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The medusa plot

Korman, Gordon.


Cahills are being kidnapped by a shadowy group known only as the Vespers. Now Amy and Dan have only days to fulfill a bizarre ransom request or their captured friends will start dying. Amy and Dan don't know what the Vespers want or how to stop them. Only one thing is clear. The Vespers are playing to win, and if they get their hands on the Clues ... the world will be their next hostage.
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A king's ransom

Watson, Jude.


Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister Amy race against time to find an ancient map that has not been seen for half a century and use it to redeem their family members who have been kidnapped by a sinister organization called the Vespers.
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The dead of night

Lerangis, Peter.


Siblings Amy and Dan must find another way to outwit the Vespers when they target and kidnap Dan's only friend, eleven-year-old Atticus.
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Shatterproof

Smith, Roland, 1951-


Vesper One commands Dan and Amy Cahill to steal the Golden Jubilee, one of the world's largest diamonds, but what they do not know is that the Jubilee theft is just a setup and someone is going to die.
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Trust no one

Park, Linda Sue.


Siblings Amy and Dan must find out who the Vesper mole is in their innermost circle.
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Day of doom

Baldacci, David.


Includes illustrated endpapers. Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his sister, Amy, figure out Vesper One's endgame and realize they must stop the organization from using their ransoms to harm millions of people.
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The Baby-sitters Club [gn]. 01. Kristy's great idea /

Telgemeier, Raina, 1977-,


Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin. A graphic novel adaptation that follows the adventures of Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club as they deal with crank calls, uncontrollable two-year-olds, wild pets, and parents who do not always tell the truth.
Date Published:2015

The Baby-sitters Club [gn]. 05. Dawn and the impossible three /

Galligan, Gale,


Dawn, the newest member of the Baby-sitters Club, gets more than she bargained for when her first job turns into a disaster and she has problems with Kristy.
Date Published:2017

The Baby-sitters Club [gn]. 13. Mary Anne's bad luck mystery /

Cheng, Cynthia Yuan,


"Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin"--Cover. Mary Anne should never have thrown away that chain letter she got in the mail. Ever since she did, bad things have been happening to everyone in the Baby-sitters Club. With Halloween coming up, Mary Anne's even more worried -- what kind of spooky thing will happen next? Then Mary Anne finds a new note in her mailbox: Wear this bad-luck charm, it says. OR ELSE. Mary Anne has to follow the note's instructions. But who sent the charm? And why did they send it to Mary Anne? The BSC might never see an end to their bad luck if they don't solve this mystery soon!
Date Published:2023

"Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin"--Cover. Mary Anne should never have thrown away that chain letter she got in the mail. Ever since she did, bad things have been happening to everyone in the Baby-sitters Club. With Halloween coming up, Mary Anne's even more worried -- what kind of spooky thing will happen next? Then Mary Anne finds a new note in her mailbox: Wear this bad-luck charm, it says. OR ELSE. Mary Anne has to follow the note's instructions. But who sent the charm? And why did they send it to Mary Anne? The BSC might never see an end to their bad luck if they don't solve this mystery soon!

Date Published:2023

The Baby-sitters Club [gn]. 02. The truth about Stacey /

Telgemeier, Raina, 1977-,


Stacey's move to a new town and her struggle with diabetes are made easier by her friendships with Kristy, Claudia, and Mary Anne, and her participation as a member of the Baby-sitter's Club.
Date Published:2006

Bad Guys [gn]. Episode 01. The bad guys /

Blabey, Aaron,


"First published by Scholastic Australia Pty Limited in 2015." The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry.
Date Published:2016

Bad Guys [gn]. Episode 02. The bad guys in Mission unpluckable /

Blabey, Aaron,


Still yearning to be seen as heroes, Wolf, Shark, Snake, and Piranha set out to rescue ten thousand chickens from a high-tech cage farm--but one unexpected problem is Mr. Snake himself, also known as "The Chicken Swallower."
Date Published:2017

Bad Guys [gn]. Episode 06. The bad guys in Alien vs. Bad Guys /

Blabey, Aaron,


A creature with tons of teeth and way too many butts is stealing the Bad Guys one by one.--Provided by Publisher.
Date Published:2018

Bad Guys [gn]. Episode 07. do-you-think-he-saurus?! /

Blabey, Aaron,


The Bad Guys find themselves sixty-five million years in the past where they must avoid being eaten by dinosaurs, fix their broken time machine, and get back home before an evil alien destroys the world.
Date Published:2018

Bad Guys [gn]. Episode 08. The bad guys in superbad /

Blabey, Aaron,


The Bad Guys have strangely acquired SUPERPOWERS! But their powers might be, well, defective. They can only do things like blow their own pants off in public. Not exactly what you'd call hero-caliber skills. Defective or not, the Bad Guys have a job to do. With Marmalade ready to destroy the world, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, and Mr. Shark finally have their chance to be (super)heroes! And this time, they may just get some help...
Date Published:2018

The Bad Guys have strangely acquired SUPERPOWERS! But their powers might be, well, defective. They can only do things like blow their own pants off in public. Not exactly what you'd call hero-caliber skills. Defective or not, the Bad Guys have a job to do. With Marmalade ready to destroy the world, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, and Mr. Shark finally have their chance to be (super)heroes! And this time, they may just get some help...

