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The adventures of Ook and Gluk, kung-fu cavemen from the future the second graphic novel by George Beard and Harold Hutchins [Dav Pilkey].
Silly caveboys Ook and Gluk travel to the future where they meet a martial artist who teaches them kung fu so they can return to their prehistoric time and fight an evil corporation that is endangering the past.
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The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud.
Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, becomes caught in a web of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion, after he summons the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Loveland. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449437
The Battle of the Labyrinth - Percy Jackson 4 Rick Riordan.
Percy hurries to Camp Half-Blood after his high school is invaded by demonic cheerleaders, and joins his demigod friends on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.
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Beverly, right here Kate DiCamillo.
"Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. Now that she's fourteen years old, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but herself. Beverly doesn't want to depend on anyone, https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc and she definitely doesn't want anyone to depend on her. But despite her best efforts, h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449482 she can't help forming connections with the people around her--and gradually, she learns to see herself through their eyes"--Provided by publisher.
The Brightest Night - Wings of Fire 5 by Tui T. Sutherland.
Sunny, one of the dragonets of destiny, feels guilty for leaving Starflight with Morrowseer when she finds him hurt, and fights to rescue him, but is caught up in her own trouble when she does.
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The button war : a tale of the Great War Avi.
"Patryk and Jurek are as much friends as rivals in the small Russian-occupied Polish village where they live. When, in August 1914, Patryk finds an old button on the forest floor, Jurek becomes wildly jealous. Not long after, World War I comes to Poland, bringing one invading army after another to the village. Jurek devises an exciting dare among the seven boys in their pack: whoever steals the best military button will be Button King. The boys agree. The contest is on. The competition escalates from https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc stealing uniform buttons on a wash line to looting the bodies of dead soldiers to setting h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449470 up an ambush. Leading the charge is Jurek, who will do anything to be Button King. It's only Patryk who tries to stop Jurek's increasingly dangerous game before it leads to deadly consequences"--Provided by publisher. The Dark Secret - Wings of Fire 4 by Tui T. Sutherland.
When Starflight, one of the dragonets of destiny, is kidnapped by the NightWings he finds that the kingdom of his birth is a miserable place, full of terrible secrets--and that, with his fellow dragonets too far away to help, the fate of two kingdoms rests in his talons. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449431
Darkness of Dragons - Wings of Fire 10 by Tui T. Sutherland.
"When a young NightWing has the first prophecy in generations of the end of Pyrrhia, five young dragons are tasked with saving the world"--OCLC.
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The Death Cure - Maze Runner 3 James Dashner.
In a final effort to complete the blueprint for the cure, Thomas must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, but Thomas does not trust Wicked and he remembers much more than they realize.
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the meltdown by Jeff Kinney.
When snow closes Greg Heffley's middle school, he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, face a fight for survival as warring gangs turn the neighborhood into a wintry battlefield.
https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449471 Diary of a wimpy kid Greg Heffley's journal by Jeff Kinney.
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449426
Diary of an awesome friendly kid : Rowley Jefferson's journal by Jeff Kinney.
"In his first journal, middle schooler Rowley Jefferson, Greg Heffley's sidekick, records his experiences and misguided decision to write a biography of Greg, who, in his own mind, is destined to become rich and famous"--OCLC.
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The Dragonet Prophecy - Wings of Fire 1 Tui T. Sutherland.
Clay and four other dragonets are destined to end the war that is raging between the dragon tribes. They have been hidden away for years in order to fulfill the prophecy, but when one of the dragonets is threatened, Clay and his friends must decide if they will choose freedom over fate. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449450
Escaping Peril - Wings of Fire 8 by Tui T. Sutherland.
Peril is possibly the most dangerous dragon in Pyrrhia, because she has firescales that can kill an opponent with a touch, but now she has a mission--find her former queen, Scarlet, who is threatening the Jade Mountain Academy, and then stop her, and she is not sure if the persistent SeaWing, Turtle, who is accompanying her, will be a help or a hindrance. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449453 The Fall of Five - Lorien Legacies 4 Pittacus Lore.
The members of the Garde, trying to master their legacies and work together, receive a sign they believe is from Number Five, a crop circle in the shape of a Loric symbol, and set out to find Five before it is too late.
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The Fate of Ten - Lorien Legacies 6 Pittacus Lore.
"In order to thwart the Mogadorian invasion, a group of the Garde head to a pyramid in Mexico in order to awaken a power that can save the world"--OCLC.
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The Fever Code - Maze Runner 5 James Dashner.
"Once there was a world's end. The forests burned, the lakes and rivers dried up, and the oceans swelled. Then came a plague, and fever spread across the globe. Families died, violence reigned, and man killed man. Next came WICKED, who were looking for an answer. And then they found the perfect boy. The boy's name was Thomas, and Thomas built a maze. Now there are secrets. There are lies. And there are loyalties history could never have foreseen. This is the story of that boy, Thomas, and how he https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc built a maze that only he could tear down"--Provided by publisher. h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449478
Fish Girl story by Donna Jo Napoli & David Wiesner ; pictures by David Wiesner.
"Fish Girl, a young mermaid living in a boardwalk aquarium, has never interacted with anyone beyond the walls of her tank until a chance encounter with an ordinary girl, Livia. Their growing friendship inspires Fish Girl's longing for freedom, independence, and a life beyond the aquarium tank"--Provided by publisher. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449465 Flying solo by Ralph Fletcher.
Rachel, having chosen to be mute following the sudden death of a classmate, shares responsibility with the other sixth-graders who decide not to report that the substitute teacher failed to show up.
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Full-featured online reader quick reference guide 000
Presents a single-page reference guide to using ebooks available from Follett Corporation companies.
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The girl in the well is me Karen Rivers.
Eleven-year-old Kammie reflects on her life as she fights claustrophobia while waiting to be rescued from a well she fell into while trying to impress some mean girls.
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Glass Sword - Red Queen 2 Victoria Aveyard.
As the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world escalates, Mare, who has the red blood of the common folk but also the silver ability to control lightning, must fight against the darkrness that has grown in her soul.
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The five dragonets of the prophecy are hoping to hide in safety in the RainWing kingdom, and Glory is hoping to learn more about her own identity, but when tribe members start disappearing and the old queen does nothing, it is up to Glory and her friends to uncover the lurking evil. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449430
The Hive Queen - Wings of Fire 12 by Tui T. Sutherland.
"Growing up in the hives, Cricket has always had a million questions. Why are trees forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? And the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: Why is Cricket immune to Queen Wasp's powers? Whenever the queen takes control of all the HiveWings, speaking through their mouths and seeing through their eyes, Cricket has to hide, terrified of being discovered. Now she's hiding again, wanted for stealing the Book of Clearsight along https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc with her new SilkWing friends, Blue and Swordtail, and the fierce LeafWing, Sundew. h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449485 The fugitives need answers, and fast, in order to prevent a LeafWing attack. But Cricket has more questions than ever. How can she stay hidden and discover the queen's deadliest secret? And if she does succeed--can a powerless dragonet really do anything to topple a regime and stop a war?"--Jacket flap.
I Am Number Four - Lorien Legacies 1 Pittacus Lore.
In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449444
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell.
Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast when her tribe emigrated and she was left behind.
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"In the summer of 1965, Sophie's family becomes the first African Americans to move into their upper middle-class neighborhood in Los Angeles. When riots erupt in nearby Watts, she learns that life and her own place in it are a lot more complicated than they had seemed"-- Provided by publisher. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449460
The Kill Order - Maze Runner 4 James Dashner.
Mark and Trina struggle to survive as modern civilization is destroyed by sun flares and mutating diseases.
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King's Cage - Red Queen 3 Victoria Aveyard.
"Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother's web in an attempt to maintain control over his country--and his prisoner. As Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her once-ragtag band of newbloods and Reds continue organizing, training, and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able to https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc linger in the shadows. And Cal, the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare's heart, h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449458 will stop at nothing to bring her back. When blood turns on blood, and ability on ability, there may be no one left to put out the fire--leaving Norta as Mare knows it to burn all the way down"--Amazon.
