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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
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Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race,...
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Modern filmmakers
Introduction violently original Murder most simple Blood simple Babies bikers and buffoons Raising Arizona The professional kill Miller's crossing Life of the imaginary mind Barton Fink Reinventing the circle of suicide The Hudsucker proxy What's the deal with greed and wood chippers? Fargo Abiding by Chandler The big Lebowski Three convicts and the KKK O brother where art thou? Cutting Cain's law The man who wasn't there Cruel intentions Intolerable cruelty The killing joke The ladykillers The unrelenting country No country for old men Burning paranoia Burn after reading
Introduction violently original Murder most simple Blood simple Babies bikers and buffoons Raising Arizona The professional kill Miller's crossing Life of the imaginary mind Barton Fink Reinventing the circle of suicide The Hudsucker proxy What's the deal with greed and wood chippers? Fargo Abiding by Chandler The big Lebowski Three convicts and the KKK O brother where art thou? Cutting Cain's law The man who wasn't there Cruel intentions Intolerable cruelty The killing joke The ladykillers The unrelenting country No country for old men Burning paranoia Burn after reading
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Praeger
Language
English
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"The Brothers Coen: Unique Characters of Violence spans the career of the two-time Oscar-winning producer/director team, exploring the theme of violence that runs through a genre-spanning body of work, from the neo-noir of Blood Simple to the brutal comedy Burn After Reading. In chapters focusing on major characters, author Ryan Doom looks at the chaotic cinematic universe of the Coens, where violent acts inevitably have devastating, unintended consequences."...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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This book is a riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly. The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts one of the most dramatic stories in American history -- how one gunshot changed the country forever. In the spring of 1865, the bloody saga of America's Civil War finally comes to an end after a series of increasingly...
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English
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"What if everything you thought was funny about Deadpool was actually just disturbing? What if he decided to kill everyone and everything that makes up the Marvel Universe? What if he actually pulled it off? Would that be FUN for you? The Merc with a Mouth takes a turn for the twisted in a horror comic like no other!"--Page 4 of cover.
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Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the brutal murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy--and how gunshots on a Dallas afternoon not only killed a beloved president but also sent the nation into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Millions of readers have thrilled to bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard's Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, page-turning works of nonfiction that have changed the way we read history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly two thousand years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Listeners around the world have been enthralled by Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, and Killing Jesus—riveting works of nonfiction that journey into the heart of the most famous murders in history.
Now from Bill O'Reilly, iconic anchor of The O'Reilly Factor, comes the most epic audiobook of all in this multimillion-selling series: Killing Patton.
General George S. Patton, Jr. died
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
"Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch -- "Scout" -- returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery was nothing short of remarkable -- or so it seemed. But Reagan was grievously injured, forcing him to encounter a challenge that few men ever face. Could he silently overcome his traumatic experience while at the same time carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world? Killing Reagan reaches back to...
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Español
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El consejo de un abogado a sus hijos mientras él defiende el verdadero ruiseñor de la novela clásica de Harper Lee --un hombre negro acusado de violar a una niña blanca. "A trav́es de los ojos de Jem y Scout Finch, Harper Lee explora con humor y honestidad inquebrantable la irracionalidad de la actitud de los adultos hacia la raza y la clase en las profundidades del sur en la d́ecada de 1930. La conciencia de una ciudad impregnada de...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. This book takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant...
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Series
Kill or be killed volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2017-2018.
Language
English
Description
Volume 1: "Dylan is just an average, depressed grad student until a failed suicide attempt changes everything he knows and propels him, against his will, into a life of vigilante justice."--Page 4 of cover.
"In the second volume of Brubaker and Phillips' bestselling new series, things go from bad to worse for our vigilante hero, Dylan, as the NYPD begin to realize there's a masked man killing bad guys all over the five boroughs. As a task force...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain's King George III, Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the reader from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe. What started as protest and unrest in the colonies soon escalated to a world war with devastating casualties. O'Reilly and Dugard recreate the war's landmark battles, including Bunker...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Villanelle (a codename, of course) is one of the world's most skilled assassins. A catlike psychopath whose love for the creature comforts of her luxurious lifestyle is second only to her love of the game, she specializes in murdering the world's richest and most powerful. But when she murders an influential Russian politician, she draws a relentless foe to her tail.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
As the true horrors of the Third Reich began to be exposed immediately after World War II, the Nazi war criminals who committed genocide went on the run. A few were swiftly caught, including the notorious SS leader, Heinrich Himmler. Others, however, evaded capture through a sophisticated Nazi organization designed to hide them. Among those war criminals were Josef Mengele, the "Angel of Death" who performed hideous medical experiments at Auschwitz;...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Eve and Villanelle plan for a high-stakes showdown in this sophisticated follow-up to the spy thriller that inspired the hit TV series Killing Eve.
"If you want us to remain silent — if you want to retain your freedom, your job, and your reputation — you need to tell us everything, and I mean everything. . ."
We last saw Eve and Villanelle in a spy vs. spy race around the world, crossing powerful criminal organizations...
"If you want us to remain silent — if you want to retain your freedom, your job, and your reputation — you need to tell us everything, and I mean everything. . ."
We last saw Eve and Villanelle in a spy vs. spy race around the world, crossing powerful criminal organizations...
20) The conspiracy
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Series
Plot to kill Hitler volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
"Berlin, November 1943. The city is blanketed by explosions. Siblings Gerta and Max Hoffmann live a surprisingly carefree childhood amid the air raids. Berlin is a city going about its business, even as it's attacked almost nightly. But one night, the sirens wail, and the Hoffmanns' neighborhood is hit. A mortally wounded man comesto their door, begging to be let in. He asks for Karl, their father. Gerta and Max watch as Karl tries in vain to save...