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1) Standoff
Author
Language
English
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Description
In this suspenseful thriller, a journalist who stumbles upon a deadly crime while pursuing the scoop of a lifetime will find her strength and conviction tested in new and frightening ways.
TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Forth Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. Immediately, she ditches her holiday to chase down the story that...
TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Forth Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. Immediately, she ditches her holiday to chase down the story that...
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Language
English
Description
Winner of the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, this intoxicating story of a teenage girl who trades her a middle–class upbringing for a quest for meaning in 1980s Mexico is “a surreal, captivating tale about the power of a youthful imagination, the lure of teenage transgression, and its inevitable disappointments” (Los Angeles Review of Books).
One autumn afternoon in Mexico City, seventeen–year–old...
One autumn afternoon in Mexico City, seventeen–year–old...
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Series
Three rancheros volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but herself. Beverly doesn't...
4) Family honor
Author
Series
Sunny Randall mysteries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A blazingly original novel from the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, featuring a sharp, tough, sexy new P.I., Sunny Randall.
Sunny Randall is a Boston P.I. and former cop, a college graduate, an aspiring painter, a divorcée, and the owner of a miniature bull terrier named Rosie. Hired by a wealthy family to locate their teenage daughter, Sunny is tested by the parents’ preconceived notion...
Sunny Randall is a Boston P.I. and former cop, a college graduate, an aspiring painter, a divorcée, and the owner of a miniature bull terrier named Rosie. Hired by a wealthy family to locate their teenage daughter, Sunny is tested by the parents’ preconceived notion...
5) The red room
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the request of London police, psychologist Kit Quinn agrees to evaluate Michael Doll, a sexual predator who slashes her face. As she recovers, Kit has horrible dreams of a red room. Months later, Doll is arrested for murder. As Doll's obsession with Kit escalates, Kit is gripped with a paralyzing fear that the killer isn't Doll—but someone close to her heart.
7) Mean dreams
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Local farm boy Jonas and the new girl next door, Casey, embark on a journey that will change their lives forever. When Casey's abusive home life reaches a new level of danger, Jonas takes the lead in their escape by stealing a bag full of drug money from Casey's corrupt father, local cop Wayne Caraway. With the stolen cash as their only means to a better life, Casey flees with Jonas. Under relentless pursuit from her father, they learn the hard truth...
8) Runaway
Author
Series
Starlight animal rescue volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Dakota doesn't want to warm up to her new foster family; in fact, she plans to run away as soon as she gets the opportunity. Just as her plans to escape unfold, she falls in love with a horse that others have just about given up on. She accepts the love of her new family as well as the love of God through a series of events"--Publisher's website.
9) The enforcer
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Miami's top mob enforcer Cuda sacrifices it all to tear down the criminal organization he's spent his whole life building up when he discovers his boss Estelle is putting a young runaway's life in grave danger. Now he has one last chance to make up for his past and find redemption, both for himself and his family, before the mob hunts him down for his betrayal.
10) River's end
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Series
Inn at Shining Waters volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Anna Larson's granddaughter, Sarah tries to find her independence and travels away from her family and all that is familiar, but when she returns to Shining Waters she is faced with generations of family secrets.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marrying quickly during World War II after falling in love at first sight, a mismatched couple discovers that their different personalities and approaches to life are taking a toll on their relationship and their family.
12) Tenderness
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Lori Cranston is a confused fifteen-year-old dreamer in search of an escape from her troubled home life. She discovers and becomes enthralled with Eric, a young man with a violent past. As they embark on a harrowing journey, a hardened local cop, who has been following Eric for years, is intent on exposing him as a serial killer before Lori's fate is determined.
13) Safelight
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Charles, a teenager with physical challenges, lives with his dad in a dusty desert town. He's been beaten down so much in life; it's hard for him to feel much hope. When he meets a troubled runaway, Vickie, he's intrigued, especially when he senses the vulnerability behind her tough exterior. Vickie's psychotic and abusive pimp, Skid, decides he doesn't like their relationship and constantly threatens them.
14) Altered
Author
Series
Altered series volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Anna finds herself on the run from her father's enigmatic Agency, along with the four teen boys the Agency had been experimenting on, as they try to make sense of erased memories, secret identities, and genetic alteration.
15) Orphan horse
Publisher
Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp. LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A young runaway bonds with an orphaned horse and is offered shelter by the farmer in exchange for her help with the troubled horse.
Author
Series
Michigan brides collection volume 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Lily Young longs to find her lost sister or will die trying. Heedless of any danger, she searches logging camps and towns, posing as a photographer's assistant. And then she arrives in Harrison, Michigan--and the sights of Connell McCormick. Connell is determined to increase the fortune of his lumber-baron father and figures as long as he's living an upright life, that's what matters. But when Lily arrives in town she upends his world, forcing him...
18) High on a Hill
Author
Series
Jazz age series (Dorothy Garlock) volume 2
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Anabel Lee and her father have made a middle-of-the-night move from their former home to a remote hilltop house. When a young boy calls to the house, he brings trouble for Anabel and her father.
20) Day of Atonement
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Series
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles Police Detective Peter Decker tracks a runaway teenager from his Orthodox Jewish home to murder in Los Angeles.
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