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Bartimaeus trilogy volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
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Wise-cracking djinni Bartimaeus finds himself at the court of King Solomon with an unpleasant master, a sinister servant, and King Solomon's magic ring.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Professor von Volt plans to send Geronimo and his time traveling friends back to King Solomon's court to borrow a ring that supposedly will restore harmony to Mouse Island and balance the environment--but they soon find themselves taking an unplanned detour through Napoleon's court, a Viking village, and the Minotaur's labyrinth, before finally arriving before the wise King.
6) Storm Front
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In Israel, a man clutching a backpack searches desperately for a boat. In Minnesota, Virgil Flowers gets a visitor: an Israeli investigator. She is chasing a man who has smuggled out an extraordinary relic-- an ancient inscribed stone with startling details about King Solomon. Despite Virgil's first reaction-- that this is a joke, or a movie plot-- it turns out that many people around the world are also pursuing the smuggler, some of them likely to...
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Peeling away the myth to bring David to life in Second Iron Age Israel, Brooks traces the arc of his journey from obscurity to fame, from shepherd to soldier, from hero to traitor, from beloved king to murderous despot and into his remorseful and diminished dotage.The Secret Chord provides new context for some of the best-known episodes of David's life while also focusing on others, even more remarkable and emotionally intense, that have been neglected....
11) Solomon
Pub. Date
[1997].
Description
Solomon, the King of Israel rules the land with peace, love and respect. Then he meets the Queen of Sheba and falls madly in love. When she returns home he falls into a deep depression while his kingdom collapses around him.
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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"In the tenth century BC, the new Queen of Sheba has inherited her father's throne and all its riches at great personal cost. Her realm stretches west across the Red Sea into land wealthy in gold, frankincense, and spices. But now new alliances to the North threaten the trade routes that are the lifeblood of her nation. Solomon, the brash new king of Israel famous for his wealth and wisdom, will not be denied the tribute of the world--or of Sheba's...
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Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"Scarlett, a sixteen-year-old private detective in the fictional city of Las Almas, finds herself at the center of a mysterious case--involving ancient curses, priceless artifacts, and jinn--as she discovers that her own family secrets may have more to do with the situation than she thinks"--
