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61) Wrong alibi
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Series
Language
English
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Wrong Job -- Eighteen-year-old Evelyn Jones lands a job in small-town Alaska, working for a man in his isolated mountain home. But her bright hopes for the future are shattered when Donald White disappears, leaving her to face charges of theft, embezzlement - and a brutal double murder. Her protestations of innocence count for nothing. Convicted, she faces life in prison ... until fate sends her on the run. Wrong Name -- Evie's escape leaves her scarred...
63) Public enemies
Author
Series
On the run volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Aiden and Meg Falconer have been chased from state to state by the FBI . . . and by a killer they know only as Hairless Joe. Now Hairless Joe is getting closer than ever -- and the Falconers are getting even closer than that to the truth.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
When the cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar escaped his lavish, custom built prison in Colombia, the fallout drove the nation to the brink of chaos. In Killing Pablo, acclaimed journalist Mark Bowden tells the story of the US military's fifteen-month mission to find him. Drawing on unprecedented access to the soldiers, field agents, and officials involved in the chase, as well as hundreds of pages of top-secret documents and transcripts of Escobar's intercepted...
65) The registry
Author
Series
Registry novels volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In a new America where girls are raised to be brides and auctioned off to the highest bidder, Mia refuses to succumb to this life and, along with two friends, makes a run for it to Mexico where a free--if uncertain--future awaits.
66) Taken
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When his estranged daughter is kidnapped in Paris, former spy Bryan Mills relies on his skills to bring down the ruthless kidnappers and rescue his daughter.
67) Lawless prairie
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Language
English
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Clint Conner took a horse only to stop a man from mistreating it, but a vengeful judge sentenced him to six years. Quietly serving his time, Clint suddenly finds himself free after being swept up in a daring jailbreak. Now a fugitive, he'll need courage, cunning, and cold-blooded ruthlessness as he rides the lawless prairie. But before Clint can escape to the hills of Montana, he'll have to outgun Sioux Indians, malicious outlaws, and a marshal determined...
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Publisher
Parenting Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When privileged parents say that they "want what's best" for their child, they don't consciously add "and not for other children." Yet the practical effect of parents with privilege relentlessly pursuing their own child's interests is that other children are left behind. Author Sarah W. Jaffe interviewed dozens of parents who are resisting the cultural pressures to seek "the best" for only their kids while navigating some of the major decisions that...
70) The newcomer
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English
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"After she discovers her sister Tanya dead in her New York City townhouse, Letty Carnahan is certain she knows who did it: Tanya's ex; sleazy real estate entrepreneur Evan Wingfield. Even in the grip of grief and panic, Letty heeds her late sister's warning that anything bad happened to her, it would be Evan, and to promise to take Maya and run. So Letty grabs four-year-old niece Maya and hits the road. She sheds her old life and checks into an uncertain...
71) Razor sharp
Author
Series
Sisterhood series volume 14
Language
English
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Description
A Friend In Need ... Needs The Sisterhood. When it comes to repaying a debt, the women of the Sisterhood - Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle - never forget.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Nathan Bailey is on the run. Not only is he the target of a nationwide manhunt-he's the prey of a savage hit man. Nathan is twelve-years-old, with no one to turn to. He already knows life is unfair, and that to survive he has only himself, his smarts, and his honesty to depend on. But will that be enough as he takes flight into a terrifying world that has branded him a killer-and is waiting at every turn to destroy him?
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The US criminal justice system disproportionately targets Black men, resulting in much higher incarceration rates and impacts that can last a lifetime. Readers learn this system's history and context and ways they can help"--
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Supreme Court protects everyone's Constitutional rights. But what do you know about the highest court in the country? Learn where the Supreme Court fits in the judicial branch, how justices land their jobs, and what the court's rulings mean for the country as a whole. It's key social studies curriculum made approachable for all!"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Over the last few years, prominent people--a retired diplomat, beloved basketball coach, the CEO of an empire--have died in a series of fluke accidents and shocking suicides. There's no apparent connection, no signs of foul play. Behind it all is a powerful group of women, the Sophie Foundation, who meet over wine and cheese to review files of men who behave very, very badly, and then mete out justice. Jessa Hall jumped at the mysterious, exclusive...
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Language
English
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Description
Popular Harvard professor Michael Sandel offers a searching, lyrical exploration of the meaning of justice that considers familiar controversies such as affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, patriotism and dissent, and the moral limits of markets in fresh and illuminating ways.
Author
Series
Body movers novels volume 4
Publisher
Stephanie Bond, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Carlotta Wren gets a surprise visit from her father who's on the run from the law. Should she join her former fiance, Peter, in proving her father is innocent? If she does, are her body-moving days over?
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From having a lemonade stand to writing letters, learn how to be an upstander with your friends on Sesame Street! Elmo and friends learn along with young readers about racial justice. Inspired by Sesame Street's Town Hall on Racism, this gentle guide helps kids understand that it is wrong to treat others unfairly because of their race or cultural identity." -- Amazon.com.
"Elmo and friends learn along with young readers about racial justice. This...
79) Only the Truth
Author
Publisher
Circlehouse
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
Description
"Dan Cooper has never been the perfect husband to Lisa. He travels for work and plays the carefree bachelor when he can. But now, on a solo business trip, in a remote coastal hotel, he's surprised to find Lisa in his bathroom. She's dead. He has no idea how she got there but one chilling fact is clear: everything points to Dan having murdered her. Someone is trying to frame him. Someone who might still be watching. In a panic, he goes on the run....
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"CNN legal analyst Elie Honig analyzes how Attorney General William Barr has demolished norms and destroyed faith in the Department of Justice, turning one of the most apolitical and respected American institutions into a private law firm supporting and protecting its client: Donald Trump"--
Using his own experience as a prosecutor at the Department of Justice, Honig shows show how, as America's top law enforcement official, Bill Barr repeatedly...
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