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"Picking up where 2020's exceptionally popular film left off, readers and fans will join Sherlock Holmes' rebellious teen sister Enola in a thrilling adventure and uncover the new mystery that she is up against. After a mysterious group of anarchists abduct her brother Mycroft, Enola investigates his disappearance in hopes of rescuing him and recovering something precious he took from her. With the help of Lord Tewkesbury and a young boy on the streets...
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Leadman Games
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"The Guacamelee! series combines action-packed 2D brawling with challenging platforming and Metroidvania progression elements. Inspired by Mexican folklore, Guacamelee! has players take control of a down-on-his-luck wrestler named Juan Aguacate as he explores a huge hand-craftedworld filled with hordes of undead enemies and sassy bosses and who said anything about a Chicken Illuminati? Certainly not us!"--Amazon.
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Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"Gameknight999 reenters Minecraft to find it completely changed. Villages are larger than ever, and more heavily fortified; life inside the game has become much more dangerous. Even Gameknight's old friends are acting differently, and the changes are not for the better. Outside the Crafter's village, a strange user named Entity303 is spotted with Weaver, a young NPC Gameknight knows from Minecraft's past. He realize's that Weaver has somehow been...
7) Dare to ride
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"Marcus Heavy is the founder of the Heavy Sinners Motorcycle Club. They specialize in the drug game, prostitution, blackmail, and murder. You cross any member of the club, and that's the end of your life. Marcus's son, Darius, is supposed to take up the mantle as leader of the club, but Darius doesn't want that life. He's seen the devastation it brings to his family and everyone around them. So, Darius gets a college degree and a good job and claws...
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"Internationally bestselling author Robert Goddard has been called "a master of the sly double- and triple-cross" (Seattle Times). In the third installment of the James Maxted thriller series, starring a dashing Royal Flying Corps veteran turned secret service operative, the truth about allegiances has never been less certain. The Treaty of Versailles has finally been signed, officially ending the World War I peace negotiations, and the action shifts...
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"The Nazi Spy Ring in America explores the operations and downfall of spy networks of the German Abwehr that operated in New York between 1935 and 1938 to steal military technology and map American defenses. The arrest and prosecution of four members of the ring was a high-profile case that caused a national sensation because it had all the trappings of fiction such as fast cars, louche liaisons, a murder plot, a beautiful Manhattan socialite, and...
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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In the land of Prydain, a young boy named Taran dreams of a future as an invincible warrior, but when the magical oracular pig Hen Wen is kidnapped by the evil Horned King, he must embark on a real-life quest to find the black cauldron lest the evil Horned King unleash its power and take over the world.
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Disney DVD
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English
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In The Rescuers, a shy but brave mouse and his glamorous partner embark on a mission to save a young girl named Penny. With their albatross friend, they find themselves on the riverboat hideout of the hilariously evil Madame Medusa. In Rescuers Down Under, the heroes travel to Australia to help a new friend.
13) Captivity
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Jennifer is a young, beautiful and famous fashion model and cover girl. Everybody knows her name and her popularity brings her everything she wants in life. But alone after a charity event in Soho, Jennifer finds herself drugged, captured and held in an underground maze of terror. Taken against her will and subject to psychological punishment, Jennifer soon questions her sanity as her watchful tormentor pits her in numerous twisted traps. After struggling...
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Seventh Street/Prometheus
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"Former topnotch attorney Parker Stern, still crippled by courtroom stage fright, takes on a dicey case for an elusive video game designer known to the world only by the name of Poniard. In Poniard's blockbuster online video game, Abduction!, a real-life movie mogul is charged with kidnapping and murdering a beautiful actress who disappeared in the 1980s. Predictably, the mogul--William the Conqueror Bishop--has responded with a libel lawsuit. Now...
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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"A street thriller of kidnapping, murder, trickery, and love that will have you at the edge of your seat. After 7 years of prison, multi-millionaire drug mogul Kane Garrett is back on the streets. But instead of diving back into the drug game, he's teaching a college class, infusing business principles with his signature ruthless edge he developed in the streets. When a student--and heavy heroin dealer--named Basil catches Kane's eye, Kane takes him...
16) Three minutes
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Ewert Grens thrillers volume 6
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Presumed dead by the Stockholm police--with a couple of notable exceptions, including homicide detective Ewert Grens--master criminal and undercover informant Piet Hoffmann is now on the run from the Swedish authorities, living with his wife and two young sons under an assumed name in South America. Hoffmann stays in touch with his former police handler, Erik Wilson, but unfortunately there is no money to be had in maintaining his unofficial connection...
17) The crying game
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Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody's lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus changes his name and gets a job as a day laborer. His starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' real background....
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Nintendo of America
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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"Legend has it that whenever evil has appeared, a hero named Link has risen to defeat it. That legend continues on the surface of a great and mysterious sea as Link sets off on his most epic .. adventure yet. Aided by a magical conductor's baton called the Wind Waker, he will face unimaginable monsters, explore puzzling dungeons, and meet a cast of unforgettable characters as he searches for his kidnapped sister"--Container.
19) The rescue
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Series
Ryan Decker volume .1
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Former CIA operative turned mercenary for hire Ryan Decker's specialty is rescuing kidnap victims. Hired by an influential US senator to liberate his daughter from a human-trafficking ring, Decker never anticipated sabotage or that the assault could go so disastrously wrong. The hostage is dead. His team is wiped out, and so are their families, including Decker's own wife and son-eliminated one by one by the Russian mafia. And he's survived to take...
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English
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Die hard: New York City detective John McClane is in Los Angeles to spend the holidays with his estranged wife Holly. While McClane waits for Holly's office party to end, terrorists take control of the building. As their sinister leader, Hans Gruber, and his savage henchman round up hostages, McClane gets ready to blast a few rounds of his own and launch a one-man war.
Die hard 2: John McClane is off-duty on Christmas Eve in the nation's capital...