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Author
Publisher
Spotlight
Pub. Date
2010, c2008
Language
English
Description
In 1931, Henrik Mellberg, Francis Beresford-Hope, and Marwell O'Brien discover an ancient artifact in Siberia. In 1936, Indiana Jones receives a letter and a key from Mellberg and visits Mellberg's apartment. There, he is captured by Nazi agents who interrogate him to learn the whereabouts of Mellberg. Jones escapes and finds Mellberg behind a fake wall. The two attempt to escape, and before his death, Mellberg explains that Indy must prevent the...
Author
Publisher
Spotlight
Pub. Date
2010, c2008
Language
English
Description
In northern Siberia, Indiana Jones slides to the bottom of a giant chasm, finds Janice Le Roi there and learns that Marcus Brody and Alex Beresford-Hope are alive, along with Friedrich Von Hassell and some of his Nazi agents, in front of the sought-after tomb. Jones must rescue Marcus and Alex and prevent Von Hassell from opening the tomb.
Author
Publisher
Spotlight
Pub. Date
2010, c2008
Language
English
Description
In Tibet, Marcus Brody and Indiana Jones escape from the explosion at Beresford-Hope's cave and discover their attacker is Beresford-Hope's son, Alex. The three journey to Shanghai, China, book passage on a ship heading North, following the map on Beresford-Hope's piece of the artifact. After making port in Japan, Indy is confronted by Janice Le Roi and Nazi agents.
Author
Publisher
Spotlight
Pub. Date
2010, c2008
Language
English
Description
Set adrift on a sinking lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean, north of Japan, Indiana Jones and Janice Le Roi battle off sharks before being rescued by Marcus Brody. The three make their way to Siberia, following a copy of the map from the ancient artifact. There, they are confronted by Dr. Friedrich Von Hassell, leader of the Nazis who have been chasing Indy.
27) Giants beware!
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Claudette wants nothing more than to slay a giant but her little village is too safe and quiet.
Author
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The race to save Rukia from the Soul Society is officially on, and Ichigo and company have come to their first roadblock, a very, very big roadblock. Jindanbô, the monstrous, fez-sporting gatekeeper hasn't let a single soul enter the Western Gate he guards in over 300 years, and he isn't about to change his mind about it just because Ichigo's crew wants to go through either. But, in a where-the-rubber-meets-the-road kind of way, Ichigo wasn't expecting...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This semi-autobiographical tale is set in 1967 Texas, against the backdrop of the fight for civil rights. A white family from a notoriously racist neighborhood in the suburbs and a black family from its poorest ward cross Houston's color line, overcoming humiliation, degradation, and violence to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman.
32) The moth-keeper
Author
Publisher
Random House Graphic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Kit is excited to prove her worth as a Moth-Keeper, a protector of the lunar moths that allow the Night-Lily flower to bloom once a year, but she quickly finds that life as a Moth-Keeper is not what she imagined it would be.
33) Infidel
Author
Series
The lost books volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Johnis and the other "chosen" recruits of the Forest Guard are pulled into deeper danger to secure the seven lost Books of History, Johnis tries to rescue his mother from enslavement by the Horde, but risks betraying the Forest Dwellers.
34) Parachute kids
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.
35) Swim team
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help"--
36) School trip
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he isn't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together."--Provided by publisher....
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"This supernatural mystery set in the world of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos features a brilliant detective and his partner as they try to solve a horrific murder. The complex investigation takes the Baker Street investigators from the slums of Whitechapel all the way to the Queen's Palace as they attempt to find the answers to this bizarre murder of cosmic horror! From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula award-winning,...
38) Cell
Author
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times-bestselling author and master of the medical thriller returns with a top-notch fusion of groundbreaking medical science and edge-of-your-seat suspense. George Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine, no longer as a mere medical...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
It's the prelude to "The Blackest Night" as the "War of Light" continues to intensify! Mongul attempts to establish his hold on the Sinestro Corps by enslaving the planet Daxam and making it the home world of his Corps. What does Sinestro's right hand man, Arkillo, think of all this? And will Sodam Yat, the Green Lantern known as Ion, fight to save his homeworld, which he's vowed to never return to?