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Nate Wright’s a winner--in his own mind, anyway. So when things go wrong, he’s at a loss to explain why. But you can’t keep a good man down, and Nate’s still got pals like Teddy, Francis, and Chad to cheer him up. Sure, their methods aren’t always warm and fuzzy, but Nate doesn’t mind. After all, what’s a little noogie between friends?
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Nate Wright is one of a kind. Who else would start a rock 'n' roll band and name it Enslave the Mollusk? Or celebrate Prank Day by arranging a date between Mrs. Godfrey and a lovesick rodeo clown? Or create his own comic book superheroine, Eve (later Steve) of Destruction? Whether he's fast-talking his way out of trouble or unleashing the contents of his locker on unsuspecting classmates, Nate does it with gusto. And every time he swings into action......
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Two heads are better than one, except when they're crashing into each other! But that won't prevent Big Nate and his pals from hatching great ideas for fun. Nate Wright is a wisecracking 11-year-old who knows he's destined for greatness. Nate is the star of Big Nate, the comic strip that made its debut in 1991. Nate is a sixth-grade chess prodigy, a self-described genius, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's often...
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"Based on the screenplay he developed for Twentieth Century Fox from his short story "Animal Rescue," New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's The Drop follows a former criminal whose efforts to build a new life with his girlfriend and pit bull rescue puppy fall apart when he becomes mixed up in a robbery gone wrong; scheduled for release in Fall 2014, Fox's film of the same title stars James Gandolfini (in his final on-screen performance),...
9) True grit
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True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen when the coward Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 cash. Filled with an unwavering urge to avenge her father's blood, Mattie finds and, after some tenacious finagling, enlists one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, as her partner in pursuit, and they head off to Indian Territory after the killer....
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Big Nate volume 12
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Can Nate Wright get any cooler? Not according to Nate himself. He's already P.S. 38's rockin'est drummer, finest poet (check out his haiku about Brazil nuts), and deepest thinker--in his own mind. But does Nate have what it takes to hang with Marcus, leader of the school's most notorious posse? Or will he decide that being cool isn't all it's cracked up to be?
13) Driving heat
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Nikki Heat volume 7
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"On the morning of her first day as the new captain of the Twentieth Precinct, Nikki Heat is rocked when her NYPD shrink washes up dead on the banks of the Hudson River. To make matters worse she is soon blindsided by the discovery that her fiancé, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Jameson Rook, had been secretly meeting her psychologist as part of an explosive investigative article he is writing for a magazine."--Back cover.
14) Wild Storm
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Hired to look into a recent spate of plane crashes that have killed powerful people in politics, business and religion, Derrick Storm goes up against an maniacal extremist who has created a laser with the power to shoot down planes from the ground.
16) Wild surprise
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"Phineas and Ferb know that when you want to make every day count, birthdays are the perfect excuse to do something extra wild!"--p.[4] of cover.
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Villains volume 3
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Presents an adaptation of the classic Little Mermaid fairy tale from the perspective of the sea witch who provides Ariel with human legs in exchange for her voice.
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Villains volume 4
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"The tale is told as if it's happening once upon a dream: the lovely maiden meets her handsome prince. The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the maiden learns she is a princess--one who has been cursed by a dark fairy to fall into an eternal sleep. Though her three good fairies try to protect her, the princess succumbs to the curse. But the power of good endures, as her prince defeats the fire-breathing dragon and awakens...