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Ali Cross / by Patterson, James,1947-;
Ali Cross has always looked up to his father, former detective and FBI agent Alex Cross. While solving some of the nation's most challenging crimes, his father always kept his head and did the right thing. Can Ali have the same strength and resolve? When Ali's best friend Abraham is reported missing, Ali is desperate to find him. At the same time, a string of burglaries targets his neighborhood, and even his own house. With his father on trial for a crime he didn't commit, it's up to Ali to search for clues and find his friend. LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Cross, Alex (Fictitious character); Missing persons; Fathers and sons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mindy Kim and the big pizza challenge / by Lee, Lyla.; Ho, Dung.;
"Mindy Kim loves food...When a local pizza place advertises a trivia competition, Mindy can't believe that the big prize is unlimited pizza for a whole year! Mindy is confident she and her dad can take the top spot. But Dad is worried he might not understand all the cultural references. And he wants Mindy to know that the most important thing is to always try your best, even if you don't win"--Provided by publisher.Ages 6-9.LSC
Subjects: Kim, Mindy (Fictitious character); Korean Americans; Pizza; Competition; Single-parent families;
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The great Egyptian grave robbery / by Pennypacker, Sara,1951-; Brown, Jeff,1926-2003.; Pamintuan, Macky.;
Asked to travel to Egypt to help with an urgent archaeological expedition, Flat Stanley suspects that he might be helping grave robbers and must rely on his quick thinking, unique flatness, and new friends to make things right."Ages 7-10"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Lambchop, Stanley (Fictitious character); Grave robbing; Pyramids;
© 2009., HarperCollins,
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See Bip grow! / by Milgrim, David.;
Illustrations and simple text relate how Zip, the unlucky alien magician, zaps Bip so they can play some ball, but things do not go according to plan when Bip grows so big that he flies away like a giant balloon. Includes note to parents, introduction to the books vocabulary, and reading comprehension questions.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Humorous fiction.; Zip (Fictitious character from Milgrim); Extraterrestrial beings; Magicians; Body size;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Expecting to die / by Jackson, Lisa,author.;
Some places earn their bad reputation through tall tales or chance. Grizzly Falls is different. Here, killers aren't just the stuff of legends and campfire lore. Someone is in the nighttime shadows, watching the local teens play around in the moonlit woods. Waiting for the right moment, the right victim. Waiting to take away a life. Detective Regan Pescoli is counting the days until her maternity leave. Exhausted and emotional, the last thing she needs is another suspected serial killer. Especially when her daughter, Bianca, is swept up in the media storm. When a reality show arrives in town, the chaos only makes it harder for Pescoli and her partner, Selena Alvarez, to distinguish rumor from truth. Another body is found ... and another. And as the nightmare strikes closer to home, Pescoli races to find the terror lingering in the darkness, where there are too many places to hide ... and countless places to die.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Alvarez, Selena (Fictitious character); Pescoli, Regan (Fictitious character); Serial murder investigation; Women detectives;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Avengers. [videorecording] / by Downey, Robert,Jr.,1965-actor.; Elfman, Danny.; Hemsworth, Chris,actor.; Jackson, Samuel L.; Johansson, Scarlett,1984-actor.; Kirby, Jack.; Lee, Stan,1922-; Ruffalo, Mark,actor.; Tyler, Brian.; Whedon, Joss,1964-director,screenwriter.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Cinematography, Ben Davis ; production designer, Charles Wood ; editors, Jeffrey Ford, Lisa Lassek ; music, Brian Tyler, Danny Elfman.Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson.When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth's Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1, widescreen 2.40:1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; America, Captain (Fictitious character); Avengers (Fictitious characters); Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Fury, Nick (Fictitious character); Good and evil; Incredible Hulk (Fictitious character); Iron Man (Fictitious character); Superhero films.; Superheroes; Thor (Norse deity);
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Night night! Sleep tight! / by Mayer, Mercer,1943-;
"It's bedtime for Little Critter and Little Sister, but when there's a strange sound in the night, the two are determined to find the source of the tap-tap. Things that look like monsters in the dark turn out to be innocent in this nighttime adventure. Will they ever find out what's making the sound?"--Ages 4-8.
Subjects: Animal comics.; Graphic novels.; Readers (Publications); Comics (Graphic works); Little Critter (Fictitious character); Cartoons and comics.; Siblings; Night; Noise; Bedtime;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Close to the bone [sound recording] / by MacBride, Stuart.; Worsley, Steve.;
Read by Steve Worsley.Someone's leaving little knots of bones outside Detective Inspector Logan McRae's house, but he's got more pressing things to worry about. Rival drug gangs are fighting over product and territory; two teenage lovers are missing; someone's crippling Asian immigrants; and Logan's been lumbered with an ambitious new Detective Sergeant, a mountain of paperwork, and the unwelcome attention of his superiors and the local crime boss.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Audiobooks.; McRae, Logan (Fictitious character); Police;
© p2012., Harper Audio,
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The wanted / by Crais, Robert,author.;
"It seemed like a simple case--before the bodies starting piling up. Investigator Elvis Cole and his partner, Joe Pike, take on the deadliest case of their lives in the new masterpiece of suspense from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. When single mother Devon Connor hires private investigator Elvis Cole, it's because her troubled teenage son Tyson is flashing cash and she's afraid he's dealing drugs. But the truth is devastatingly different. With two other partners in crime, he's been responsible for a string of high-end burglaries, a crime spree that takes a deadly turn when one of them is murdered and Tyson and his girlfriend disappear. They stole the wrong thing from the wrong man. Determined to get it back, he has hired a team that is smart and brutal, and to even the odds, Cole calls in his friends Joe Pike and Jon Stone. But even they may be overmatched. The hired killers are leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. A few more won't make any difference"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Cole, Elvis (Fictitious character); Pike, Joe (Fictitious character); Private investigators; Assassins;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Strawberried alive / by McKinlay, Jenn.;
The crew from the Fairy Tale Cupcakes shop risks getting burned when they set out to find a murderer who is terrorizing their town Life is smooth as buttercream at the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery, and newlyweds Mel and Joe are stopping to smell the flours. But things start to crumble one night when an unknown gunman takes a shot at Mel. Though the bullets miss their mark, the cupcake crew goes on high alert to figure out who would want to kill a small-town baker, and why. When more business owners are attacked, things turn fatal, and locals begin to wonder if the killer could be one of their own. Every shop owner in town starts to fear it's only a matter of time before they too become victims of the mystery murderer. Despite the cupcake crew's superb baking skills, it will be anything but a piece of cake to catch the killer, as they try to prevent anyone else from being berried.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Cooper, Melanie (Fictitious character); DeLaura, Angie (Fictitious character); Bakers; Murder;
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