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1) Escape plan
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Publication Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Ray Breslin, one of the world's foremost authorities on structural security, agrees to take on one last job: breaking out of an ultra-secret, high-tech facility called The Tomb. Deceived and wrongly imprisoned, Ray must recruit fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer to help devise a daring, nearly impossible plan to escape from the most protected and fortified prison ever built.
Author
Series
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
Description
She's dedicated to helping others...now she's the one in need of rescue. As a witness to a prison bus crash, Dr Ashley McTavish is only concerned with saving lives. But when she's taken hostage, her own life is threatened. Ashley is undeniably attracted to her sole protector, a convict called Lucky. But when Lucky's true identity as undercover agent Slade Palmer is revealed, he and Ashley must flee for their lives. Can they protect one another as...
Author
Publication Date
2012
Language
English
Description
It's 1975, and Shaltiel Feigenberg, a professional storyteller and writer, has been taken hostage. He has been abducted from his home in Brooklyn, New York, blindfolded and tied to a chair in a dark basement. His captors, an Arab and an Italian, don't explain why Shaltiel has been chosen, just that his life will be bartered for the freedom of three Palestinian prisoners. As his days of waiting commence, Shaltiel resorts to what he does best, telling...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
At age 70, Forrest Tucker infamously made his escape from the tough San Quentin prison. Once he had gained his freedom, he embarked on a new set of heists that left investigators scratching their heads and the public fascinated by the story. This true story details Tucker's life which includes a detective wrapped up in the case, and a female who takes a liking to Tucker despite the criminal path he's on.
Author
Series
Publication Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Broken free from a nightmarish distant-future prison by a mysterious woman who offers him his life back if he will complete the ultimate heist he left unfinished, con man Jean le Flambeur is pursued in worlds where people communicate through shared memories.
Author
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"A party of adventurers must brave the horrors of Ravenloft in this official Dungeons & Dragons novel! Five strangers armed with steel and magic awaken in a mist-shrouded land, with no memory of how they arrived: Rotrog, a prideful orcish wizard; Chivarion, a sardonic drow barbarian; Alishai, an embittered tiefling paladin; Kah, a skittish kenku cleric; and Fielle, a sunny human artificer. After they barely survive a nightmarish welcome to the realm...
8) Room
Publisher
Lionsgate
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
Description
After five-year old Jack and his Mom escape from the enclosed environment that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a miraculous discovery: the outside world.
"See it you must for the Oscar-caliber Larson and young Tremblay, whose remarkable mother-and-child bond is nothing sort of astonishing to watch."--New York Post.
10) The Rig
Author
Series
Rig volume 1
Publication Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Will Drake has made a career of breaking out from high-security prisons. His talents have landed him at the Rig, a specialist juvenile holding facility in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. No one can escape from the Rig. No one except for Drake"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Blood Type volume 2
Publication Date
2025
Language
English
Description
"Reyna Carpenter trusted the wrong people...and paid the price. Held captive in the heart of a vampire empire, her freedom stripped and blood claimed, Reyna survives the only way she knows how--hope. Hope that she'll find a way to escape. Hope that she'll be reunited with Beckham. Hope that when she gets out of here, love will be waiting on the other side. Except escape isn't salvation. It's only the beginning. Because the world outside has changed....
12) Ruthie
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
"This companion book to the beloved Ooko answers the question, where was Ruthie while Ooko was pretending to be him? In this new story from accomplished author and illustrator Ešm Shapiro, Ruthie decides to explore the kingdom outside his castle . . . right after breakfast that is. The great outdoors leaves much to be desired as far as this particular pooch is concerned. Mud? No thanks! But as Ruthie learns, a good friend is worth a whole mountain...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd
Publication Date
[2026]
Language
English
Description
Neville was a penguin known for being somewhat of a risk-taker. He was brave, bold, and beloved by all. Until the day he was eaten by a whale. Or so it seemed . . . because that was only the beginning of the story. This delightful--and daring--tale is a companion to the award-winning and best-selling Frank's Red Hat.
Author
Publication Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In Jonathan Dee's elegant and explosive new novel, Sugar Street, an unnamed male narrator has hit the road. Rid of any possible identifiers, his possessions amount to $168,548 in cash stashed in an envelope under his car seat. Vigilantly avoiding security cameras, he drives until he hits a city where his past is unlikely to track him down, and finds a room to rent from a less-than-stable landlady whose need for money outweighs her desire to ask questions....
Author
Series
Publication Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she is stuck in a fake utopian future, and that those around her are counting on her to help them escape.
Twelve-year-old Zola thinks she has the perfect life. She thinks everyone does, now that it’s 2193, and humanity has solved all its problems. Insta-Closets deliver new clothes every morning, Insta-Ovens deliver gourmet meals on demand, and virtual reality goggles...



