Peter Abrahams
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighteen-year-old Eddie Nye was bound for U.S.C. and a bright future that fateful summer in the Bahamas. But somebody set Eddie up. Instead of four years of higher education, he did fifteen behind bars for drug smuggling. Eddie went in innocent, but with three prison murders under his belt, he comes out dangerous. Although all he wants is to stay clean, Eddie’s future won’t be that easy. The nightmares of his past—corruption, greed,...
Author
Series
An Echo Falls mystery bk. 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes aficionado Ingrid Levin-Hill tries to clear her grandfather's name when he is accused of murdering an environmental activist found dead on his farm.
3) End of story
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aspiring author Ivy Seidel accepts a part-time position teaching writing to a group of convicted criminals hoping the experience will add depth and darkness to her own work. But in the haunting writings of charismatic inmate Vance Harrow she discovers a talent possibly greater than her own. And in the startling, disturbing stories Harrow has to tell, Ivy finds a dangerous new purpose-and a terrifying temptation that lures her into an inescapable world...
Author
Series
An Echo Falls mystery bk. 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
An avid Sherlock Holmes fan, eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill is kidnapped while investigating mysterious happenings in her home town.
Author
Language
English
Description
Discover how the individual parts of the human body function and work together: in this accessible and fascinating examination, you can navigate through the body from head to toe, looking at each individual area. As you read The Human Body, you will find out incredible facts, such as:
• The average person produces about 0.75-1.1ml tears (lacrimal fluid) every day
• A marathon runner achieves 40 percent greater cardiac output than an untrained...
Author
Language
English
Description
What's the longest bone in the human body? (The thigh bone – femur.) Which are the two bones of the lower leg? (Tibia and fibula.) Where would you find your patella? (It's your kneecap.)
Discover how the bones in your body are connected and how the joints work. From head to toe, elbow to ankle, How Your Skeleton Works expertly guides you through the different parts of the body. Find out how the knee cap stays in place, how you are born with more...
10) Reality check
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After a knee injury destroys sixteen-year-old Cody's college hopes, he drops out of high school and gets a job in his small Montana town, but when his ex-girlfriend disappears from her Vermont boarding school, Cody travels cross-country to join the search.
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After getting a strange charm bracelet from a homeless woman, thirteen-year-old Robyn Forester and new friends join together to fight injustice in their Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood.