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Series
Jack West Jr. novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 17
Formats
Description
A prediction that promises ultimate power to whomever restores the Golden Capstone, an ancient Egyptian structure that protected people from global flooding before it was broken and scattered by Alexander the Great, prompts a brutal competition.
Author
Series
Seven wonders volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
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Description
Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis's 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.
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Series
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 17
Description
In ancient times, a Golden Capstone was placed atop the Great Pyramid at Giza during a rare solar event called the Tartarus rotation. Once every 4,500 years, a superhot sunspot - the Tartaus sunspot - aligned itself with Earth and caused immense worldwide flooding and sun-scorching. It is said that when the Capstone sat atop the Great Pyramid, no such flooding or solar damage occurred. And, according to legend, whosoever places the Capstone on the...
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Series
Seven wonders volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 10
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Description
Journeying to the ancient city of Babylon when Bhegad tracks down Marco, the companions face a daunting choice involving a dire trap and a long-lost figure from Jack's past.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
A prequel to the best-selling Roma Sub Rosa series traces 18-year-old Gordianus's journey to the Seven Wonders of the World, each of which pose a mystery that challenges his budding powers of deduction and the tenacity of celebrated poet Antipater of Sidon, who fakes his death to accompany young Gordianus.
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Series
Seven wonders volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Formats
Description
"The Select set off on a final, epic adventure to the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Lighthouse of Alexandria in order to unearth the last missing Loculi...It's a race against the end of times in the thrilling conclusion of the New York Times bestselling Seven wonders series from master storyteller Peter Lerangis" (Book jacket).
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Series
Roman mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 80 A.D., ten-year-old Roman sleuth Flavia and her friends sail from Corinth to Rhodes to try to stop a mysterious man who is kidnapping children and selling them into slavery.