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1) Reporters
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces reporters to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
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After Rachel Childs, a former journalist, suffers an on-air mental breakdown, she lives as a virtual shut-in. In all other respects, however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a chance encounter on a rainy afternoon causes that ideal life to fray. As does Rachel's marriage. As does Rachel herself. Sucked into a conspiracy thick with deception, violence, and possibly madness, Rachel must find the strength within herself to conquer...
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My weirder school volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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On Career Day at Ella Mentry School, local reporter Mrs. Lilly helps A.J. and his fellow third-graders start a school newspaper, but their efforts have unexpected, and terrible, consequences.
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"In 1931, near Philadelphia, ambitious reporter Ellis Reed photographs the gut-wrenching sign posted beside a pair of siblings on a farmhouse porch. With the help of newspaper secretary Lily Palmer, Ellis writes an article to accompany the photo. Capturing the hardships of American families during the Great Depression, the feature story generates national attention and Ellis's career skyrockets. But the piece also leads to consequences more devastating...
5) The lido
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"A tender, joyous debut novel about a cub reporter and her eighty-six-year-old subject--and the unlikely and life-changing friendship that develops between them. Kate is a twenty-six-year-old riddled with anxiety and panic attacks who works for a local paper in Brixton, London, covering forgettably small stories. When she's assigned to write about the closing of the local lido (an outdoor pool and recreation center), she meets Rosemary, an eighty-six-year-old...
6) Reporters
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In Reporters, beginning readers will learn about the different kinds of reporters and how they bring us the news. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover what reporters do on the job. A labeled diagram helps readers identify the different parts of a news studio, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about reporters online using our safe search engine that...
7) High stakes
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"Investigative reporter Dennis West joined forces with the men of the Sisterhood to help fight corruption and greed on behalf of underdogs everywhere. Toby Mason was a whip-smart college nerd--nothing like the buff dancer at the Supper Club who's reached out to Dennis. The owners of the Supper Clubs adult-entertainment franchise have expanded their empire. Toby suspects the clubs offer a front for a major drug trafficking operation--and those suspicions...
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In Jane Haseldine's gripping and brilliantly crafted debut, a reporter searching for her kidnapped son must untangle the connection to her brother's long-ago disappearance.
Julia Gooden remembers nothing about the worst night of her life. Thirty years ago, her nine-year-old brother Ben-the person who promised he would always protect her-was abducted from the room they shared. Try as she might to recall any clue or detail, there is a black hole where...
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Football genius novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
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Twelve-year-old Troy's uncanny gift for predicting football plays proves a powerful secret weapon for the Atlanta Falcons, but a seedy reporter with a vendetta suspects something is going on and sets out to shred the reputations of Troy and star linebacker Seth Halloway.
10) Duplicity
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In Jane Haseldine's new novel of riveting suspense, Detroit newspaper reporter Julia Gooden is up against the city's most devious criminal-and her own painful past.
Julia Gooden knows how to juggle different lives. A successful crime reporter, she covers the grittiest stories in the city while raising her two young boys in the suburbs. But beneath that accomplished façade is another Julia, still consumed by a tragedy that unfolded thirty years ago...
11) Hornet's nest
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In this first title of a new mystery series, Cornwell introduces us to a dynamic trio of crime-solver in Charlotte, North Carolina: Andy Brazil, an eager young reporter; Judy Hammer, the city's police chief; and Virginia West. Hammer's deputy and a genuine head-turner. They're after a serial killer who pulls male out-of-towners from their rental cars, then mutilates, spray paints and shoots them, in that order. What the trio uncovers jolts them like...
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Crime writer Julia Gooden has just completed the most important story of her life-a book about her beloved brother's childhood abduction and how she found his killer after thirty years. But that hasn't taken her focus off her day job-especially with what looks to be a serial killer terrorizing the city. Female runners are being snatched off jogging trails, then slaughtered in abandoned churches.
As Julia begins investigating, with help from Detective...
13) The good cop
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In The Good Cop, Brad Parks is back with all the humor, charm, and human insight his readers have come to expect, and more.
As long as Newark Eagle-Examiner reporter Carter Ross turns in his stories on deadline, no one bats an eye if he doesn't wander into the newsroom until 10 or 11 in the morning. So it's an unpleasant surprise when he's awakened at 8:38 a.m. by a phone call from his boss, telling him a local policeman was killed and to get the...
14) Donut danger
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Kid reporter Athena Bean is determined to reveal the secret ingredient used to make the treats at the House of Donuts.
15) The date to save
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 10
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Angelica Marie Hutcherson is an aspiring reporter for the San Anselmo Prep's newspaper, The Prepster; sophomore Colin Von Kohorn is it's editor, who keeps rejecting her stories because they do not reflect his "vision"; but when Colin suggests she write astory on the upcoming Academic Battle, Angelica senses an opportunity--unfortunately somebody has scheduled the Battle (which their school always wins) on the same day as the homecoming game (which...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Television reporters are some of the most recognizable faces and personalities in our community. We tune in to hear about everything from local weather to major world events. This title helps children learn more about the fast-paced career of TV journalism and gives them a glimpse of the amazing work reporters do even when the camera isn't rolling. --Publisher's description.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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The Thea Sisters and some friends want to start a school newspaper. Then Colette's diary is missing and sports reporter Nicky, witnesses something suspicious at the Iron Mouse Games. The Sisters' try to solve both mysteries and still get the paper out on time.
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Carter Ross, the sometimes-dashing investigative reporter for the Newark Eagle-Examiner, is back, and reporting on the latest tragedy to befall Newark, New Jersey, a fast-moving house fire that kills two boys.
With the help of the paper's newest intern, a bubbly blonde known as "Sweet Thang," Carter finds the victims' mother, Akilah Harris, who spins a tale of woe about a mortgage rate reset that forced her to work two jobs and leave her young boys...
19) The fraud
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"In the most thrilling entry yet in Brad Parks's award-winning series, investigative reporter Carter Ross must chose who gets to live: him or his unborn child. A rash of carjackings terrorizing Newark become newsworthy when one such theft ends in the murder of a wealthy banking executive. The affable, wisecracking Ross is assigned the story, but he's weary of only writing about victims of crime who happen to be rich and white. To balance his reporting,...
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"[A]fter three decades of absence, Julia's conman father has resurfaced to throw her life into turmoil again. Julia was only seven when Duke Gooden abruptly left. Barely a month later, her nine-year-old brother, Ben, disappeared. Ben was her hero and protector, and though the case is cold, Julia has never given up hope of finding him. Duke's return offers vital clues--but it also makes her a target of those who intend to see Duke punished for his...