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7) Ashes
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Series
Ashes trilogy (Ilsa J. Bick) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
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Alex, a resourceful seventeen-year-old running from her incurable brain tumor, Tom, who has left the war in Afghanistan, and Ellie, an angry eight-year-old, join forces after an electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky and kills most of the world's population, turning some of those who remain into zombies and giving the others superhuman senses.
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Pub. Date
2012.
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Swift foxes (Vulpes velox) are a priority conservation species throughout the western prairie regions of the United States. A variety of methods has been used to survey and monitor the status of swift populations throughout the species range. We conducted surveys using a non-noninvasive approach to evaluate the status of the swift fox in eastern Colorado. From August through October 2011, we used remote infrared cameras and a skunk-based lure on 52...
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Series
Shadow children volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Gr 5-9-Haddix continues her science fiction dystopian tale about illegal third children in this sequel to Among the Hidden (1998) and Among the Imposters (2001, both S & S). Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police for being an illegal child. She is given the opportunity to save herself by spying on the other three children who are in the jail cell with her. Nina finds herself both drawn to them and fearful for her own life. When she has a chance...
13) Mesa Verde mule deer herd management plan, data analysis unit D-29 game management units 72 and 73
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Pub. Date
2014.
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Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is categorized as "endangered" by the state of Colorado. The kit fox population in Colorado experienced a dramatic crash in the late 1990s. This study used non-invasive detection methods to evaluate the current distribution of the species in west-central Colorado. The results from this survey indicate that there are currently few to no resident kit foxes within the study area in west-central Colorado. It is clear that...
16) The deer stalker
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Originally published in 1925, in THE DEER STALKER, Zane Grey readers will find all they have come to expect from their favorite Western author - swift action, magnificent descriptions of the desert and canyon country, plus the added valiant effort of a ranger's struggle to save the doomed herd of deer on the Buckskin range.Zane Grey makes the reader see this colorful Arizona country, makes him feel something of the awe that is the inevitable reaction...
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From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. Yet, as author Philbrick reveals, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice; it is a 55-year epic. The Mayflower's religious refugees arrived in Plymouth Harbor during a period of crisis for Native Americans, as disease spread...
18) Year One
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"A stunning new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author--an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magic, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives... It began on New Year's Eve. The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed--and more...
20) Among the free
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Luke Garner is a third-born in a restricitve society that allows only two children per family. Risking his life, he came out of hiding to fight against the Population Police Laws. Luke inadvertently sets off a rebellion that results in the overthrow of the government. The people are finally free. But who is in charge now? And will this new freedom be everything they had hoped for? When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion...