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82) Inherit the wind
Author
Series
A Bantam book volume A2102
Description
The accused was a slight, freighted man who had deliberately broken the law. His trail was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were the two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story.
84) Loaded Weapon 1
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
In this spoof of the Lethal weapon movies, two dangerously over-the-edge detectives uncover a despicable plot to simultaneously rot America's brains and teeth with drug-laced Wilderness Girl cookies.
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Coyote Points the Way: Borderland Stories and Plays is a compilation of fiction, nonfiction and ten-minute plays that explore the borderlands, both literal and figurative, where individual resourcefulness, creativity, intuitive knowing and courage make all the difference. Many of the stories are set in Colorados vast San Luis Valley, the largest alpine valley in the lower 48 states; two of the plays are derived from the authors experience teaching...
87) Storm's Ruin
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021
Description
The road to ruin is paved with deception... U.S. Senator Stan Young has more skeletons in his closet than a centuries-old graveyard...and more power than a nuclear blast. When Ben Storey, the city councilman running against the incumbent senator, uncovers damning evidence against Young, he decides to take the information to the only person with the resources to pursue it--Amelia Storm. Between looking for the case that will finally take down the Leóne...
88) Stage invader
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Sam, Wishbone, and their friends are determined to make the first completely student-run play a success despite the efforts of someone to make it fail.
89) Neverwhere
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Formats
Description
A man goes to the aid of woman pursued by assassins and discovers an alternative City of London, a subterranean, medieval world populated by "people who fell through the cracks" from the real city above. A fantasy tale, replete with demons and wizards. By the author of The Sandman.
90) Follow the River
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Mary Ingles is a Virginia homesteader whose family is suddenly attacked by a Shawnee war party. After Mary is taken captive, the leader of the war party is impressed by her courage and strength, and decides to make her his mate. Mary then makes the dangerous decision to escape the Shawnee village with another captive woman. Together they embark on a harrowing journey through the Virginia wilderness toward freedom and home.
Author
Series
Owl diaries volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Eva's class is putting on a play, Snowy White and the seven owlets, but Eva is a little disappointed when she is cast as the Magic Mirror (and Snowy White's understudy); the owl students are making all the sets, props, and costumes, and rehearsal is a little chaotic--but the play is going well until Snowy White hurts her leg and Eva has to fill in for real.
Pub. Date
♭2010
Description
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the disappearance of a woman's father. She shows them a number of clues: a box of pearls, a newspaper advertisement, a map of an Indian fortress and a note telling her to keep an appointment that evening, when she will learn something to her advantage.
94) Twisted
Series
Pub. Date
©2004.
Description
Detective Jessica Sheppard is on the prowl for a serial killer whose victims have one thing in common - her. Suffering from a series of bizarre blackouts, Sheppard must uncover the killer before her partner pins her as the prime suspect.
Description
The fantastic journey of Belle, a bright and independent young woman who takes her father's place as the prisoner of a beast in his castle. As Belle befriends the castle's enchanted staff, she and the Beast slowly begin to look beyond their initial reactions to each other and see who they truly are. But back in Belle's village, her father's fears for her safety drive him to rally the villagers to free Belle from the castle--a plan that goes awry,...
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 91
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When the Babysitter Club members help the third graders stage a Thanksgiving play, it doesn't turn out quite like they expected.
99) Constantine
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Supernatural detective John Constantine and policewoman Angela Dodson travel to the world of demons and angels.
100) King Lear
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theatre of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities. Here is a modern version of one of his most brilliantly realized tragedies, this powerful tale of the agin King Lear, his too-rash decisions, and his betrayal at the hands of his own family becomes a powerful, unforgettable tale for today's reader. Modern English...
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