, James, from The Equality Team, Cody seeks assistance from a radical named Kai, leader of a shadowy rebel group, who has a secret, dangerous plan.
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2001, c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
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After a natural disaster has all but destroyed the earth, the orphaned and "defective" Leora, while searching for her sister, defies the oppressive laws of the land and joins a band of rebels trying to overthrow the government.
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Century kids volume 7
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
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Inspired after meeting John F. Kennedy at a 1960 campaign fundraiser hosted by the Aldrich family, Chuck defies authority at his Pennsylvania boarding school, Sojie takes part in lunch counter sit-ins in Georgia, and Dick finally connects with his father in Hollywood.
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[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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It is 1982 and nineteen-year-old Laura Reid is spending a semester in Leningrad studying Russian, but when she meets Alyosha she discovers the dissident Russia--a world of wild parties, underground books and music, love, and constant danger.
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Incursion volume 3
Pub. Date
2018
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The people of Singing Springs have repelled two invasions intent on destroying voices of dissent. Subpoenaed to appear before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, they will be judged either as perpetrators of sedition and sentenced to life in prison or found a community who acted legally to defend their civil rights against the brutish violation they endured.
11) Incursion
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Incursion volume 1
Pub. Date
2016
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Singing Springs is invaded by mercenary soldiers with orders to re-educate and/or detain dissenters to current government policy. Rose Trusty, a quiet older woman, becomes one of the three main voices of resistance, though she is among the imprisoned. Joshua Morgan, a deputy sheriff, escapes the first round up. As a member of the Watchmen, he battles to free the 600 friends and neighbors being held prisoner. Carmella Miles, a soldier with IAMS, sees...
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Coyote novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2002]
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Steele's latest space-advocacy yarn begins late in this century and ends two centuries further on, on the distant planet Coyote. In between comes a fast-moving, vividly detailed, somewhat didactic story of gallant misfits, led by a spaceship captain named Robert E. Lee, fleeing an Earth that has lost its chances because of dictatorship and technophobia. The refugee ship Alabama is a character in its own right, as is Captain Lee, despite his name.
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Tiger at midnight volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
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"The Yavar are attacking from every front, tracking down Kunal and Reha in the remote mountains, kidnapping Harun, in search of legendary artifacts that will give them the power to break the precarious janma bond and release the destructive magic back into the lands. Now that the race is on to find the missing artifacts, Esha must put aside her rage and work with Kunal again, but can she find the strength to forgive him, or will the Viper have her...
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Tiger at midnight volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
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For Kunal and Esha, finally working together as rebels, the upcoming Sun Mela provides the perfect guise for infiltrating King Vardaan's vicious court. Kunal returns to his role as dedicated soldier, while Esha uses her new role as adviser to Prince Harun to seek allies for their rebel cause. Getting into the palace was the easy task; coming out together will be a battle for their lives.
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Hussite trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
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Reinmar of Bielawa, sometimes known as Reynevan, is a doctor, a magician and, according to some, a charlatan. And when a thoughtless indiscretion finds him caught in the crosshairs of a powerful noble family, he is forced to flee his home. But once he passes beyond the city borders, he finds that there are dangers ahead as well as behind. Strange mystical forces are gathering in the shadows. And pursued not only by the affronted Stercza brothers,...
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2022.
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1970, Ciudad de México. Maite trabaja como secretaria, pero solo vive para una cosa: la siguiente entrega de Romance secreto. Las protestas estudiantiles y la inestabilidad política asedian la ciudad, pero ella se evade de todo gracias a esas maravillosas historias de pasión y riesgo. La vecina de la puerta de al lado, una atractiva estudiante de arte llamada Leonora, parece llevar una vida repleta de intriga y romance, algo que Maite envidia....