chicago (ill.)

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chicago (ill.)

Die trying

2010
In a plot to overthrow the U.S. government, Montana neo-Nazis abduct the daughter of the nation's top general and her male companion. The companion is Jack Reacher, a former military policeman and he turns the tables on the captors.

Missing persons

a Kate Conway mystery
2011

An unfinished season

2005
When nineteen-year-old Wilson Ravan falls in love with the daughter of a renowned psychiatrist, tragedy strikes her family and secrets are revealed, leaving Wilson to question everything he once believed in.

Only twice I've wished for heaven

a novel
1998
When the Saville family gains entrance to a new apartment building in Lakeland, they find out that life inside their gated apartment complex is much different from that on the outside.

Love, Amalia

2012
Sixth-grader Amalia learns many important life-lessons while spending Friday afternoons with her beloved grandmother, and the teaching goes on even after Abuelita's sudden death as Amalia finds a way to connect with relatives and a friend who has moved away.

Chicago

2011
Describes a class field trip to Chicago. The class learns about Chicago's history, climate, residents, environment, and museums.

Emily makes a difference

a time of progress and problems
2004
Emily, who is twelve-years-old, and her family take a trip to see the Chicago World's Fair. When they return home, they discover that the economy has taken a turn for the worse, so Emily tries to figure out what she can do to help the thousands of homeless and hungry people.

Great balls of fire

2009
The trip to Chicago for Griffith, Ruby, and Graham becomes an adventure in itself after they realize their Uncle Owen has gone missing and the Chancellor has set his sights on the money the Travelin' Nine have been trying to raise.

206 bones

2009
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan wakes to find herself tied up in a small, dark, enclosed space and tries to think back over her most recent activities--accompanying the remains of a missing heiress from Montreal to the Chicago morgue, and battling an accusation of mishandling an autopsy--in an attempt to figure out where she is and who is responsible.

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