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Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Linus Weems, a street person since leaving his wealthy father's home, is kidnapped and taken to an underground bunker where he's soon joined by five others, ranging in age from nine to seventy, who are alternately cared for and tortured by their unseen captor.
3) Iron cast
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
In 1919 Boston, best friends Corinne and Ada perform illegally as illusionists in an infamous gangster's nightclub, using their "afflicted" blood to con Boston's elite, until the law closes in.
Corinne and Ada are hemopaths; their "afflicted" blood gives them the ability to create illusions through art. The girls have been best friends ever since gangster Johnny Dervish recruited them into his circle. By night they perform for Johnny's crowds, and...
4) Driven
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Driver thinks he has settled into a normal life, but after his fiancée is killed he must confront his criminal past.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orenda Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has finally restored order both to his life and to YouMeFun, the adventure park he now owns, when a man from the past appears - and turns everything upside down again. More problems arise when the park's equipment supplier is taken over by a shady trio with confusing demands. Why won't Toy of Finland Ltd sell the new Moose Chute to Henri when he needs it as the park's main attraction? Meanwhile, Henri's relationship...
6) One last job
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Michael convinces his grandfather, a retired cat burglar, to help him steal back a valuable necklace."--
7) Res judicata
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When his lawyer mother takes on the case of a college custodian accused of murdering a scientist, Cyril finds that certain facts in the case don't add up.
9) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Born and raised in the appalling deprivation of a Victorian-era London workhouse, the orphan Oliver escapes the drudgery of apprenticeship only to fall into the hands of the notorious Fagin and his gang of child thieves. But Oliver is an innocent at heart and the attempts by Fagin and the impudently witty Artful Dodger to teach the boy the trick of the pick-pocket's trade lead only to his almost immediate capture. Oliver's rescue by the kindly Mr....
10) Hide and shriek
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, four friends get caught in a deadly game of hide-and-seek."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Swallow Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In 1979, a high-profile burglar shot a cop, was apprehended, and then disappeared without ever being prosecuted. Forty years later, after the wounded cop's suicide, his son, Preston Campbell, is convinced there's been a cover-up that allowed his father's attacker to go free. At first, Hayes dismisses Campbell's outlandish conspiracy theories. But when a mysterious Cold War connection to the burglar emerges, the investigation heats up, and Hayes discovers...
13) The secret mummy
Author
Series
Mortensen's escapades volume 4
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Mortimer Mortensen, a secret agent who travels through time to prevent thieves and saboteurs from rewriting history, uncovers a plot to steal human organs from living victims.
14) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Foxton readers volume Level 3
Publisher
Foxton Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Oliver Twist’s mother dies when he’s born. He’s sent to a workhouse. He is unhappy there and runs away. He lives in London. He doesn’t have a childhood. He has to work. He doesn’t have a family. He doesn’t know what love is. But his luck is about to change. He meets some good people who look after him. The good people help Oliver. They love him. He’s safe. Oliver’s story has a happy ending. Foxton Readers are a series of carefully...
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