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1) High dive
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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A tale inspired by the 1984 Brighton Hotel bombing assassination attempt on the lives of Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet is told from the perspectives of an IRA bomb maker, a former star athlete-turned-hotel manager, and the manager's teenage daughter.
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A scorned lover and her hot tub horror...
A battle of beasts in a Southern swamp...
A necromancer at the end of the world...
And much, much more!
High Dive Publishing is back with 18 terrifying new tales and 4 petrifying poems to scare you during any time of the year. This collection of worrying words and sinister sentences finds themes between the stories and verses set in the four seasons. You won't need to check your calendar...
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English
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Though Cnut has the law firmly on his side, when he finds himself up against one of the richest men in the country, Harald Haraldsen, a megalomaniac who has almost every judge in his pocket, and literally owns everyone on his huge estate, he finds himself stymied at every turn. Each piece of evidence he obtains is classed as illegally procured – even after he exhumes the corpse of a man who was obviously strangled to death from the estate cemetery....
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A zombie outbreak at a community pool...
A terrible secret at a school for children, who can't sleep...
An actress, who will do anything for fame...
And, more!
High Dive Publishing presents 12 spine tingling stories and 1 spooky poem to make you shiver in your board shorts. These tales are scary enough to frighten you in broad daylight while you watch the surf from your beach chair, or late at night, when you're nursing that sunburn.
13 writers...
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English
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When video killed the radio star, Sharon Oreck was calling the shots.
Video Slut takes an irreverent look behind the scenes of the music-video industry during its eighties heyday. Oreck, one of the top producers of all time, bluffed her way into the business with no experience whatsoever and went on to produce more than six hundred video shoots with Madonna, Sting, Mick Jagger, Prince, and several members of the increasingly unstable Jackson family-not...
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English
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Lucky Martin is a daredevil of the skies-a test pilot who lives to break the rules and push the envelope. Sound like a perfect role for Errol Flynn? It did to Hollywood, as Flynn was cast in the movie of the same name. Lucky's a trailblazer-flying higher and faster than any pilot out there. His latest invention could change the face of air warfare and alter the balance of world power. It's The Dive Bomber-a perfectly designed aircraft for the...
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Henry Heckelbeck volume 12
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Henry's friends are excited to try out the diving boards at their new community pool, but Henry's fear of heights dampens his enthusiasm.
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Lew Archer novels volume 6
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English
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The beautiful, high-diving blonde had Hollywood dreams and stars in her eyes but now she seems to have disappeared without a trace. Hired by her hotheaded husband and her rummy “uncle,” Lew Archer sniffs around Malibu and finds the stink of blackmail, blood-money, and murder on every pricey silk shirt. Beset by dirty cops, a bumptious boxer turned silver screen pretty boy and a Hollywood mogul with a dark past, Archer discovers the secret...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Jones Extrella is ready for the most nauseating event of the Galaxy Games: The Super Duper High Dive. It's a lot like the high dive on Earth, except it's on the moon. Instead of a diving board, there's a sling shot. And instead of three somersaults, divers do a hundred. The event makes everyone barf from motion sickness. Except for one athlete, a mysterious robot named Korg. Can Jones compete against a competitor with a stomach of steel.
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For fourteen-year-old Wallis Ann Stamper and her family, life in the Appalachian Mountains is simple and satisfying, though not for the tenderhearted. While her older sister, Laci--a mute, musically gifted savant--is constantly watched over and protected, Wallis Ann is as practical and sturdy as her name. When the Tuckasegee River bursts its banks, forcing them to flee in the middle of the night, those qualities save her life. But though her family...
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Publisher
Tate Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Will Bernard ever get over his nerves and show everyone what he can do? Bernard has been the swimming pool manager for a long time, and practices his diving at night when no one else is around. When his swimming pool holds a contest for high-diving hounds from around the world, he hopes that he can work up enough courage to compete.
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From Lisa Congdon, bestselling author of Whatever You Are, Be a Good One, this lovely new book invites readers to dip into the many joys of swimming. Congdon brings her personal passion as a lifelong swimmer to this beautiful and thoughtful celebration of getting in the water. Hand-lettered inspirational quotes, watercolor portraits paired with real people's personal stories, illustrated collections of vintage objects-colorful swim caps, bathing suits...
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Join the Sleepover Club: Frankie, Kenny, Felicity, Rosie and Lyndsey, five girls who want to have fun - but who always end up in mischief!
The Sleepover Club go on an outing to the local swimming baths. One of the girls can't swim - who can it be? And who will be brave enough to jump from the high diving board?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Whether it is a fun day at the beach, taking a canoe trip across a lake, or doing laps in a pool, water is a great venue for sports and leisure. Get an edge on your competitors with this interesting book, which reveals the science of water sports. Discover why high diving is possible, why the front crawl is the fastest swimming stroke, and how paddles and oars work as levers to generate forward motion.
20) Carnival Story
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English
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In search of a better life, a German girl named Willie (Anne Baxter) joins an American carnival that is passing through Munich. While traveling, she is torn between two suitors: cruel carnival barker Joe (Steve Cochran) and kindhearted high-dive artist Frank (Lyle Bettger). Frank gets the upper hand when he asks Willie to join his act. But tragedy is only a slip away.