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41) Armageddon
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Series
Language
English
Description
Daniel faces dastardly Number Two, who has slowly been amassing an underground army of aliens to help him enslave Earth's population in preparation for the arrival of Number One, the most powerful alien in the universe and Daniel's arch-nemesis.
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Language
English
Description
In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.
45) Eagle Strike
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Series
Language
English
Description
After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich in the South of France, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates international pop star and philanthropist Damian Cray whose new video game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the international drug trade.
47) Candleshoe
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A young orphan, Casey, and a sly con man are determined to find a fortune in Spanish doubloons hidden centuries ago at Candleshoe, an English manor.
48) Ruby Holler
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Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage, but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure.
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Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 5
Language
English
Description
As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school.
50) The Willoughbys
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.
51) Blue Bay mystery
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Series
Language
English
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Description
The Aldens find a castaway on a South Sea island. How did he get there and who is he?
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Language
English
Description
Orphaned at age five, Lucinda, now fifteen, stands with courage against the man who took everything from her, aided by a thief, a clever goat, and a mysterious woman called the Witch of Amaranth, while the prince she knew as a child prepares to marry, unaware that he, too, is in danger.
Author
Series
Adventurers wanted volume 5
Language
English
Description
Wizard-in-training Alex Taylor must help his mentor Whalen track down Whalen's nephew Jabez who was once being trained by Whalen but who now has chosen a path into dark magic.
54) Emily climbs
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Series
Language
English
Description
At Shrewsbury High School, Emily becomes dedicated to writing but is distracted by an unforeseen romance.
56) Emily's quest
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Series
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English
Description
Emily is concentrating on making a success of her writing, but is faced with the difficult choice of whether she should marry the man she likes or stay alone with only the memory of the man she loves.
57) The Rose legacy
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Series
Language
English
Description
Orphaned Anthea Cross hopes to finally find a home with her long-lost uncle, but she soon learns not only that he secretly breeds forbidden horses, but that she can communicate with them.--Provided by Publisher.
60) To tame a land
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Language
English
Description
Rye Tyler was twelve when his father was killed in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for books and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the hard lessons of life in the West. But after killing a man, he is forced to leave his new home. He rides lonely mountain passes and works on dusty cattle drives until he finds a job breaking horses. Then he meets Liza Hetrick, and in her eyes he sees his future. After establishing...
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