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Stateless

Stella North is one of twelve young pilots competing in a 1937 air race meant to promote peace in Europe, but when one of her competitors is sabotaged, Stella races to determine who is capable of murder, and who might be the next victim.
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All for one

Dominguita helps Mr. Fuentes by taking his food order for his granddaughter Leni's upcoming quincea?era to the butcher shop. But when the order goes missing, Dom steps in to investigate. She and her friends Pancho and Steph uncover evil plans of the Bublassi brothers to ruin Leni's day. The three friends vow to stop the brothers and save Leni's party.

Gymnastics payback

2022
Mia Hernandez's middle school gymnastics team, the Ridgefield Rams, are the defending champions, and this year they have a new coach, one who was once a gymnast for their arch rivals; but a series of increasingly dangerous practical jokes begins to happen to their competitors, and it starts to looks like someone from the Rams is trying to sabotage the competition--Mia suspects Allison, a girl who always wants to finish on top, but she needs to prove it.

Gold mountain

Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs. Includes author's note.

Sabotage

the mission to destroy Hitler's atomic bomb
2021
Details the mission of young Norwegian commandos to destroy Vemork, an industrial fortress that was occupied by German troops during World War II through which they gained access to an essential ingredient for the weapon that could end the war: Hitler's very own nuclear bomb. Armed with little more than skis, explosives, and great courage, the commandos will survive months in the snowy wilderness, elude a huge manhunt, and execute two dangerous missions. The result? The greatest act of sabotage in all of World War II.

Full-court mess

2022
Lisa Vega and her basketball teammates are thrilled when they make it into the regional playoffs. But before they can play their first game, they discover that their school gym has been vandalized. Paint is splattered everywhere. The basketball hoops and nets are destroyed. And all of the balls have been slashed open. It's the middle of winter, and the girls have nowhere to practice. Who would do this? Did the rival team from across town somehow wreck the girls' gym? Or is someone else to blame? Follow along as Lisa and her teammates uncover the clues and track down the culprit who trashed their court in this Jake Maddox JV Mystery.

Sabotage season

2022
"Devin and the rest of the team must figure out who is trying to sabotage them before the playoffs start"--Provided by publisher.

It's my party and I don't want to go

A timely and whimsical portrait of growing up with social anxiety follows the experiences of a girl who risks a best friendship in her attempt to sabotage her own bat mitzvah to avoid the event's intimidating large crowds and requirement for her to sing in another language.

The field of blood

violence in Congress and the road to civil war
2018
"Offers a front-row view of congressional mayhem and sheds new light on the careers of John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and other luminaries, as well as introducing a host of lesser-known but no less fascinating men. The result is a fresh understanding of the workings of American democracy and the bonds of Union on the eve of their greatest peril"--Amazon.

Peril at Granite Peak

Teenaged detectives Joe and Frank Hardy uncover a plot to sabotage a ski resort.

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