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Author
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
"Gloriously rich and utterly delightful, Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders is an indispensable guide to the peculiar world, perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike. Covering everything from how to blend in with suspicious normals to the most popular time loops to visit as a temporal tourist, this essential volume is ideal for anyone curious about the world of Miss Peregrine: its strange history, curious practices, fascinating places, most...
22) Amelia's war
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
When a Confederate general threatens to burn Hagerstown, Maryland, unless it pays an exorbitant ransom, twelve-year-old Amelia and her friend find a way to save the town.
23) Taken
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
2006.
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
When her son Tommy is kidnapped, widow Kate Bickford is forced to play a deadly game with a twisted abductor who intends to frame her for the murder of her son's baseball coach, Sheriff Fred Corso.
24) Out of control
Author
Series
Troubleshooters volume 4
Publisher
Ivy Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
After learning that her uncle Alex is being held for a two hundred fifty thousand dollar ransom in Indonesia, Savannah von Hopf sets out to rescue him, but first she has to stop in San Diego to pick up Navy SEAL Ken Karmody.
26) A grave matter
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Scotland, 1830. Following the death of her dear friend, Lady Kiera Darby is in need of a safe haven. Returning to her childhood home, Kiera hopes her beloved brother, Trevor, and the merriment of the Hogmanay Ball will distract her. But when a caretaker is murdered and a grave is disturbed at nearby Dryburgh Abbey, Kiera is once more thrust into the cold grasp of death.
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Jade and Cam Lasky are by all accounts a happily married couple with two adorable kids, a spacious home and a rapidly growing restaurant business. But their world is tipped upside down when Jade is confronted by a masked home invader. As Cam scrambles to gather the ransom money, Jade starts to wonder if they're as financially secure as their lifestyle suggests, and what other secrets her husband is keeping from her. Cam may be a good father, a celebrity...
30) Trigger warning
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Former Army Ranger Jake Rivers enrolled in Kelton College for an education, but his lack of political correctness makes him a target. When a violent gang of marauders invade the main hall, taking students as hostages for big ransom money, Jake enlists his fellow classmates to fight back"--
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
When Connecticut middle-schooler, Jake and his older sister, Kady are transported back to Pangaea, the strange world of lost civilizations, they must find the truth behind the mythic Eye of Ra in order to survive.
Author
Series
Outlaw chronicles Donald volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Entreated by a betrayed and imprisoned Richard the Lionheart to save England, Robin Hood, a renegade earl and former outlaw, embarks on a deadly mission at the side of loyal lieutenant Alan Dale in a heroic bid to restore the king to the throne.
Author
Series
Pocket pirates volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
In the junk shop at the end of the street is a dusty old ship in a bottle. And when the world isn't watching, a tiny pirate crew come out of the ship to explore. They aren't much bigger than a matchstick, but they have a HUGE appetite for adventure ... When the skirting-board mice kidnap Jones, the ship's cat, and ransom him for cheese, the Pocket Pirates spring into action. But to get the cheese, they must venture to the freezing cold place where...
35) Standing still
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped by an intruder, Claire, a sufferer of acute panic disorder, finds herself imprisoned in a hotel with her abductor as her only companion, a trauma that forces her to reevaluate her life and threatens to shatter her sense of sanity.
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