The last last-day-of-summer by Lamar Giles ; illustrations by Dapo Adeola.
"When adventurous cousins Otto and Sheed Alston accidentally extend the last day of summer by freezing time, they find the secrets between the unmoving seconds are not as much fun as they expected"--Provided by publisher.
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The long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy Jackson's sixteenth birthday unfolds as he leads an army of young demigods to stop Kronos in his advance on New York City, while the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster, Typhon.
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The Lightning Thief - Percy Jackson 1 Rick Riordan.
Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449439
A long walk to water a novel : based on a true story by Linda Sue Park. F PARK
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/445163
Look both ways a tale told in ten blocks Jason Reynolds ; illustrations by Alex Nabaum.
"A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school"--Provided by publisher.
https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449483 The Lost Continent - Wings of Fire 11 by Tui T. Sutherland.
"Blue the SilkWing is content. Life in his Hive is safe; he loves his family; he has enough to eat. And Pantala has been at peace for as long as he can remember--SilkWings and HiveWings live and work together in harmony, and because they stay vigilant, no one has seen a dangerous LeafWing in years. Now that Blue's sister, Luna, is undergoing her Metamorphosis, Blue knows things are going to change. Luna will have her wings and her silk, be assigned a partner and a work https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc order, and move to another Hive. A few days later, Blue's own wings and silk will h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449468 come in. But nothing could prepare Blue for what happens when Luna's wings start to grow. Suddenly his world is turned upside down, throwing him into dangers he never knew existed. Pantala isn't as peaceful as it seems, and Blue isn't safe. Whether he's ready or not, it's time to adapt--and fight for his life"--Provided by publisher.
The Lost Heir - Wings of Fire 2 by Tui T. Sutherland.
Tsunami, heir to the SeaWing throne, is returning home for the first time since she was stolen as an egg, her mother, Queen Coral, welcomes her, but a mysterious assassin has been killing off her heirs for years.
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Louisiana's way home Kate DiCamillo.
"When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny) and find a way home. But as Louisiana's life becomes https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc entwined with the lives of the people of a small Georgia town--including a surly motel h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449469 owner, a walrus-like minister, and a mysterious boy with a crow on his shoulder -- she starts to worry that she is destined only for good-byes. (Which could be due to the curse on Louisiana's and Granny's heads. But that is a story for another time)"--Provided by publisher. Love, Ish Karen Rivers.
Twelve-year-old Mischa "Ish" Love's longtime dream has been to someday live on Mars, but when she collapses on the first day of seventh grade, Ish receives a diagnosis which threatens her future plans.
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The Maze Runner - Maze Runner 1 James Dashner.
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
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Moon Rising - Wings of Fire 6 by Tui T. Sutherland.
"When Moonwatcher, a young NightWing with secret powers, begins school at the academy started by the dragonets of destiny after the end of the war, she soon realizes that someone is attacking the students. Moon must choose whether to help or continue to hide her gifts"--Provided by publisher. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449435
One for sorrow a ghost story Mary Downing Hahn.
"When unlikeable Elsie dies in the influenza pandemic of 1918, she comes back to haunt Annie to make sure she'll be Annie's best--and only--friend soon"--Provided by publisher.
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Sundew, and most of the other LeafWings are nursing a deep hatred for the HiveWings, who have ripped every tree from the surface of Pantala, except those in Poison Jungle where the surviving LeafWings have been hiding, waiting for a dragon clever and powerful enough to exact their revenge--and now they are searching for the jungle's oldest and darkest mystery, one that could destroy them all. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449484
The Power of Six - Lorien Legacies 2 Pittacus Lore.
John Smith--who is Number Four--teams up with Number Six and learns more about the fate of his home planet, Lorien, after it was attacked by the Mogadorians, and tries to reconcile the stress of knowing that the fates of Lorien and Earth are tied to his success. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449443
Raymie Nightingale Kate DiCamillo.
Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur.
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Red Queen - Red Queen 1 Victoria Aveyard.
In a world divided by blood--those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities--seventeen-year-old Mare, a Red, discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. But Mare risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard--a growing Red rebellion--even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449445 The Revenge of Seven - Lorien Legacies 5 Pittacus Lore.
