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When two young sisters disappear from a strip mall parking lot in a small Pennsylvania town, their devastated mother hires an enigmatic bounty hunter, Alice Vega, to help find the girls. Immediately shut out by a local police department already stretched thin by budget cuts and the growing OxyContin and meth epidemic, Vega enlists the help of a disgraced former cop, Max Caplan. Cap is a man trying to put the scandal of his past behind him and move...

"On the outskirts of San Diego, the bodies of two young women are discovered. They have no names, no IDs, and no family looking for them. Fearing the possibility of a human trafficking ring, the police and FBI reach out to Alice Vega, a private investigator known for finding the missing, for help in finding out who the Janes were - and finding the others who are missing. Alice Vega is a powerful woman whose determination is matched only by her intellect,...

"A powerful new thriller from Louisa Luna. Alice Vega and Max Caplan return, uncovering a network of white supremacists in their search for a long-lost counter-culture hero. Alice Vega has made a career of finding the missing and vulnerable against a ticking clock, but she's never had a case like that of Zeb Williams, missing for thirty years. It was 1984, and the big Cal-Stanford football game was tied with seconds left on the clock. Zeb Williams...

Deciding to ditch school for a day of adventure and exploration, Clementine recruits her friends to join her and together they hitch a ride to a mysterious local island where Clementine's great aunt lives, but things don't go exactly as planned. Meet Clementine Fox, Professional Amateur Adventurer! Clementine is supposed to be on her way to school... but why not go out for a day of adventure and exploration instead? She recruits her friends Nubbins...

"Ember Lumen works at her family's shop in Firetown. One day, she receives a request for a special delivery that will take her deep into Element City. There's just one problem: Element City. As a Fire Element, Ember does not always fit in within the busy--and very flammable--city. But Ember is ready for the challenge and sets out on her journey. She encounters unexpected obstacles, meets friends both old and new, and discovers beautiful parts of the...

"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--Provided by publisher.

Based on the Disney/Pixar animated feature film Inside Out 2, releasing this summer in theaters, stories at various reading levels take kids on an all-new adventure inside the mind of now-teenager Riley, who is definitely feeling all kinds of new Emotions! "After a long and fun day, Riley falls asleep for the night. But she isn't the only one who needs her rest--her Emotions do, too! While Disgust is on night duty at the console, Joy, Sadness, Anger,...

A Mexican piggy cookie escapes from the bakery before it can be eaten and eludes an ever-growing line of people pursuing it. Includes recipe for piggy cookies.

"Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable and Engineer the Unexpected is a fascinating look at how we can handle and harness surprise in our work, relationships, and everyday lives. Pop Quiz! Do you prefer when: A) Things go according to plan? B) When the unexpected happens? Most of us pick control and predictability. Yet research reveals a counterintuitive truth: surprise is the key that unlocks growth, innovation, and connection. It is also the secret...

Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: to push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.