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Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
254 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Go on a trip through the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art without ever leaving your home! Prepare to explore the treasures of the world's civilizations--from ancient Egyptian amulets, Mayan jewelry, and prehistoric tools--to Medieval tapestries, Renaissance suits of armor, and modern-day baseball cards. Each page brings you closer to the past as you learn about the people of different ages through the objects they left behind"--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
Author
Series
Young Sherlock Holmes volume 6
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teen Sherlock battles a monstrous adversary on a mission to Ireland with his brilliant brother, Mycroft. Young Sherlock is thrown into a tangled web involving a spiritualist whose powers have attracted the attention of governments around the world. At the castle where the medium is demonstrating his "gift," Sherlock finds a household in turmoil. Servants and some of the guests are frightened but who--or what?--has terrified them so much that nobody...
Author
Series
Young Sherlock Holmes volume 5
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped and taken to China, teenage Sherlock finds himself plunged into the heart of a deadly mystery. How can three men be bitten by the same poisonous snake in different parts of Shanghai? Who wants them dead, and why? The answers seem to lie in a message hidden in a diagram that looks like a spider's web. But solving one puzzle only leads to an even more urgent question: What has all this got to do with a plot to blow up an American warship?...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
First Kensington Hardcover Edition.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tabitha Knight investigates the sudden death of a chef at a cooking school who poured himself a glass of wine from a rare vintage bottle.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
5 audio discs (6 1/2 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Weighs the corrupting and divisive influence of the Trump administration while outlining recommendations for restoring productive, nonpartisan relationships that address racism and economic inequality.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
443 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Two 1990s Ugandan teens are kidnapped and forced into the Lord's Resistance Army where they dream of surviving their captivity and their intent to remain good people.