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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Children's Book Battles: 6th and 7th Grade_2023
Children's New Books: December 2021 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Book Battles - Past & Present
Children's New Books: December 2021 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Book Battles - Past & Present
Description
While using a public library computer to find help for her mother who is addicted to pain medicine, twelve-year-old Jolene witnesses a friend's livestreamed crash-landing in the Arizona desert and embarks on a journey to rescue her.
Author
Series
Joanna Brady mysteries volume 19
Language
English
Description
When Jennifer Brady returns to Northern Arizona University for her sophomore year, she quickly becomes a big sister to her new roommate, Beth Rankin, a brilliant yet sheltered sixteen-year-old freshman. For a homeschooled Beth, college is her first taste of both freedom and unfettered access to the internet, and Jenny is concerned that she's too naïve and rebellious for her own good. Her worries are well-founded because one day Beth vanishes, prompting...
Author
Series
Joanna Brady mysteries volume 20
Language
English
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"Driven by a compulsion that challenges his self-control, the man calling himself Charles Milton prowls the rodeo circuit, hunting young women. For years, he has been meticulous in his methods, abducting, murdering, and disposing of his victims while leaving no evidence of his crimes--or their identities--behind. Indigenous women have become his target of choice, knowing law enforcement's history of ignoring their disappearances. A cold case has just...
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Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"Years after her son's fatal overdose, grieving mother Rachel Higgins learns that his addiction may have grown out of damage suffered at the hands of a pedophile priest while he was in high school. Looking for vengeance, she targets the Catholic Church's most visible local figure, Archbishop Francis Gillespie. When the archbishop begins receiving anonymous threats, local police dismiss them, saying they're not credible. So he turns to his friends,...
7) Stargirl
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Children's Recommended: 7th and 8th Grade 2021
Children's Recommended: School Related Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Recommended: School Related Middle Grade Chapter Books
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In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
8) Arizona
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to the history, culture, geography, and government of Arizona.
9) Arizona
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"From the stunning Grand Canyon to La Fiesta de Tumacacori, there's lots to see and do in Arizona! Additional features include maps on each spread, state symbols, famous people, fact bubbles, and informative captions that highlight some of the things that make Arizona special"--
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 56
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Grandfather Shortpaws sends Geronimo Stilton on a hunt for his old friend, the Red Bandit, in Arizona.
12) Arizona
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Provides a comprehensive introduction to the state of Arizona.
14) Drive
Author
Series
Drive novels volume 1
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Much later, as he sat with his back against an inside wall of a Motel 6 just north of Phoenix, watching the pool of blood lap toward him, Driver would wonder whether he had made a terrible mistake. Later still, of course, there'd be no doubt."--Inside cover.
Author
Series
Joanna Brady mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
A vigilante killer is depositing his partially clad victims in the cool Arizona desert, terrifying even the most intrepid of area women.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Arizona's Scenic Roads and Hikes directs visitors toward the very best the state has to offer. Travel from sun-kissed deserts to the summits of snow-capped mountains, from the cosmic abyss of the Grand Canyon to the red rocks of Sedona and the soaring monoliths of Monument Valley. Visit ancient Native American villages, chase Old West legends, and get your kicks on Route 66. In this captivating new guide Roger Naylor features all twenty-seven of Arizona's...
Author
Series
Stone Creek series volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller returns to Stone Creek with a classic tale of two strangers running from dangerous secrets
The past has a way of catching up with folks in Stone Creek, Arizona. But schoolmarm Lark Morgan and Marshal Rowdy Rhodes are determined to hide their secrets--and deny their instant attraction. That should be easy, since each suspects the other of living a lie....
Yet...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The body of an unidentified immigrant is found in the Arizona Desert. In an attempt to retrace his path and discover his story, director Marc Silver and Gael Garcia Bernal embed themselves among migrant travelers on their own mission to cross the border, providing rare insight into the human stories which are so often ignored in the immigration debate.
Author
Series
Andromeda novels volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2008], c1969
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to "collect organisms and dust for study." One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona. Twelve miles from the landing...
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