Max Brooks
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first official Minecraft novel! The author of World War Z tells the story of a hero—stranded in the world of Minecraft—who must unravel the secrets of a mysterious island in order to survive.
“A rollicking adventure yarn; Robinson Crusoe for the digital age.”—NPR
Washed up on a beach, the lone castaway looks...
“A rollicking adventure yarn; Robinson Crusoe for the digital age.”—NPR
Washed up on a beach, the lone castaway looks...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes...
Author
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
The final book in Max Brooks’s official Minecraft trilogy! The New York Times bestselling author of Minecraft: The Island details the story of two stranded heroes whose block-breaking expedition lands them squarely in the middle of a conflict that only they can resolve.
Journeying into the unknown is a scary prospect, but together Guy and Summer can navigate any challenge. The two castaways strike out in this...
Journeying into the unknown is a scary prospect, but together Guy and Summer can navigate any challenge. The two castaways strike out in this...
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
An official tie-in to the globally popular video game traces the story of a new hero stranded in the world of Minecraft who must survive a harsh environment while unraveling the secrets of a mysterious island.
Author
Publisher
Del Rey and imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier's eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined, until now. But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town's bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing and too earth-shattering in its implications, to be forgotten. Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that...
Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
"Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it. From the Stone Age to the information age, the undead have threatened to engulf the human race. They're coming. They're hungry. Don't wait for them to come to you! This is the graphic novel the fans demanded: major zombie attacks from the dawn of humanity. On the African savannas, against the legions of ancient Rome, on the high seas with Francis Drake-- every civilization has faced them....
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From bestselling author Max Brooks, the riveting story of the highly decorated, barrier-breaking, historic black regiment--the Harlem Hellfighters. The Harlem Hellfighters is a fictionalized account of the 369th Infantry Regiment--the first African American regiment mustered to fight in World War I. From the enlistment lines in Harlem to the training camp at Spartanburg, South Carolina, to the trenches in France, bestselling author Max Brooks tells...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The final book in Max Brooks's official Minecraft trilogy, details the story of two stranded heroes whose block-breaking expedition lands them squarely in the middle of a conflict that only they can resolve"--
Journeying into the unknown is a scary prospect, but together Guy and Summer can navigate any challenge. The two castaways strike out in this curious, blocky world, searching for a way home. As they cross the Overworld--traversing frozen wastelands...
12) Shadow walk
Author
Publisher
Legendary Comics
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Is the Valley of the Shadow of Death a metaphor or could it actually be a real place? Three separate paranormal incidents over the last century, in a valley near modern day Iraq, seem to give credence to these claims. When satellite photos taken over the area hint at a dangerous new energy source, the U.S. decides to send in a Spec-Ops team to locate and extract it before it can fall into enemy hands. Led by John Raines, a deadly soldier who has been...
13) The great wall
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
14) Pitch Perfect
Publisher
Universal Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2012.
Language
English
Description
Arriving at her new college, Beca finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she never would have picked on her own: alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound when they sing together. When Beca leads this a cappella singing group out of their traditional arrangements and perfect harmonies into all-new mash-ups, they fight to climb their way to the top of college...
15) Pitch perfect 2
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Barden Bellas are back to pitch slap the world. It's been three years since the Bellas brought their signature vocals, style and attitude to become the first all-female group to win a national title. But when they get banned after a scandal that threatens to derail their last year at Barden, the three-time defending champs worry that this time they've lost their harmony for good. The Bellas must fight for their right to win the World Championships...
16) Pitch perfect 3
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Following their win at the world championship, the now separated Bellas reunite for one last singing competition at an overseas USO tour, but face a group who uses both instruments and voices.