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Brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate...
84) Robot rampage
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Series
LEGO Hero factory.Secret mission volume 4
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Stormer sends Bulk and Furno to investigate why their planet can no longer communicate by radio and to find out what happened to Stringer, who sent a warning message from Tranquis VII and then vanished.
85) The gunslinger
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Dark Tower volume 1
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English
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In The Gunslinger, King introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting, solitary figure at first, on a mysterious quest through a desolate world that eerily mirrors our own. Pursuing the man in black, an evil being who can bring the dead back to life, Roland is a good man who seems to leave nothing but death in his wake.
86) Mortal kombat
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English
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MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage, or why Outworld's Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family's safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with. Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder...
87) Terror in tights
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Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
When Los Angeles superhero Melvin Beederman starts receiving mysterious, threatening emails, he and Candace, his partner in uncrime, must figure out who is out to get him and then do something about it.
88) Captain Underpants and the preposterous plight of the purple potty people: the eighth epic novel
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Captain Underpants volume 8
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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Harold and George's time-traveling Purple Potty lands them in an alternate universe where everything seems delightful, but evil lurks just beneath the surface, and leads to a battle between Captain Underpants and his own evil twin.
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Bad guys volume 4
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
Description
It's a zombie kitten apocalypse! Can the Bad Guys save the world from evil Dr. Marmalade's meowing monsters?!? They'll need help from foxy Agent Fox, a swampy secret zombie antidote, and the feistiest, toothiest, hungriest granny around. Get ready to watch the fur fly!
92) Enemy spy
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Series
Shredderman volume 4
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
When Nolan witnesses a serious crime, he realizes he may not be able to hide behind his Shredderman identity this time.
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Series
Bad guys volume 3
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English
Description
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."
95) About average
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[2012]
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English
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As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnson, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illinois elementary school.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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Beyond Words/Aladdin edition.
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English
Description
"From the inspiring author of Girls Who Rocked the World comes another comprehensive collection of true, inspiring profiles of successful young women throughout history who made their mark on the world before turning twenty. Young women today crave strong, independent role models to look to for motivation. In the follow-up to the bestseller Girls Who Rocked the World, More Girls Who Rocked the World offers a fun and uplifting collection of influential...
97) Even and Odd
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Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
"Even and Odd are sisters who share magic. Lately, though, it seems like that's the only thing they have in common. Odd doesn't like magic, and Even practices it every chance she gets, dreaming of the day she'll be ready to be a hero. When the hidden border between the mundane world the sisters live in and the magical land they were born in shuts abruptly, the girls are trapped, unable to return home. With the help of a unicorn named Jeremy, they...
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Sunbearer duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Transgender demigod Teo is unexpectedly selected for the Sunbearer Trials, a fierce competition among demigod heroes where the winner sacrifices the loser to Sol, their blood fueling the Sun Stones that protect Reino del Sol.
"Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I'm just a Jade. I'm not a real hero." As each new decade begins, the Sun's power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the evil...
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Bad guys volume 17
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"In this book, the One is going to be reunited with the Others. You are going to actually meet the real Dread Overlord Splaarghon. And one character is going to change everything you thought you knew"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Captain Underpants volume 1
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English
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When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.
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