Johnny Heller
1) The Rescue
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks-risks no one else in the department would ever take-to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love. For all of his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as the relationship starts to become truly intimate. Then one day,...
2) Heat wave
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Tough and sexy New York police detective Nikki Heat leads the investigation into the death of a New York real estate tycoon who plunged to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. She's hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook to ride along with her to research an article on New York's Finest.
3) Heat rises
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the third book of the New York Times bestselling Nikki Heat series, following HEAT WAVE and NAKED HEAT, Richard Castle's new thrilling mystery continues the story of NYPD Homicide Detective, Nikki Heat. Tough, sexy, professional, Nikki Heat carries a passion for justice as she leads one of New York City's top homicide squads. In what's sure to be another smash sensation by blockbuster author Richard Castle, readers will once again follow Nikki...
4) Frozen heat
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat arrives at her latest crime scene to find an unidentified woman stabbed to death and stuffed inside a suitcase left on a Manhattan street. Nikki is in for a big shock when this new homicide connects to the unsolved murder of her own mother.
5) Naked heat
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When New York's most vicious gossip columnist, Cassidy Towne, is found dead, NYPD Homicide Detective Heat uncovers a gallery of high profile suspects, all with compelling motives for killing the most feared muckraker in Manhattan. Heat's murder investigation is complicated by her surprise reunion with superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
While backpacking solo in the desert, thirteen-year-old Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a more primitive world, where he must use his knowledge and skills to survive.
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
The author presents a tender story of his family's love for their golden retriever, Marley, and recalls how he grew from a mischievous puppy into a nearly impossible adult that no amount of obedience school training could correct.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[c1981]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Josh Jones realizes his family isn't typical, but it's the only life he's ever known. Aunt Lou, Gramps, Uncle Charlie, Grandpa--they all have shaped the young man he has become. But as he grows into manhood, Josh begins to face important questions about life, love, and faith. Three million books sold in the series!
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Josh Jones realizes his family isn't typical, but it's the only life he's ever known. Aunt Lou, Gramps, Uncle Charlie, Grandpa--they all have shaped the young man he has become. But as he grows into manhood, Josh begins to face important questions about life, love, and faith. Three million books sold in the series!
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Joshua Chadwick is close to completing his journey into adulthood. He's surprised and excited when Grandpa and Uncle Charlie sign over the family farm to him. But soon the serious responsibilities of managing the farm have him doubting his abilities. Josh needs encouragement - and the love of a family of his own.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[c1987]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Josh Jones realizes his family isn't typical, but it's the only life he's ever known. Aunt Lou, Gramps, Uncle Charlie, Grandpa--they all have shaped the young man he has become. But as he grows into manhood, Josh begins to face important questions about life, love, and faith. Three million books sold in the series!
14) On my honor
Author
Publisher
Clarion/Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Newbery honor book: 1987.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Braid Beard and his pirate crew return to retrieve the treasure they buried in Jeremy Jacob's backyard, but first they must help calm his baby sister, Bonney Anne, whom they awoke from her nap.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grossett & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1946]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This is Mark Twain's first novel about Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, and it has become one of the world's best-loved books. It is a fond reminiscence of life in Hannibal, Missouri, an evocation of Mark Twain's own boyhood along the banks of the Mississippi during the 1840s. "Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred," he tells us. This is a book one never forgets: Tom whitewashing Aunt Polly's fence, Tom and Huck's dreadful oath, their...