LLC Findaway World
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"On Memorial Day, 1958, as the people of Jewel, Minnesota gather to remember and honor the sacrifice of so many sons in the wars of the past, the half-clothed body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. Investigation of the murder falls to Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical and emotional scars from his military service. Even before Dern has the...
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"Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she's given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle...
3) Safari
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Introduces young wildlife enthusiasts to an array of creatures in their natural habitats on the African Savannah.
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Junie B. Jones series volume 9
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Junie B. Jones experiences glee while showing off her new furry mittens in kindergarten, but disaster strikes when they disappear from the playground.
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In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and...
6) The women
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"'Women can be heroes, too.' When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively...
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"Sparks fly when a romance novelist and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the perfect Hollywood love story -- but only if they can keep the chemistry between them from taking the whole thing off script. Felicity "Fizzy" Chen is lost. Sure, she's got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt. But when she's asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn't been practicing what...
8) Coraline
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Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
9) The edge
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"The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America's dirtiest secrets--can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out? When CIA operative Jenny Sikwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong hands, endanger the lives of countless...
10) The Davenports
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The Davenports (Krystal Marquis) volume 1
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The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
12) Beasts of ruin
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Beasts of prey volume 2
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Now separated, sixteen-year-old indentured beastkeeper Koffi and seventeen-year-old warrior candidate Ekon will have to find their way back to each other as they face off against the god of death
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Sunbearer duology volume 1
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2022.
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Transgender demigod Teo is unexpectedly selected for the Sunbearer Trials, a fierce competition among demigod heroes where the winner sacrifices the loser to Sol, their blood fueling the Sun Stones that protect Reino del Sol.
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"Its views are just as stunning as ever, its rooms just as elegant, but coming home reminds Cam why he was so quick to leave in the first place. Jules, however, has other ideas, and the more she learns about Cam's estranged family--and the twisted secrets they keep--the more determined she is for her husband to claim everything Ruby once intended for him to have. But Ruby's plans were always more complicated than they appeared. As Ashby House tightens...
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"Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long-shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. After getting a wrongfully convicted man out of prison, he is innudated with pleas from incarcertaed people claiming innocence. He brings on board his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, to weed through the letters, knowing most claims will be false. Bosch pulls a needle from the haystack: a woman in prison for five...
16) Tiger daughter
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Publisher Annotation: Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful, Tiger Daughter is an award-winning novel about finding your voice amidst the pressures of growing up in an immigrant home told from the perspective of a remarkable young Chinese girl.
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[2016]
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"Score more points on the Writing, Language, & Essay portions of the SAT when you prepare with with these interactive tools. This pack will help you improve your understanding of grammar, parts of speech, word tenses, sentence structure, punctuation, and more."--
18) Fun English!
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[2018]
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"Kids will have fun learning the English language with these engaging educational games. This structured course teaches basic vocabulary, pronunciation, singular and plural nouns, verbs, parts of speech, and so much more. Use context clues to enhance learning; Learn the names for animals, parts of the body, food items, and more; Practice the names of colors and numbers; Build motor skills and concentration"--
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[2022]
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"Kids dive deep into a world of math adventures that will help them develop confidence, learn new skills, master addition and subtraction, and so much more! This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the standard Launchpad. Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; learn to tell time; explore money math."--
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[2017]
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"Learn the concepts needed to accelerate through Geometry and Trigonometry. This pack includes tutorials, flash cards, and quizzes covering angles, shapes, symmetry, trigonometric equations and functions, graphing, and more. This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the standard Launchpad."--