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21) The latecomers
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English
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In 1908, sixteen-year-old Bridey runs away from her small town in Ireland with her sweetheart Thom. But Thom dies of ship fever, leaving Bridey alone and pregnant in a strange new world. The Latecomers spans a century of American life and reminds us that we can never truly leave the past behind.
22) The Wives
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"You've never met the other wives. None of you know each other, and because of this unconventional arrangement, you can see your husband only one day a week. But you love him so much you don't care. Or at least that's what you've told yourself. But one day, while you're doing laundry, you find a scrap of paper in his pocket--an appointment reminder for a woman named Hannah, and you just know it's another of the wives. You thought you were fine with...
23) The wrong family
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Language
English
Description
An off-kilter narrator witnesses the slow unraveling of a couple's strained marriage that erupts in unexpected ways, in a chilling tale of domestic suspense.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Elsa's world was written into creation; her mother, a noted scriptologist, constantly alters and expands their reality. When her mother kidnapped, Elsa is forced to cross into the real world and use her own scriptology gifts to find her. In an alternative Victorian Italy, Elsa finds a secret society of young scientists with a gift for mechanics, alchemy, or scriptology-- and meets Leo, a mechanist with a smart mouth and tragic past. When an assassin...
25) Ninth house
Author
Series
Alex Stern volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
"The best fantasy novel I've read in years, because it's about real people... Impossible to put down." —Stephen King
The smash New York Times bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite.
Goodreads Choice Award Winner
Locus Finalist
Galaxy "Alex" Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles
Author
Series
Gargoyle queen volume 1
Language
English
Description
A powerful mind magier and spy poses as a pampered princess to try to determine who is stealing royal tearstone, in the first novel of a new series set in the Crown of Shards world.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates--a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name. But her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester. Recently widowed, Eddie is...
29) An Honest Lie
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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From the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Never Never, co-written with Colleen Hoover!
"An Honest Lie is riveting suspense, but it's also a scream of defiance, a howl of rage."—Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling author
They've taken your friend, but only to get to you. What do you do?
Lorraine—"Rainy"—lives at the top of Tiger Mountain. Remote,...
"An Honest Lie is riveting suspense, but it's also a scream of defiance, a howl of rage."—Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling author
They've taken your friend, but only to get to you. What do you do?
Lorraine—"Rainy"—lives at the top of Tiger Mountain. Remote,...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
It's 1965 in a tight-knit working-class neighborhood in Queens, New York, and Ruth Malone -- a single mother who works long hours as a cocktail waitress -- wakes to discover her two small children, Frankie Jr. and Cindy, have gone missing. Later that day, Cindy's body is found in a derelict lot a half mile from her home, strangled. Ten days later, Frankie Jr.'s decomposing body is found. Immediately, all fingers point to Ruth.
As police investigate...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
An engrossing and thoughtful contemporary tale that tackles faith, friendship, family, anxiety, and the potential apocalypse from Katie Henry, the acclaimed author of Heretics Anonymous.
There are many ways the world could end. A fire. A catastrophic flood. A super eruption that spews lakes of lava. Ellis Kimball has made note of all possible scenarios, and she is prepared for each one.
What she doesn't
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
A handsome stranger. A dead billionaire. A citywide treasure hunt. Tuesday Mooney's life is about to change in ways she—and no reader—could never expect in this "rollicking" (Star Tribune), award-winning novel. ¶ A Kirkus Reviews Best Book · An Indie Next Pick · A Library Reads Selection · A New York Post Best Book of the Week · A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week · A Buzzfeed Best Paperback · and more! ¶ Tuesday...
34) Salt & Storm
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
A sweeping historical romance about a witch who foresees her own murder—and the one boy who can help change her future.
Sixteen-year-old Avery Roe wants only to take her rightful place as the witch of Prince Island, making the charms that keep the island's whalers safe at sea, but her mother has forced her into a magic-free world of proper manners and respectability. When Avery dreams she's to be murdered, she knows time is running out...
Sixteen-year-old Avery Roe wants only to take her rightful place as the witch of Prince Island, making the charms that keep the island's whalers safe at sea, but her mother has forced her into a magic-free world of proper manners and respectability. When Avery dreams she's to be murdered, she knows time is running out...
35) Dividing Eden
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"When their father and older sibling are killed by assassins, a pair of royal twins who were never destined to rule are forced to compete against each other in a dangerous trial that is shaped by the schemes of a power-hungry ruling council."
Author
Series
Confessions (James Patterson) volume 3
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this New York Times bestseller, brilliant detective Tandy Angel is meeting her lost love in Paris . . . but when he becomes more distant, she starts to question everything she knows. Is there anyone she can trust?
After investigating multiple homicides and her family's decades-old skeletons in the closet, Tandy Angel is finally reunited with her lost love in Paris. But as he grows increasingly distant, she is confronted with disturbing...
After investigating multiple homicides and her family's decades-old skeletons in the closet, Tandy Angel is finally reunited with her lost love in Paris. But as he grows increasingly distant, she is confronted with disturbing...
38) Kill the Queen
Author
Series
Crown of shards volume 1
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Description
Gladiator meets Game of Thrones: a royal woman becomes a skilled warrior to destroy her murderous cousin, avenge her family, and save her kingdom in this first entry in a dazzling fantasy epic from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Elemental Assassin series—an enthralling tale that combines magic, murder, intrigue, adventure, and a hint of romance.
In a realm where one's magical power determines one's worth,
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
When political extremists steal a book that can rewrite the Earth itself, Elsa, who can craft new worlds with script written in books, must track down the friend who betrayed her and recover the book before its destructive power is unleashed.
Author
Series
Ellery Hathaway novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"The highly anticipated third novel in the award-winning Ellery Hathaway mystery series. FBI agent Reed Markham is haunted by one painful unsolved mystery: who murdered his mother? Camilla was brutally stabbed to death more than forty years ago while babyReed lay in his crib mere steps away. The trail went so cold that the Las Vegas Police Department has given up hope of solving the case. But then a shattering family secret changes everything Reed...