John
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Series
Clockwork dark volume 1
Language
English
Description
Drawn by the lodestone his father gave him years before, twelve-year-old orphan Ray travels south, meeting along the way various characters from folklore who are battling against an evil industry baron known as the Gog.
Author
Series
Clockwork dark volume 2
Language
English
Description
Ray Cobb and the rest of the Ramblers must cross into the Gloaming and destroy the Gog's machine, which has started to spread a darkness over the land.
Author
Series
Twelve-fingered boy trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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Fifteen-year-old fast-talking Shreve is thriving in juvenile detention until he is assigned a strangely silent and vulnerable new cellmate, Jack, who just might have superpowers and who attracts the attention both of the cellblock bullies and sinister Mr. Quincrux.
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Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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New York Times bestselling author John Feinstein goes behind closed doors at the US Open . . .
When teen sportswriters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson score press passes to the U.S. Open they expect drama. They expect blistering serves, smashed returns and fierce competition. What they don't expect is kidnapping.
Russian tennis phenom Nadia Symanova was supposed to win it all, but she never even made it onto...
When teen sportswriters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson score press passes to the U.S. Open they expect drama. They expect blistering serves, smashed returns and fierce competition. What they don't expect is kidnapping.
Russian tennis phenom Nadia Symanova was supposed to win it all, but she never even made it onto...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein tackles doping in the NFL in this exciting football mystery.
The Super Bowl. America’s biggest sports spectacle. Over 95 million fans will be watching, but teen sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol know that what they’ll be watching is a lie. They know that the entire offensive line of the California Dreams have failed their doping tests. They know
7) Elemental
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Series
Language
English
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In a dystopian colony of the United States where everyone is born with powers of the elements, water, wind, earth, and fire, sixteen-year-old Thomas, the first and only child born without an element seems powerless, but is he?
Author
Series
Clockwork dark volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Ray, Conker, and their Rambler friends face the Gog and his Machine in a final struggle at the 1893 Chicago Exposition.
11) March: Book two
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Series
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Language
English
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After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence -- but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the Deep South, they will be tested like never before. Faced with beatings, police brutality, imprisonment, arson, and even murder, the young activists of the movement struggle with internal conflicts as well. But their courage will attract...
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Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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"This beautifully illustrated, oversized guide to the people and technology of the moon landing by award-winning author/illustrator John Rocco is a must-have for space fans, classrooms, and tech geeks"--
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Series
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Language
English
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By the fall of 1963, the Civil Rights Movement has penetrated deep into the American consciousness, and as a chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, John Lewis is guiding the tip of the spear. Through relentless direct action, SNCC continues to force the nation to confront its own blatant injustice, but for every step forward, the danger grows more intense: Jim Crow strikes back through legal tricks, intimidation, violence, and...
14) The gates
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Series
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young Samuel Johnson witnesses strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Road. The Abernathys don't mean any harm by their flirtation with the underworld, but when they unknowingly call forth Satan himself, they create a gap in the universe. Can one small boy defeat evil and save the world as we know it?
15) Foul trouble
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"College recruiters are clambering to sign up Terrell Jamerson, the #1 high school basketball player in the country. But not all of these recruiters are straight shooters, and Terrell will have to think fast if he wants to stay in the game"--
16) Vanishing act
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Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grade sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie reunite at the U.S. Open tennis championships where they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a top Russian player.
17) Cover-up
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fledgling fourteen-year-old sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie investigate suspicious activities at the Super Bowl after Stevie gets fired from his co-anchor job on a ground-breaking teen sports show.
18) Run
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Series
Run (John Lewis) volume 1
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling, award-winning authors John Lewis and Andrew Aydin comes their next groundbreaking graphic novel-Run: Book One-illustrated by rising star Afua Richardson and featuring contributions by Nate Powell.
Told in multiple parts, Run is the next chapter of John Lewis' involvement in the civil rights movement and public life after the March saga. The books bring to the page the true story of John Lewis and many of his colleagues in...