"The Garde, broken and divided, discover that the Mogadorians have commenced their ultimate invasion plans and will stop at nothing to thwart it."--OCLC.
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The Rise of Nine - Lorien Legacies 3 Pittacus Lore.
John--aka Number Four--continues his quest to find the rest of the Lorien Nine before the Mogadorians can, and, with time running out, Number Six goes off alone while John teams up with Number Nine.
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The Scorch Trials - Maze Runner 2 James Dashner.
Thomas and the Gladers, having solved the Maze, plan on returning to their lives, but instead find the earth a wasteland with Cranks roaming the desert in search of their next meal and they are faced with the challenge of crossing the Scorch in two weeks in order to arrive at a safe haven. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449472
The Sea of Monsters - Percy Jackson 2 Rick Riordan.
Seventh-grader Percy Jackson has recently discovered that he is the son of Poseidon, making him half human and half god, and along with a demigod and a satyr friend, must save his beloved Camp Half-Blood from evil forces determined to destroy it.
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When a mysterious threat moves towards Biltmore, bringing with it violent storms and flooding, Serafina must fight to defend all she loves and become everything that she is meant to be.
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Solo Kwame Alexander, with Mary Rand Hess.
Seventeen-year-old Blade, who endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past to navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
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Sophia's war a tale of the Revolution Avi.
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
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Spy school Stuart Gibbs.
Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school.
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"The war is over. The false prophecy has been fulfilled. But the dragonets still have enemies. A dark evil, buried for centuries, is stirring. And a young NightWing may have had the first true prophecy in generations..."--Publisher.
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The Titan's Curse - Percy Jackson 3 Rick Riordan.
The disappearance of the goddess Artemis while out hunting a rare, ancient monster, prompts a group of her followers to join Percy and his friends in an attempt to find and rescue her before the winter solstice, when her influence is needed to sway the Olympian Council regarding the war with the Titans. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449447
United As One - Lorien Legacies 7 Pittacus Lore.
"The Mogadorian invasion has come to Earth, and they have all but won the battle for our planet. Their warships loom over our most populous cities--like New York City, Tokyo, Moscow, Beijing, and New Delhi--and no army will riskmaking a move against them. The Garde are all that stand in their way . . . but they are no longer alone in this fight. Human teens from across the globe, like John Smith's best friend, Sam Goode, have begun to develop Legacies of their own. The Garde have always known there is https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc power in numbers. If they can find these new allies and join forces with them, they just h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449456 might be able to win this war. The time has come for the Garde to make their final stand."--OCLC.
War Storm - Red Queen 4 Victoria Aveyard.
"Determined to protect her heart--and secure freedom for Reds and newbloods like her--Mare resolves to overthrow the kingdom of Norta once and for all . . . starting with the crown on Maven's head. But no battle is won alone, and before the Reds may rise as one, Mare must side with the boy who broke her heart in order to defeat the boy who almost broke her. Cal's powerful Silver allies, alongside Mare and the Scarlet Guard, prove a formidable force. But Maven is driven by an obsession so deep, he will https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc stop at nothing to have Mare as his own again, even if it means demolish h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449466 everything--and everyone--in his path"--Provided by publisher. The wild robot words and pictures by Peter Brown.
Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
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Winter Turning - Wings of Fire 7 by Tui T. Sutherland.
Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family, unlike his sister Icicle, who has been raised to challenge IceWing queen--but now that Icicle has broken the truce and escaped from Jade Mountain Academy, so Winter, accompanied by his new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, embarks on his own quest to free his brother from the clutches of Queen Scarlet, and win the respect of his family. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449448
Wishtree Katherine Applegate ; illustrated by Charles Santoso.
An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.
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The witch's boy Kelly Barnhill.
When a Bandit King comes to take the magic that Ned's mother, a witch, is meant to protect, the stuttering, weak boy villagers think should have drowned rather than his twin summons the strength to protect his family and community, while in the woods, the bandit's daughter puzzles over a mystery that ties her to Ned. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/32651/details/449452