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21) Democracy!
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Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2020]
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"A simple, fact-filled introduction for the smallest activists on how to participate in a democracy by making your voice heard and voting"--
23) Stone cold
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Camel Club volume 3
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Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
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"Oliver Stone and the Camel Club are back in their most dangerous adventure yet, a war on two fronts"--Provided by the publisher.
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Grief-stricken after his mother's death and three years of wandering the world, Victor is longing for a family and a sense of purpose. He believes he's found both when he returns home to Seattle only to be swept up in a massive protest. With young, biracial Victor on one side of the barricades and his estranged father--the white chief of police--on the opposite, the day descends into chaos, capturing in its confusion the activists, police, bystanders,...
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In the future, abortion has become a crime as a series of events threatens the existence of the United States. One woman wakes up to discover that her skin color has been changed to red as punishment for having the procedure done. Now she must embark on a dangerous journey in order to find refuge from a hostile and threatening society.
27) Killer words
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"Bookstore owner and mystery writer Samantha Washington reluctantly comes to the aid of the detective who once arrested her own grandmother when he is accused of murdering a mayoral candidate"
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Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2024]
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"I'd seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency. When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senator's idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he'll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take...
30) Pursuit of honor
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Mitch Rapp comes up against a new and deadly enemy when he is unofficially ordered to find three terrorists by any means necessary. They've attacked Washington D.C., killing 185 and wounding hundreds. So far, however, his investigation has been painfully complicated and has yet to yield a single solid lead--and the last thing Rapp expected was to be in New York City to decide the fate of a man that could be his cover.
32) Memorial Day
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Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2020.
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Flynn's "New York Times" bestseller featuring CIA superagent Mitch Rapp is now in paperback. When a spike in CIA intelligence suggests a major terrorist attack planned for Memorial Day, the President orders Mitch, his top counterterrorism operative, to pull out all the stops.
33) Capitol Murder
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Deadly intrigue, breathtaking twists, and exhilarating suspense await in the third book of Phillip Margolin's New York Times bestselling Washington Trilogy. Hot on the heels of Supreme Justice, Margolin delivers another heart-pounding thriller featuring private investigator Dana Cutler and lawyer Brad Miller, who are forced by a terrorist attack on a football stadium-and by the escape of Executive Privilege's convicted serial killer Clarence Little-to...
34) The inner circle
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A young archivist working in the National Archives and his childhood crush accidentally happen upon a priceless artifact--a 200-year-old dictionary that once belonged to George Washington--hidden inside a desk chair. Eager to discover why the President is hiding this important national treasure, the two soon find themselves entangled in a web of deception, conspiracy, and murder that will reveal the most well kept secret of the U.S. Presidency.
35) Total power
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Mitch Rapp novel volume 17
Pub. Date
2020.
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"When Mitch Rapp captures ISIS's top technology expert, he reveals that he was on his way to meet a man who claims to have the ability to bring down America's power grid. Rapp is determined to eliminate this shadowy figure, but the CIA's trap fails. The Agency is still trying to determine what went wrong when ISIS operatives help this cyberterrorist do what he said he could--plunge the country into darkness. With no concept of how this unprecedented...
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Joe Demarco thriller volume 8
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Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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D.C. fixer Joe DeMarco must clear Molly Mahoney's name and keep his boss, Senator Mahoney, clean. Before long, DeMarco uncovers that there's far more to Molly's case than meets the eye, and the risk to Mahoney is more than just a little political embarrassment.
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
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When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.
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Miller gives us an incisive and beautifully written story of love, revenge, and the power (and failure) of family in a scarily plausible future. Blackfish CityBlackfish City is a remarkably urgent7and ultimately very hopeful7novel about political corruption, organized crime, technology run amok, the consequences of climate change, gender identity, and the unifying power of human connection.
39) Exile music
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A "novel based on an unexplored slice of World War II history, following a young Jewish girl whose family flees refined and urbane Vienna for safe harbor in the mountains of Bolivia"--
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Captured by the Gestapo, Maria is imprisoned in Auschwitz while her family is sent to their deaths. Realizing her ability to play chess, the sadistic camp deputy, Fritzsch, intends to use her as a chess opponent to entertain the camp guards. Literally playing for her life through four grueling years, Maria intends to orchestrate Fritzsch's downfall. Maria, vowing to avenge the murder of her family, challenges her former nemesis to one final game,...
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