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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
144 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by towering walls. Rapunzel dreams of a different mother than Gothel, the woman she calls Mother. She climbs over the wall and finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate, is a slave in Gothel's gold mine. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel uses her hair as a lasso and to take on outlaws--including Gothel.
23) Harlem shuffle
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
""Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
John Charles Gilkey is an obsessed, unrepentant book thief who has stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of rare books from book fairs, stores, and libraries around the country. Ken Sanders is the self-appointed "bibliodick" (book dealer with a penchant for detective work) driven to catch him. Journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett befriended both eccentric characters and found herself caught in the middle of efforts to recover hidden treasure....
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
177 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1935, while preparing to write a newspaper story about a theater production of Macbeth in her hometown of Cincinnati, twelve-year-old Kit discovers that a thief is stealing from the box office.
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy's hundredth birthday, Paddington sees a unique pop-up book in Mr. Gruber's antique shop, and embarks upon a series of odd jobs to buy it. But when the book is stolen, it's up to Paddington and the Browns to unmask the thief.
28) Dirty thirty
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Trenton, New Jersey's most underappreciated bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, while taking care of her boyfriend's giant orange dog, tracks the former security guard of a local jeweler who supposedly stole a fortune of diamonds, and must keep herself clean when everyone else is playing dirty.
29) This is Ant-Man
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discover how an ordinary man named Scott Lang becomes the smallest hero with the biggest heart.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2000, c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col maps ; 23 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
While travelling with her mother cross-country by train in 1896, a young girl unexpectedly shares Thanksgiving dinner with the notorious outlaw, Butch Cassidy.
31) Thief's mark
Author
Series
Sharpe and Donovan novel volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a young boy, Oliver York witnessed the murder of his wealthy parents in their London apartment. The killers kidnapped him and held him in an isolated Scottish ruin, but he escaped, thwarting their plans for ransom. Now, after thirty years on the run, one of the two men Oliver identified as his tormentors may have surfaced. Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan are enjoying the final day of their Irish honeymoon when a break-in at the home of Emma's grandfather,...
32) The final cut
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chief inspector Nicholas Drummond of Scotland Yard investigates after the centerpiece of an exhibit of Crown Jewels is stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and his colleague is murdered.
33) Escape from fear
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
147 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While at St. John National Park in the Virgin Islands for a seminar on coral reefs, the Landons help a wealthy thirteen-year-old to find his birth mother, who he believes is in danger.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Berkley premium ed.
Language
English
Description
Describes a 2003 bank robbery in Erie, Pennsylvania in which a seemingly innocent pizza deliveryman, with a time bomb around his neck, was forced to rob a bank and how the FBI discovered that he was in fact a co-conspirator.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's documentary television series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we know : How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman--and was he an African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the "gentleman bandit" and...
36) Six of crows
Author
Series
Six of crows duology volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction--if they don't kill each other first"--
Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price--and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone:...
37) Invictus
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
458 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Farway Gaius McCarthy is the son of a time traveler from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in ancient Rome. His very existence defies the laws of nature. All he's ever wanted was to explore history for himself, but after failing his entrance exam into the government program, Far will have to settle for a position on the black market: captaining a time-traveling crew to steal valuables from the past. During a routine heist on the sinking Titanic, Far...