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  Crash

  by Jerry Spinelli

  Now available in paperback, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli's hilarious, poignant story of  cocky seventh-grade superjock Crash Coogan.   From the Trade Paperback edition.this is a very, very good book!
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  Whirligig

  by Paul Fleischman

  Upset by a recent event at school, Brent sets out to kill himself, but when he accidentally kills an innocent bystander with his car, he is forced to make reparations to her parents by taking a cross-country journey setting up whirligigs in her memory. Reprint. AB. SLJ.
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  Hatchet: Book 1

  Hatchet

  by Gary Paulsen

  13 year-old Brian Robeson, is going to visit his dad. But when the pilot that is flying his plane has a heart attack, he has to fly it all on his own! Then, he crash lands in the Canadian wilderness with nothing to survive with but a small hatchet and a wind braker. Can he survive, or will he end up being found dead?
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  Annie's Wild Ride

  by Alina Adams

  He'd stop at nothing to save his family. . . Her Only Love From their first meeting, Annie and Paul knew they'd be rivals, but nothing prepared them for the fiery passion they shared for flying--and each other. Together they embarked on a roller-coaster ride of love and marriage, believing that nothing could ever tear them apart. His Toughest Mission But now, Annie's plane was down, lost in a snowstorm, and... (more)
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  The Mountain Between Us

  by Charles Martin

  From the author of Where the River Ends , comes this page-turning story of love and survival. On a stormy winter night, two strangers wait for a flight at the Salt Lake City airport.  Ashley Knox is an attractive, successful writer, who is flying East for her much anticipated wedding.  Dr. Ben Payne has just wrapped up a medical conference and is also eager to get back East for a slate of surgeries he has... (more)
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  The Missing: Book 1

  Found

  by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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  Elsewhere

  by Gabrielle Zevin

  Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere’s museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe’s psychiatric practice.      Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth,... (more)
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  Thirty Seconds to Impact

  by Peter Burkill, Maria Burkill

  When Peter took charge of the flight deck of the 777 and took off from Beijing airport, there was nothing to suggest that this trip would be anything other than a routine flight of the sort he had made so many times before. It was not until moments before landing that anything went wrong. Coming in to Heathrow Airport, the plane suffered inexplicable loss of power to both engines, and it was suddenly likely that... (more)
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  Fatal Error (Repairman Jack)

  by F. Paul Wilson

  “Repairman Jack is one of my favorite characters--I'm full of happy anticipation every time I hold a new RJ novel in my hands.” --Charlaine Harris, creator of True Blood The End of the World is at hand! Munir Habib's life has become a nightmare. His tormentor has warned Munir not to report the kidnapping of his family, or else they will pay a terrible price. A friend realizes something is terribly wrong... (more)
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  Alien Series: Book 2

  Alien Tango

  by Gini Koch

  It's been five months since marketing manager Katherine "Kitty" Katt started working with the aliens from Alpha Centauri, and she and Jeff Martini are getting closer. But when an experimental spacecraft is mysteriously returned to the Kennedy Space Center, Kitty and the rest of her team are called in to investigate. Now the team must survive murderous attacks, remove a space entity from a group of astronauts, and... (more)
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  Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile

  by Geraint Anderson

  Audio CD In this no-holds-barred, warts-and-all account of life in London's financial heartland, Cityboy breaks the Square Mile's code of silence, revealing tricks of the trade and the corrupt, murky underbelly at the heart of life in the City. Drawing on his experience as a young analyst in a major investment bank, the six-figure bonuses, monstrous egos, and the everyday culture of verbal and substance... (more)
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  Honey Trap

  by Annette J. Dunlea

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  Highest Duty

  My Search for What Really Matters

  by Chesley B. Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow

  In this inspirational autobiography, Captain "Sully" Sullenberger, the airline pilot whose emergency landing on the Hudson River earned the world's admiration, tells his life story and talks about the essential qualities that he believes have been so vital to his success. In January 2009, the world witnessed one of the most remarkable emergency landings in history when Captain Sullenberger brought a crippled... (more)
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  Aftershock

  Protect Yourself and Profit in the Next Global Financial Meltdown

  by David Wiedemer, Robert A. Wiedemer, Cindy Spitzer

  A practical guide to preparing for the next phase of the financial meltdown From the authors who were the first to predict Phase I of our current economic downturn-in their landmark 2006 book, America's Bubble Economy -comes their insightful sequel discussing their predictions for the next phase of the Bubble Economy. It may seem like the worst has come and gone, but it hasn't. With their proven... (more)
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  Toot Toot Zoom!

  by Phyllis Root

  A funny, fast, and noisy tale about finding friends where you least expect to is the perfect vehicle for reading aloud. Poor Pierre! He lives all alone at the foot of a mountain, and his heart, how it longs for a friend. Perhaps if he hops in his car — toot, toot, zoom! — he will fi nd a friend on the other side of the mountain! On the road — SCREECH! — he meets Goat, who kindly offers to help. And that, says... (more)
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  Toxic Assets

  by Caroline Gerardo

  “Katherine McVeigh is the strong woman president of “Nationwide Bank.” The beauty is healing from a failed marriage. When she accepts a job, she does not realize she is being set up for the murders of board members for profit. Her ex has stolen all her assets, but she strives to work to provide for her sons. As the plot thickens, she begins to feel something for Rob, a new man in her life.” “This is timely and... (more)
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  The Pattern

  by jt kalnay

  Did one programming error kill seven hundred and ninety three people in the rash of airplane crashes in 1994? A handful of west coast computer geeks know the answer. After reading The Pattern, you will too. Follow auto-pilot programmer Craig Walsh and his beautiful engineer girlfriend Stacey "Jack" Horner as they create, and then confront, a malicious computer virus that seems destined to destroy air travel as... (more)
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  Alex Wales: Promise

  by Yolanda Sfetsos

  Things aren't always as they seem. Promise: Alex Wales Quartet, Book One After Alex Wales crash lands on a planet that doesn't even show up on her navigational map and her ship is damaged, all she wants to do is get help and leave the planet as soon as she can. She's got something to deliver and time is running out. Instead, she stumbles onto a very alluring man who takes her to his village--a seemingly... (more)
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  Synthetic Savior

  by B David Ferrel

  Have you noticed how terribly the real estate market in Northern California is and has been advancing for profit-seeking Realtors these past few years? This novel has the perfect pitch. As we all know, the turbulence that rears its ugly head in poor economic times can, and frequently does, get inconceivably ugly. Capitalism can breed pure spite out of greedy individuals who praise the almighty dollar... (more)
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  Good For You (Between the Lines #3)

  by Tammara Webber

  Reid Alexander's life is an open book. His Hollywood celebrity means that everything he does plays out in the public eye. Every relationship, every error in judgment is analyzed by strangers. His latest mistake totaled his car, destroyed a house and landed him in the hospital. Now his PR team is working overtime to salvage his image. One thing is clear—this is one predicament he won’t escape without paying for it.... (more)