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2) The innocent
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Series
Language
English
Description
Will Robie, a freelance hitman working for the government, rescues a teenage girl whose parents' disappearance may be linked to a vast, high-level cover-up.
3) Ensnared
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Series
Splintered volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"Alyssa travels to Wonderland once again to free both her mother and Jeb, and to set right all that's gone wrong"--
After surviving a disastrous battle at prom, Alyssa has embraced her madness and gained perspective. She's determined to rescue her two worlds and the people and netherlings she loves-- even if it means challenging Queen Red to a final battle of wills and wiles. The only way to Wonderland, now that the rabbit hole is closed, is through...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Français
Description
A blow dart-wielding thug snatches a rare statuette from the Musee de l'Homme; anthropologist Jean Servais (Rififi) is kidnapped in broad Parisian daylight; serviceman Jean-Paul Belmondo begins his 8-day leave by changing to civvies in a Metro entrance and witnesses fiancee Francoise Dorleac (Catherine Deneuve's sister, killed in a car accident 3 years later) getting kidnapped herself - and then the chase begins: by motorcycle, shoe leather, flight...
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Series
Akimbo volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
Akimbo goes to the rescue of a zoologist who is injured on his father's game preserve.
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Language
Español
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Description
Buenos Aires, 1977. During the military dictatorship, Francisco Sanctis receives information about two people sentenced to 'disappear.' A quiet middle-aged family man without any political ties, Francisco is stunned by the urgency of his situation. That night he must make a crucial decision: whether or not to risk his own life to save others
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English
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Publisher Annotation: The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face. Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began-his grandfather's house. Jacob doesn't know how they escaped from V's loop to find themselves in Florida. But he does know one thing for certain: Caul has returned. After a narrow getaway from a blood- thirsty hollow, Jacob and Noor reunite with Miss Peregrine and the peculiar...
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Series
Ascendance trilogy volume 3
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English
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Description
Young King Jaron has had nothing but trouble with his advisors and regents since he ascended the throne of Carthya, and now King Vargan of Avenia has invaded the land and captured Imogen--and Jaron must find some way to rescue her and save his kingdom.
10) Rogue
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Series
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English
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Description
Unable to forget the human boy who saved her from a Talon assassin, Ember is determined to save him from execution with the help of rebel dragon Cobalt and his crew of rogues.
Author
Series
Death-cursed wizard volume 2
Publisher
Infinite Monkeys Publishing
Edition
Third edition.
Language
English
Description
A debt to the heavens. A mouthy teenaged trainee. A sorcerer-slaying cult that might be his fault.
12) Star Island
Author
Series
Skink novels volume 6
Language
English
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Description
A hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane from “Florida’s most entertainingly indignant social critic” (The New York Times Book Review) and the national bestselling author of Squeeze Me.
Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen—and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster.
Now meet Cherry again: in...
Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen—and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster.
Now meet Cherry again: in...
13) The gray man
Author
Series
Gray Man thrillers volume 1
Language
English
Description
Courtland Gentry is a good man. But he's a great assassin. To those who lurk in the shadows, he's known as the Gray Man. He is a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible and then fading away. And he always hits his target. Always. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. Forces like money. And power. And there are men who hold these as the only currency worth fighting for. In their...
Series
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Language
English
Description
Rachel and Kirsty to the rescue! The girls are spending a week of their summer vacation volunteering at Wild Woods Nature Reserve. When Jack Frost takes the Baby Animal Rescue Fairies' magic key chains the friends have to help - he's planning to kidnap baby animals for his icy zoo! The goblins are out to snatch Missy the meerkat. Only Rachel and Kirsty can keep her safe!
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Series
Monument 14 volume 3
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The survivors of the Monument 14 have finally made it to the safety of a Canadian refugee camp, but Josie, separated from the group and trapped in a brutal prison camp for exposed Type Os, may lose hope unless her lost love Niko and his companions Astrid, Dean and Jake can rescue her.
17) Isle of dogs
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
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Description
When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off in search of his bodyguard dog, Spots. With the assistance of his newfound mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.
18) One snowy rescue
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Series
Little Hedgehog volume 9
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Language
English
Description
One morning, Little Hedgehog wakes up to find everything covered in deep snow. "Oh, no!" he cries. "I hope Mouse isn't snowed in, too!" He sets out at once to check on her, but the snow keeps falling--and soon, it's Little Hedgehog who needs a helping hand.
19) Tell me
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Language
English
Description
Feeling scared and powerless when her father's anger escalates and her parents separate, twelve-year-old Anna spends the summer with her grandmother and decides to make a difference when she sees what seems to be a girl held against her will.
20) Toy story 2
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Edition
Second-disc special edition ; widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fun and adventure continues when Andy goes off to cowboy camp and the toys are left to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector kidnaps Woody, who hasn't the slightest clue that he's a greatly valued collectible.
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