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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A classic legal thriller—with a twist. • "A suspenseful thriller mixed with powerful themes such as false incarceration, the death penalty and how the legal system shows prejudice.” —Associated Press
In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no...
In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control.
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English
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From one of the most important writers of the twentieth century comes a stunning love story about a young Black woman whose life is torn apart when her lover is wrongly accused of a crime—"a moving, painful story, so vividly human and so obviously based on reality that it strikes us as timeless" (The New York Times Book Review)."One of the best books Baldwin has ever written—perhaps the best of all." —The Philadelphia Inquirer
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...6) Bum Rap
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter must track down a witness--who is also being sought by the Russian mob--in order to help Victoria Lord exonerate her husband, who has been falsely arrested for murder.
7) Trespasser
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Series
Language
English
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Stumbling on a case that suggests that a man convicted of murder seven years earlier may have been framed, game warden Mike Bowditch ignores warnings by local authorities and risks his relationship with his girlfriend to conduct a secret investigation.
8) Broken hill
Publisher
eOne
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The son of an Australian sheep rancher dreams of becoming a professional musician, but while trying to impress a new girl at his school, he is arrested, putting his goals in danger.
9) Texas heat
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Series
Lone star intrigue volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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New York Times bestselling author Nevada Barr finally reveals the story that her fans have been clamoring for: Anna Pigeon's first case.
In 1995—35 years old, fresh off the bus from New York City, and nursing a broken heart—Anna Pigeon takes a decidedly unglamorous job as a seasonal employee of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. On her day off, Anna goes hiking into the park never to return. Her co-workers think
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English
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When an Austin billionaire is murdered, her husband, Rafael Zhettah, the son of poor Mexican immigrants, is sent to death row, only to have DNA evidence vindicate him six years later, spurring him to take revenge on the people that ruined his life.
12) The son
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English
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Serving time for crimes he did not commit in exchange for heroin payouts, Sonny Lofthus uses his spiritual charisma to navigate corrupt and violent elements in his life before learning disturbing truths about his police officer father's suicide.
13) Need for speed
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
An underground race-car driver who was framed and sent to prison seeks his revenge by attempting to win America's most prominent street race.
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Exonerated by DNA evidence twelve years after being convicted of murdering a neighbor, librarian Betsy Treading returns to her suburban community determined to salvage her life and find the true killer, an effort complicated by dangerous town secrets.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Mayor of Kingstown follows the McLusky family--power brokers in Kingstown. Michigan where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither.
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown--and ends up in jail herself. In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets. Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time.
18) Life after death
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Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A West Memphis Three member's account of his eighteen-year death row incarceration discusses the justice system flaws that led to his conviction, the abuses he suffered in prison, and the trio's vindication in 2011.
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Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The former Tehran bureau chief for the "Washington Post" describes how he was kept hostage for eighteen months on trumped-up charges of espionage and made a pawn in high-stakes diplomatic talks that became a part of the Iran nuclear deal.
20) Gasoline alley
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Jimmy Jayne, a reformed ex-con, is the prime suspect who will stop at nothing to prove his innocence. Homicide detectives Freeman and Vargas are close on his tail as Jimmy takes on his own investigation risking his life in the dark underbelly of Los Angeles.
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