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1) Falcons
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
This book gives an introduction to various species of falcons, describing their physical characteristics, feeding habits, parental behavior, and more.
Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 34
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When their peregrine falcon brings down a homing pigeon carrying rubies, the Hardy brothers find themselves involved with kidnappers.
Author
Series
My weird school volume 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Famous children's author Suki Kabuki and her pet raptor, Rappy, wreak havoc during a visit to Ella Mentry School.
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Troy's uncanny gift for predicting football plays proves a powerful secret weapon for the Atlanta Falcons, but a seedy reporter with a vendetta suspects something is going on and sets out to shred the reputations of Troy and star linebacker Seth Halloway.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Este lector de no ficción compara y contrasta dos aves feroces. Los lectores aprenderán sobre la anatomía y el comportamiento de cada animal, además de otros datos. ¡Luego comparará y contrastará a los contrincantes en una lucha para finalmente descubrir al ganador!Esta serie de no ficción está llena de datos, fotografías e ilustraciones realistas, e incluye una variedad de mamíferos, criaturas marinas, insectos y dinosaurios para satisfacer...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs--and the wildlife detective determined to stop him. On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain's Birmingham International Airport with a suspicious parcel strapped to his stomach. Inside were fourteen rare peregrine falcon eggs snatched from a remote cliffside in Wales. So begins a tale almost too bizarre to believe, following...
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Troy White has a secret talent: the ability to watch several football plays then predict what each team will do next. His mom, Tessa, knows his secret, but doesn't take it seriously. Nobody does, until Tessa gets a job with the Atlanta Falcons and Troy convinces star wide-receiver Seth Halloway to take a chance on letting him help change the fate of his losing team.
Pub. Date
2013, 2012.
Language
English
Description
An adventurous young falcon named Kai leaves his remote country home for Zambezia, the fabulous city of birds, against his father's wishes. When his father is captured by an evil lizard who plans to attack the city, Kai must learn the importance of teamwork to rescue his father and save his new friends.
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 6
Language
English
Description
Josh and his two friends look for the person who stole a peregrine falcon from its nest.
15) Wildwing
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In 1913 London, fifteen-year-old Addy is a lowly servant, but when she gets inside an elevator car in her employer's study, she is suddenly transported to a castle in 1240 and discovers that she is mistaken for the lord's intended bride.
Author
Series
Meg Langslow mysteries volume 27
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When Meg's grandmother Cordelia hosts a Renaissance Faire at her craft center, the whole family is put to work: Meg handles the blacksmithing, Michael and the boys will be performing, and no one misses the opportunity to dress up in full regalia. More exciting to Grandfather is the pair of rare falcons he discovers breeding at the fairgrounds. Concerned for their well-being amid all the activity, he appoints himself their protector. When one of the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Follows three NFL teams--the New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, and Atlanta Falcons--from training camp 2010 through the Super Bowl and into the April draft, opening a new window into Bill Belichick's influence on the game. Takes football fans behind the scenes of the most popular sport in America, with insider access to the head coaches, scouts, trainers, and players who make the game what it is, including new insights from Bill Parcells,...
20) Falcons
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Presents an introduction to falcons, including their physical characteristics, hunting behaviors, life cycle, and the conservation efforts being made to save them from extinction.
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