Suzy Jackson
1) Lightlark
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Series
Lightlark volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
In order to break a curse on her kingdom, Isla Crown, the young ruler of Wilding, must compete in the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play, and to survive she must lie, cheat, and betray--even as love threatens to undo everything.
Every 100 years the island of Lightlark appears. Its purpose: to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The Centennial offers...
3) Becoming Bea
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Series
Courtships of Lancaster County volume 4
Language
English
Description
"Ben and Bea have always irritated each other. But when their friends push them together, can they cease bickering long enough to fall in love?"--
4) Deadlock
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Series
Language
English
Description
Two murders have rocked the city of Houston. Are they the work of a serial killer, or is a copycat trying to get away with murder? That is the question facing Special Agent Bethany Sanchez, who is eager for her new assignment in violent crimes but anxious about meeting her new partner. Special Agent Thatcher Graves once arrested her brother, and he has a reputation for being a maverick. When hot leads soon fizzle out, their differences threaten to...
5) Nightbane
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Series
Lightlark volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
After breaking ancient curses and becoming the leader of two realms, Isla Crown faces the aftermath of a devastating betrayal, but as old secrets unravel and her kingdom is threatened, Isla must confront her past as her future hurtles towards two possible fates.
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE • The must-read thriller of the year, for readers of dark psychological suspense and modern classics of mystery and adventure
This ebook edition contains a special preview of Dean Koontz’s The Silent Corner.
The girl who said no to death.
Bibi Blair is a fierce, funny, dauntless young...
This ebook edition contains a special preview of Dean Koontz’s The Silent Corner.
The girl who said no to death.
Bibi Blair is a fierce, funny, dauntless young...
7) The proving
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Language
English
Description
After five years as an Englisher, Amanda Dienner is shocked to learn her mother has passed away and left her Lancaster County's most popular Amish bed-and-breakfast. What's more, the inn will only truly be hers if Mandy can successfully run it for twelve months. Reluctantly, Mandy accepts the challenge, no matter that it means facing the family she left behind--or that the inn's client�ele expect an Amish hostess! Can Mandy fulfill the terms of...
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Series
This is not the Jess show volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"When strange things start happening in Jess Flynn's hometown of Swickley, the high-school junior suspects reality isn't as it seems and seeks to uncover the truth about her family, her friends, and her town"--
1998. Jess Flynn is just trying to get through her junior year without drama. Between a new crush on her childhood best friend, overprotective parents cramping her social life, and her younger sister's worsening health, the only constant is...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
The debut novel from Andrew McCarthy-actor, director, and bestselling author of Brat: An 80s Story-is a powerful story about family secrets, first love, the limits of forgiveness, and finding your way in the world.
When fifteen-year-old Lucy Willows discovers that her father has a secret child from a brief affair, she begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her family. How could her father have betrayed them like this? How could...
10) Sweet and Deadly
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English
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Author of the books that inspired True Blood on HBO and Midnight, Texas on NBC
"A first-rate mystery with special character...as convincing as it is surprising in its final resolution."
—Washington Post Book World
"Harris writes neatly and with assurance, and she avoids the goo that makes many equivalent books so sticky."
—The New York Times Book Review
Newspaper reporter Catherine...
"A first-rate mystery with special character...as convincing as it is surprising in its final resolution."
—Washington Post Book World
"Harris writes neatly and with assurance, and she avoids the goo that makes many equivalent books so sticky."
—The New York Times Book Review
Newspaper reporter Catherine...
11) Wish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She even has a list of all the ways there are to make the wish. But when she is sent to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to live with family she barely knows, it seems unlikely that her wish will ever come true. That is until she meets Wishbone, a skinny stray dog who captures her heart, and Howard, a neighbor boy who proves surprising in lots of ways.
12) Double cross
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Series
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English
Description
"FBI agent Laurel Evertson's investigation into a scam targeting the elderly takes an unexpected twist when key evidence leads her to Morton Wilmington, a felon she arrested five years ago on her first undercover assignment. That case has haunted her since, and though she's vowed to forget Wilmington--and what she sacrificed to put him away--he is now her best lead. Houston Police Officer Daniel Hilton fears his grandparents may be the scammers' next...
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Series
Castle Glower volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Princess Celie lives with her parents, the king and queen, and her brothers and sister at Castle Glower, which adds rooms or stairways or secret passageways most every Tuesday, and when the king and queen are ambushed while travelling, it is up to Celie--the castle's favorite--with her secret knowledge of its never-ending twists and turns, to protect their home and save their kingdom.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Quiet Emily's sociable and daring best friend, Sloane, has disappeared leaving nothing but a random list of bizarre tasks for her to complete, but with unexpected help from popular classmate Frank Porter, Emily gives them a try.
15) Chasing hope
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English
Description
"A college student with unfulfilled Olympic dreams and a talented but troubled teen runner try to find hope for the future in an unorthodox mentorship"--Provided by publisher.
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English
Description
"Two friends make a promise to their dying friend to face their deepest hopes and greatest fears by agreeing to stop waiting until they lose weight and start living now. As they begin to work on their list of things to do, they grow stronger and learn to embrace themselves just the way they are"--
Marley, Georgia, and Emerson met at fat camp as teens, and they never would have survived it without each other. They bonded against the disapproval of...
17) Hidden pictures
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English
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Edgar-nominated author of The Impossible Fortress, comes a wildly inventive spin on the classic horror story in Hidden Pictures, a creepy and warm-hearted mystery about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets. Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn takes a job in the affluent suburb of Spring Brook, New Jersey as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy. Mallory...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
When Sybella accompanies the Duchess to France, she expects trouble, but she isn't expecting a deadly trap. Surrounded by enemies both known and unknown, Sybella searches for the undercover assassins from the convent of St. Mortain who were placed in the French court years ago. Genevieve has been undercover for so many years, she no longer knows who she is or what she's supposed to be fighting for. When she discovers a hidden prisoner who may be of...
Author
Series
Castle Glower volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A castle that is constantly rearranging itself, and a young royal family sworn to protect it... Celie, Rolf, and their beloved Castle Glower are back in this exciting sequel.
When her brother Rolf dares her to catch magical Castle Glower creating a new room, Princess Celie takes the challenge! No one knows the Castle better than she does. But as usual, the Castle has ideas of its own.Celie finds the new room first, and inside it is hidden a giant...
20) Cress Watercress
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone's business. Can a dead tree full of annoying...