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"She's going too far to go it alone. It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson, a schoolteacher and spinster, is trying to get through life, surviving on scraps. One day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and small existence to set out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession: an insect that may or may not exist - the golden beetle of New Caledonia. When she...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
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"Twelve-year old Miranda Cho used to believe in it all, used to love poring over every strange footprint, every stray hair, everything that proved the world was full of wonders. But that was before her mother's obsession with monsters cost Miranda her friends and her perfect school record, before Miranda found the stack of unopened bills and notices of foreclosure in the silverware drawer. Now the fact that her mom's a cryptozoologist doesn't seem...
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The authors of Hell's Gate and The Himalayan Codex deliver their third high-octane thriller-a page-turning blend of science, history, and suspense featuring zoologist and adventurer Captain R. J. MacCready.
"Looks like Schutt and Finch are filling the void left by the passing of Michael Crichton."-James Cameron, director/writer/explorer
Though the fighting has stopped and Hitler is vanquished, a dangerous new war between America and the Soviet...
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"A Wisconsin bookstore owner and cryptozoologist is asked to investigate a series of deaths that just might be proof of a fabled lake monster in this first installment of a new mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Annelise Ryan. Morgan Carter, owner of the Odds and Ends bookstore in Door County, Wisconsin, has a hobby. When she's not tending the store, she's hunting cryptids-creatures whose existence is rumored but never proven to be real....
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InCryptid volume 2
Pub. Date
[2013]
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When her ex-boyfriend Dominic De Luca informs her that the Covenant is on their way to assess the city's readiness for a cryptid purge, cryptozoologist Verity Price must take a stand against the oncoming carnage.
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Ripley's bureau of investigation volume 8
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
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"The RBI travel to the plains of East Africa to investigate strange sightings of unbelievable animals, and find local people terrified of the unnatural animal cries they hear in the night. With DUL agents hot on their trail, the RBI find themselves on one of their most scary and dangerous missions so far as the adventure leads them to the mysterious lost island."--P. [4] of cover.
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[2023]
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"Business has been booming since Morgan Carter solved the case of the monster living in Lake Michigan. The Odds and Ends bookstore is thriving, of course, but Morgan is most excited by the doors that were opened for her as a cryptid hunter. Recently, there have been numerous sightings of a Bigfoot-type creature in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest area of Bayfield County, Wisconsin. After a man is found dead from a vicious throat injury in the...
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Pub. Date
2022
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In this interactive adventure, the reader who wants to be a cryptozoologist follows the clues to find the legendary Jersey Devil, which has been reported in the Jersey Pine Barrens since the eighteenth century. Includes brief notes on other New Jersey legendary creatures and ghosts.
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InCryptid volume 12
Pub. Date
2023.
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"The fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in secret among humans. With the wonders of the cosmos open to them, Thomas and Alice Price have returned to the most exciting place they could think of: home. But it's been a while, and they're out of step. What's more, trouble is brewing in New York, trouble that threatens both...
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InCryptid volume 11
Pub. Date
2022
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It's been fifty years since the crossroads caused the disappearance of Thomas Price, and his wife, Alice, has been trying to find him and bring him home ever since, despite the increasing probability that he's no longer alive for her to find. Now that the crossroads have been destroyed, she's redoubling her efforts. It's time to bring him home, dead or alive. Preferably alive, of course, but she's tired, and at this point, she's not that picky. It's...
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InCryptid volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
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Ghoulies. Ghosties. Long-legged beasties. Things that go bump in the night... The Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity-and humanity from them. Enter Verity Price. Despite being trained from birth as a cryptozoologist, she'd rather dance a tango than tangle with a demon, and is spending a year in Manhattan while she pursues her career in professional ballroom dance. Sounds pretty...
14) Sorceline
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[2022]
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For as long as she can remember, Sorceline has had a knack for the study of mythical creatures, and now a student at Professor Archibald Balzar's prestigious school of cryptozoology, she is eager to earn a spot as one of Balzar's apprentices.
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InCryptid volume 13
Pub. Date
2024.
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"Mary Dunlavy didn’t intend to become a professional babysitter. Of course, she didn’t intend to die, either, or to become a crossroads ghost. As a babysitting ghost, she’s been caring for the Price family for four generations, and she’s planning to keep doing the job for the better part of forever. With her first charge finally back from her decades-long cross-dimensional field trip, with a long-lost husband and adopted daughter in tow, it’s...
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2015.
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"Alexander Price has survived gorgons, basilisks, and his own family--no small feat, considering that his family includes two telepaths, a reanimated corpse, and a colony of talking, pantheistic mice. Still, he's starting to feel like he's got the hang of things...at least until his girlfriend, Shelby Tanner, shows up asking pointed questions about werewolves and the state of his passport. From there, it's just a hop, skip, and a jump to Australia,...
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[2023]
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"Sorceline has proven herself a star student at Balzar's prestigious academy--but her gifts might have gotten the best of her. As Sorceline fights for her life, her classmates must work to uncover her origin story, revealing details of her past that may offer a key to their present"--
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