Johnathan McClain
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English
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A provocative new novel from bestselling author T.C. Boyle exploring the first scientific and recreational forays into LSD and its mind-altering possibilities
In this stirring and insightful novel, T.C. Boyle takes us back to the 1960s and to the early days of a drug whose effects have reverberated widely throughout our culture: LSD.
In 1943, LSD is synthesized in Basel. Two decades later, a coterie of grad students
...2) Ice wolves
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Elementals (Amie Kaufman) volume 1
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Everyone in Vallen knows that ice wolves and scorch dragons are sworn enemies who live deeply separate lives. So when twelve-year-old orphan Anders takes one elemental form and his twin sister, Rayna, takes another, he wonders whether they are even related. Still, whether or not they?re family, Rayna is Anders?s only true friend. She?s nothing like the brutal, cruel dragons who claimed her as one of their own and stole her away....
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Seven wonders volume 2
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English
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Jack and his friends travel to the hanging Gardens on their next leg of quest-to the ancient city of Babylon. They engineer an escape that might just turn out to be a different kind of trap altogether.
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Seven wonders volume 1
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English
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Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis' power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior abilities.
5) Horizon
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Horizon (Scholastic) volume 1
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English
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When Aero Horizon 16 crashes in the Arctic, eight children emerge from the wreckage to find themselves alone and surrounded, not by ice, but by a mysterious and deadly jungle full of carnivorous plants and predatory birds--the other five hundred people from the plane are gone, not necessarily dead, but taken by something that lives in the jungle.
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Seven wonders volume 3
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English
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Jack McKinley and his friends in a life-or-death race to the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. They have to face down their own demons and engage in an epic battle with foes long gone.
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Horizon (Scholastic) volume 4
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English
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Publisher Annotation: The journey through the rift becomes even rockier as the survivors are forced to take to the water, crossing a vast deepwater basin on improvised boats. To make it, Molly and the others must work together, but a rift of a different kind is forming among the survivors. If they aren't careful, it could eat them alive.
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Max Tilt series volume 1
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[2017]
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English
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Max searches for a treasure to save his family.
9) Battle born
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Elementals (Amie Kaufman) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Tensions are at an all-time high in the final book of this rip-roaring adventure series about siblings with magical shapeshifter powers, from New York Times bestselling author Amie Kaufman. Though Anders and his friends have delayed a war between ice wolves and scorch dragons, their mission is far from over. With adults on both sides looking for them, they've sought refuge in Cloudhaven, a forbidden stronghold that could hold the key to saving their...
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[2023]
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English
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Witches! Whether you know them from Shakespeare or from Wicked, there is no staple more beloved in folklore, fairy tale, or fantasy than these magical beings. Witches are everywhere, and at the heart of stories that resonate with many people around the world. This dazzling, otherworldly collection gathers new stories of witches from all walks of life, ensuring a Halloween listeners will never forget. Whether they be maiden, mother, crone, or other;...