LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Stolen at the Wildlife Refuge by Eileen Charbonneau

August 24, 2023 By Leave a Comment

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It’s the 1990s, and big business is lending support to growing animal and environmental conservation movements. First year college students Tad Gist and Linda Tassel are invited to a party celebrating industrial giant Garmon Chemicals commitment to preserve wildlife. Things go well until Dr. Kent Milton, a university professor who has been working with Linda on the project, makes unwanted advances. Suddenly, there’s a blackout. When the lights come on, one of the guests discovers her famous emerald necklace is missing. Dr. Milton has disappeared and may have been murdered. And Linda is the prime suspect.

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Tanayia – Whisper upon the Water by Connie Vines

August 23, 2023 By Leave a Comment

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Apacheria, 1880.Tanayia is alone in the world. Her village destroyed and her people murdered by a group of revolutionaries who now hold her hostage. A daring escape on the edge of Cochise’s stronghold saves Tanayia’s life, but she discovers her ordeal is only beginning.Forced to live in a government run boarding school, Tanayia is stripped of her identity. The headmistress is bent on destroying Tay, but Jacob Five-Wounds stands in her way. Jacob urges Tay to run away with him—but diphtheria strikes the school. Now, Tanayia must make a choice, a choice she knows may cost her both, Jacob and his love.

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Timefall by Alison Lohans

August 23, 2023 By Leave a Comment

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What if you’re a teen mother, and your baby is needed a thousand years in the future?
What if you’re last in a long line of Seers, and survival depends on your flawed Sight?
Two worlds are poised on the brink of collapse.

Katie has few friends and lives with her baby, her mother, and her bratty younger brother. Then she falls into another world….

Iannik is last in a long line of Seers. When his mentor passes away, who’s left to help him? Everyone fears his unruly powers….

Can Iannik summon the infant T’laaure from the doomed, distant past to save Aaurenan?
Is Katie’s baby the one who holds all the answers?
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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Ring Of Beom by Renee Duke

August 22, 2023 By 1 Comment

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Earth-born adolescents, Meda and Kirsty, are eager to explore the Zaidus system. They just don’t want to explore it as members of an organized tour group. The chaperone’s a harridan, and most of the places they’re forced to visit are really boring. Striking out on their own holds far more appeal, and despite limited funds and unexpected mishaps, they manage quite well – at first. But thanks to a bratty little brother, a dimension-travelling alien girl, and a handsome alien prince, an independent tour of the Zaidus planets is not without its complications.

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: All the Furs and Feathers by Eileen O’Finlan

August 22, 2023 By Leave a Comment

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Smokey, an architect employed by Fluffington ArCATecture, lands the account of her dreams — designing the first ever cat park in Faunaburg. Her boss, Abigail Fluffington, says that if Smokey is successful, she’ll become a partner and inherit the business.

A dream come true? There’s one problem. The proposed park is adjacent to Rodent Way. Activist Jerome J. Ratley, quickly forms R.A.T. (Rodent Action Taskforce) and stages a protest.

Meanwhile, Smokey’s lovable but quirky sister and cooking savant, Autumn Amelia, is busy dishing up meals too delicious for any fur or feather to resist. And wandering uninvited into the kitchens of local restaurants to improve their recipes.

Together with their furred and feathered friends, Smokey and Autumn Amelia must find a way to make the proposed park a reality. But how to abolish the long-standing animosity between felines and rodents?

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Germy Johnson’s Stolen Skateboard by Alison Lohans

August 22, 2023 By 1 Comment

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J.J.’s skateboard is missing!

J.J., Derek and Tanya have practiced hard for the Slick Wheels Contest. Now their chance of winning the nine-and-under prize is gone! Unless they can find J.J.’s Devastator in time…

Then a strange older boy is seen with the skateboard. Can J.J. find a way to get it back?
And can he outsmart the neighborhood bully, too?

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Speech and Debacles by Heather DiAngelis

August 21, 2023 By 2 Comments

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Drama class is nothing like Taryn Platt’s favorite TV show—no one has broken out into song yet, and there isn’t nearly as much kissing. But the seventeen-year-old is surprised to find one thing going the way she’d hoped. It turns out she’s not half bad at acting. When her Drama teacher recruits her for the school’s powerhouse Speech and Debate team, she can’t believe her luck. Even better when she finds out the guy catching her eye, Riker, is one of the team’s strongest competitors—and hopefully he got the hint that she likes boys as well as girls. But when painful, amped-up cramps invade her pelvis, performing on demand and getting close to Riker become increasingly less feasible.

Up until junior year, Riker Lucas had one life goal—break into the world of voice acting to perform video game voiceovers. Then one look from the green-eyed new girl from Speech brings on a second goal—getting himself over the hurdle of actually talking to her. The task proves impossible when a nagging inner voice constantly reminds him how worthless he is, how he doesn’t stand a chance.

Taryn’s pain worsens, keeping her out of commission at the most inopportune moments, and Riker’s oppressive self-denigrating thoughts steal his interest from his favorite activities. As Riker and Taryn float closer together, then farther apart, they both must work to find ways of coping—or they’ll miss out on each other as well as their performance goals.

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Frederick Fly-Catcher by Helen C Johannes

August 21, 2023 By 1 Comment

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“A fun adventure that was a hit with my nine-year-old!”

What happens when Frederick, a champion fly-catcher, is confronted with a human? After all, humans are dangerous! And worse, this human is carrying a thing of troublesome, powerful magic. What if Frederick can’t get it to stop?

This fast-paced chapter book will entice young readers to keep turning pages to find out what happens next. Connecting with Frederick’s frog’s-eye view reminds children to treat all creatures with respect and to be open to friendships with new or different people. Parents can use the story events as jumping-off points to talk with children about problem-solving and teamwork strategies as well as simply being kind.

“The best thing I could do was to relax and enjoy the ride, so that’s exactly what I did.”

A middle grade chapter book, 16 chapters, approximately 18,000 words.

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Don’t Think Twice by Alison Lohans

August 21, 2023 By Leave a Comment

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1967
Shy 17-year-old Jan Carlson lives in Sierra Vista, California, a conservative farming town. The Vietnam War rages. Friends’ brothers get drafted and the daily pledge of alliegiance becomes a test of conscience.

1997
Thirty years later she’s living in Canada. Worried sick about her runaway daughter, Jan writes a long letter in a desperate attempt to reach out to her. She describes falling in love with brothers Tim and Rob, a tumultuous time when irrevocable choices are made.

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Ballroom Riot by Vanessa C. Hawkins

August 21, 2023 By Leave a Comment

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Scarlette Fortune has been watching the turmoil of Comero City since the start of prohibition. As the city’s first female copper, and one of the only vampires on the force, she’s eager to make a good impression with the brass. With goblin gangs stirring up trouble, a demon bar selling liquor to half the city, and every other officer on the take, a bust at the local docks seems like a good place to start. But it only puts her in the crosshairs of the city’s most powerful criminals, including local dragon Shad O’Rahin.

Disguised in human form, Shad’s been running a speakeasy and the last thing he needs is the law after him. When he approaches Scarlette to scare her off his tracks, he doesn’t expect to fall in love. Things seem to be looking up for both of them until the anti-monster organization, AMO, rolls into town ready to clean up Comero. Their first priority? Dragon-slaying. Scarlette’s new beau isn’t prepared to confront the issue without his scales on. So what can she do? A vampire copper should be keeping her head down with monster hunters around… especially when her ex is leading the AMO task force.

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