Lee Loughridge
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Junior high school student Tim Drake is tired of being being a hero-in-training. He's ready to become the full-time sidekick of Batman, Gotham's greatest crime fighter. The Dark Knight, however, has one final test for his anxious apprentice, and it won't be easy. Tim will need the help of Nightwing, Batman's former partner, to complete the timely task and become the next Robin.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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The distant planet Krypton faces total destruction. Before it explodes, the scientist Jor-El and his wife Lara send their only son into outer space. Later, the child's rocket crashes into a Kansas cornfield where a farmer and his wife discover the boy and his strange powers.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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BATMAN has been kidnapped by the RIDDLER! The crook has left behind one of his infamous riddles, addressed to ROBIN. If ROBIN can solve the puzzle, he will locate the CAPED CRUSADER. But that first riddle leads to another. Then the RIDDLER turns off all the lights in GOTHAM CITY. What, ROBIN wonders, is the point? When will the riddles end? If the BOY WONDER cannot find his partner by the next sunrise, BATMAN will be gone forever.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Thirty years ago, Brainiac shrank the city of Kandor and sealed it inside an unbreakable glass container. The evil supercomputer is still exploring the universe, collecting cities from hundreds of planets. Superman must stop Brainiac from bottling up Metropolis, and then save Kandor--the last remnant of his home planet"--Unedited summary from book.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"Evil genius Lex Luthor is out to capture a deep space probe, which has gathered a large kryptonite meteor! But Superman has been kept busy protecting the city from a rash of crazy crimes. Can the super hero prevent Luthor from getting his hands on the deadly rock?"--Unedited summary from book.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Superman is the target of Lex Luthor's deadliest scheme. The cruel genius has poisoned criminal John Corbin. He withholds the antidote until Corbin makes a promise: he will let Luthor turn him into a robot powered by kryptonite. But once the creature named Metallo discovers that he is more machine than human, revenge fills his strange heart.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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While researching the Arctic for a school project, ROBIN learns that something is melting the glaciers, and it's not just global warming! With BATMAN'S help, ROBIN discovers that eco-terrorist RA'S AL GHUL is behind the polar heat wave. To prevent an environmental disaster, the DYNAMIC DUO must brave the icy tundra and stop his evil plan.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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When a series of earthquakes ripple across the planet, a school field trip turns deadly. Students are trapped on a crumbling mountain, and only Superman can rescue them. But the tremors have exposed a large chunk of kryptonite. With the Man of Steel weakened by the radioactive rock, a student must save the day. Who will it be?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"The evil puppet Scarface and his wiseguys just pulled off one of the biggest heists in Gotham history. But there's a rat among the thieves, and the loose lips are helping Batman crack the case. Has the Ventriloquist betrayed his wooden creation to the Dark Knight"--Unedited summary from book.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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At a charity ball, Bruce Wayne notices a strange coincidence--all of the waiters are twins. Then suddenly, the terrible Two-Face crashes the festivities! He has partnered with another super-villain to rob every bank in Gotham, but first this crazy criminal wants to take down the city's top moneymaker. Before Bruce can change into his secret identity, Batman, Two-Face captures the billionaire and leads him toward the factory that birthed his criminal...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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After chasing the evil Mala through space, Superman returns to Earth, and he finds people running from him. While Mala had decoyed Superman, her partner, Jax-Ur, disguised himself as Superman and terrorized the world. Now Jax-Ur and Mala plan to save the people of Earth from Superman, become their new hero, and lead them in Jax-Ur's quest to take over the planet. Superman has to stop Jax-Ur and Mala, but it's not easy when they have a whole world...
15) The fog of fear
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"On a bright spring morning, a dark cloud of smoke engulfs Gotham City. The fearsome Scarecrow has turned day into night. Surprisingly, the crook doesn't resist Batman's attempt to arrest him. From behind the bars of his cell, the Scarecrow reveals that his evil experiment has already been set in motion. When the black smoke mixes with water, it produces a gas that fills people with fear. A thunderstorm is approaching the city. Can Batman save the...
16) Bizarro is born!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane discovers that the evil Lex Luthor has created his own super hero--Bizarro Superman! The confused creature captures Lois and sets out on a path of destruction. The real Superman must save Lois and stop Bizarro before the monster destroys Metropolis in a warped pursuit of truth, justice, and the American way.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"Intergalactic peacekeepers are chasing the evil Terra-Man through space! When this super-villain seeks refuge on Earth, Superman offers to join the peacekeepers' posse. Soon the Man of Steel locates the gun-slinging criminal in an Old West ghost town, and the two face off in an old-fashioned showdown" -- P. [4] of cover.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"As a pro wrestler, Killer Croc bullied his opponents inside the ring. As a cutthroat criminal, this ferocious freak forces his competition out of town. Next on his hoodlum hit list is Kite Man, but the second-rate super-villain isn't leaving Gotham without a fight. He's partnering with Batman, the world's greatest detective, to wrangle up the reptilian rogue and take him down for the count"--P. [4] of cover.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"The Penguin purchases Gotham's largest media company. Meanwhile, a crime wave hits the city. Batman soon learns that these events are related. After the Dark Knight stops a crime, the Penguin's TV news channel edit the security tapes and police reports to make Batman look like a criminal. People begin to fear the Dark Knight. If he can't prove his innocence, the hero will end up in prison, and the Penguin will fly free"--P. [4] of cover.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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As the sun sets in Metropolis, the electricity suddenly goes out, and crime wave erupts throughout the darkened city. This is a job for Superman! But as the man of steel restores order, an even bigger problem arrives-- the evil Parasite. This power-hungry monster won't let Superman save the day without a fight. If the Man of Steel isn't careful, it'll be lights out for him as well.