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21) Modern problems
Pub. Date
c1995
Description
A jealous harried air traffic controller, left by his girlfriend, comes in contact with nuclear waste and receives kinetic powers, which he uses to win her back.
23) The siege
Formats
Description
Islamic militants unleash terrorism by blowing up in a bus in Brooklyn. FBI Terrorism Task Force chief Anthony Hubbard investigates. Agents track a suspect through Brooklyn, while Hub teams with Middle East expert and NSA operative Elise Kraft. After the FBI wipes out three Arabs in a Brooklyn apartment, an explosion in a Broadway theater is followed by attacks on a school and the FBI headquarters. When the President declares martial law, neo-fascist...
24) Small soldiers
Series
Pub. Date
1998
Description
Meet the Commando Elite--toy action figures with an attitude. They've escaped from their boxes along with the Gorgonites, kindhearted but unusual-looking creatures. Now teenager Alan Abernathy gets enlisted to help the Gorgonites and rescue the girl of his dreams before the whole town is turned upside down.
25) The haunting
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
A professor lures three subjects to a mysterious mansion for an experiment which turns into a nightmare as the secrets of Hill House are revealed in this supernatural thriller.
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
A tale of two brothers, one born of royal blood, one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends, they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry. But the truth will ultimately set them apart, as one becomes the ruler of a powerful empire, the other is the chosen leader of his people.
From the filmmakers who brought you the Academy Award®-winning box office hit, The Prince of Egypt, comes the spectacular...
27) The Siege (DVD)
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
The United States government abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that lead to the declaration of martial law.
28) Crazy Hair Day
Author
Description
Stanley is excited about Crazy Hair Day at his school, until he discovers that he has gotten the date wrong.
29) Charley Varrick
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Charley Varrick is a small-time crook who outfoxes the mob and makes a desperate run for the Mexican border and safety.
30) Cloak & dagger
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Description
11-year-old Davey has retreated into a world of video games and an imaginary hero-pal. When an FBI agent about to be murdered slips him a video cartridge containing top-secret data, Davey is plunged into the intrigue and danger of real-life espionage.
31) The cure
Series
Pub. Date
[2004], c1995
Description
Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS, and his friend Erik build a raft and set sail down the Mississippi River, determined to find a New Orleans doctor they believe has a cure. Their journey gives Dexter a chance to experience life as it should be lived and will change both boys' lives forever.
33) My bodyguard
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Clifford, a new student at a high school, enlists the aid of an overgrown misfit against the school bully, and a special friendship arises.
Author
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Description
On April 25, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl. Until now, all of the books published in English focused on the facts, names, and data. Voices from Chernobyl presents first-hand accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they lived through. In order to give a voice to their experiences, Svetlana Alexievich--a journalist by trade--interviewed hundreds of people...
38) The Selection
Author
Series
Formats
Description
For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition...
Author
Series
Selection series volume 1
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
"Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in the caste-divided nation of Illǎ, which formed after the war that destroyed the United States. America is chosen to compete in the Selection--a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Illǎ's prince--but all she really wants is a chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her"--
40) Before I burn
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
A terrorizing month of arson fires and suspicion in a 1970s Norway community ends in the christening of a young boy named Gaute Heivoll, whose youth is shaped by the time of fear and fire until, as an adult, he begins to retell the stories of his neighbors while gradually discovering the identity of the arsonist.
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