Date Published:2018

Bad Guys [gn]. Episode 09. The bad guys in the big bad wolf /

Blabey, Aaron,


When Mr. Wolf is blown up to Godzilla proportions, the Bad Guys find themselves in monster-sized trouble. They must figure out how to stop an alien invasion and get Wolfie back to his old self before the world is totally destroyed. Good thing they have the International League of Heroes on their side, and some newly honed superpowers ready to put to the test..
Date Published:2019

Bad Guys [gn]. Episode 10. The baddest day ever /

Blabey, Aaron,


They may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds... whether you like it or not! This New York Times bestselling illustrated series is perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants.
Date Published:2019

The jumbies

Baptiste, Tracey,


"They're coming..."--front cover. "Corinne La Mer claims she isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're just tricksters made up by parents to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest, and shining yellow eyes follow her to the edge of the trees. They couldn't belong to a jumbie. Or could they? When Corinne spots a beautiful stranger at the market the very next day, she knows something extraordinary is about to happen. When this same beauty, called Severine, turns up at Corinne's house, danger is in the air. Severine plans to claim the entire island for the jumbies. Corinne must call on her courage and her friends and learn to use ancient magic she didn't know she possessed to stop Severine and to save her island home."--
Date Published:2018

"They're coming..."--front cover. "Corinne La Mer claims she isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're just tricksters made up by parents to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest, and shining yellow eyes follow her to the edge of the trees. They couldn't belong to a jumbie. Or could they? When Corinne spots a beautiful stranger at the market the very next day, she knows something extraordinary is about to happen. When this same beauty, called Severine, turns up at Corinne's house, danger is in the air. Severine plans to claim the entire island for the jumbies. Corinne must call on her courage and her friends and learn to use ancient magic she didn't know she possessed to stop Severine and to save her island home."--

Date Published:2018

Transcendent man [dvd]

Transcendent man (Motion picture : 2009)


"Prepare to evolve"--Container "The life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil, author of the book The singularity is near"--Container Originally released in 2009 Special features: Deleted scenes Extras: Tribeca Film Festival premiere screening Q&A; Deleted scenes; Who is Ray Kurzweil?; Filmmaker bio. Transcendent man -- Projections of the future -- The reader -- GNR -- Singularity -- Health challenges -- Nanotechnology -- Artificial intelligence -- Artilect war -- Godlike? -- The universe wakes up. Documentary explores how Kurzweil's groundbreaking inventions and innovations have helped to advance society while potentially posing the greatest threat to mankind the world has ever known. Having previously predicted such things as the Internet, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the defeat of a chess champion by a computer opponent, Kurzweil now claims that by 2029 the only means of keeping up with technological advances will be for humans to merge with the machines they've created.
Date Published:2011

"Prepare to evolve"--Container "The life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil, author of the book The singularity is near"--Container Originally released in 2009 Special features: Deleted scenes Extras: Tribeca Film Festival premiere screening Q&A; Deleted scenes; Who is Ray Kurzweil?; Filmmaker bio. Transcendent man -- Projections of the future -- The reader -- GNR -- Singularity -- Health challenges -- Nanotechnology -- Artificial intelligence -- Artilect war -- Godlike? -- The universe wakes up. Documentary explores how Kurzweil's groundbreaking inventions and innovations have helped to advance society while potentially posing the greatest threat to mankind the world has ever known. Having previously predicted such things as the Internet, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the defeat of a chess champion by a computer opponent, Kurzweil now claims that by 2029 the only means of keeping up with technological advances will be for humans to merge with the machines they've created.

Date Published:2011

The Baby-sitters Club [gn]. 04. Claudia and mean Janine /

Telgemeier, Raina, 1977-,


Claudia cares more about her artwork and the Babysitters Club than annoying things like homework, while her annoying sister, Janine, is an annoyingly perfect straight-A student. But an unexpected incident with a beloved family member soon forces the feuding sisters to lay their rivalries aside.
Date Published:2016