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12181) Cold pursuit
Author
Series
Black Falls volume 1
Language
English
Description
A prominent ambassordor is killed in Washington, D.C. and hours later his stepdaughter vanished in the mountains of New England. Can Secret Service agent Jo Harper and Elijah Cameron, with his military training and mountain rescue experience, find the missing teen. Elijah believes she may be on the run.
12182) An untidy death
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Series
Decluttering mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
When Alexandra Richards approaches professional declutterer Ellen Curtis to ask her to help sort out her mother's chaotic flat, Ellen gets the impression Alexandra doesn't like her mother very much. But when Ingrid Richards' body is discovered in her burned-out home, Alexandra's exasperated words don't seem such a joke. Due to the hazardous state of the victim's over-cluttered residence, the police are inclined to dismiss her death as an unfortunate...
12183) Shaped by the waves: a novel
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Language
English
Description
"Cassie George is barely staying above water as she works to get her doctorate and raise her daughter. But it's all a great excuse to stay away from the small Oregon town she fled in shame years prior. But when she receives a call that the aunt who raised her has had a major health crisis, she knows it's time to return. Cassie is surprised to be more welcomed by the quirky seaside community than she expected, even if there's still tension between...
12184) Winterling
Author
Series
Winterling volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Spirited young Fer travels through the Way to a magical world in which beings part human and part animal serve an evil ruler known as the Lady, and where she hopes to learn about her long-lost parents and her own identitiy.
12185) Tell the wind and fire
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In this near-future retelling of the Dickens classic "A Tale of Two Cities," a deadly revolution breaks out in a New York City divided by light and dark magic.
12186) I am Hutterite: the fascinating true story of a young woman's journey to reclaim her heritage
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Language
English
Description
Ann-Marie Dornn was born into a reclusive and extraordinary Hutterite colony near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. This religious community was an idyllic place for a growing young girl, filled with adventure, strong bonds of friendship, rich delicious food, and a deep sense of belonging. But for her parents, it had become a community teeming with tension and conflict. The Hutterite faith was founded in the 16th century by Jacob Hutter, an Austrian hatmaker...
12187) The crown of embers
Author
Series
Fire and thorns trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Hero. Foreigner. Queen. Elisa, at the age of seventeen, is all three. And all three draw enemies. Faced with assassins, court politics, and the threat of civil war, Elisa despairs of being the ruler her people need. Her only hope is the Godstone. She must master its power once and for all. She finds clues hidden in a long forgotten--and forbidden--scripture. Accompanied by a one-eyed warrior, an enemy defector, and the man she is falling in love...
12188) Waste of a life
Author
Series
Decluttering mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
Ellen Curtis is about to have her own life thrown into chaos in this third light-hearted decluttering mystery! Declutterer Ellen Curtis has been working to bring order into the life of Cedric Waites, a recluse in his eighties who hasn't left his house or let anyone inside it since his wife died. On one of her regular visits, Ellen finds the old man dead. Sad but, given his age, perhaps not unexpected. Nothing to get worked up about... until the police...
12189) Court of Fives
Author
Series
Court of Fives trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
When a scheming lord tears Jess's family apart, she must rely on her unlikely friendship with Kal, a high-ranking Patron boy, and her skill at Fives, an intricate, multi-level athletic competition that offers a chance for glory, to protect her Commoner mother and mixed-race sisters and save her father's reputation.
12190) Speed of life
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Sofia Wolfe has her fair share of problems, and she doesn't have anyone to talk to...until she finds "Dear Kate." The teen advice columnist provides Sofia with an anonymous outlet where she can express everything she's been holding inside. But then "Dear Kate" shows up on her doorstep. With her dad. As his girlfriend. With the keeper of all of her secrets now dating her dad, how on earth will Sofia make it through the year?
12191) Life by Committee
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Tabitha might be the only girl in the history of the world who actually gets less popular when she gets hot. But her so-called friends say she's changed, and they've dropped her flat. Now Tab has no one to tell about the best and worst thing that has ever happened to her: Joe, who spills his most intimate secrets to her in their nightly online chats. Joe, whose touch is so electric, it makes Tab wonder if she could survive an actual kiss. Joe, who...
12192) Fatal witness
Author
Series
Pearl River volume 2
Language
English
Description
"As a child, artist and potter Dani Bennett witnessed the brutal murder of her parents. With no memory of the incident or her true identity, she was forced to take on a new name and a new life, hidden away in Montana for the past 25 years. Mae Richmond has spent the same stretch of time searching for her granddaughter, who went missing the night her daughter and son-in-law were murdered. Convinced the woman she saw in a pottery magazine feature is...
12193) The London house
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Language
English
Description
"An uncovered family secret sets one woman on the journey of a lifetime through the history of Britain's WWII spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris in an effort to understand her past, save her family, and claim her future"--
"Caroline Payne thinks it is just another day at work when she receives a call from Mat Hammon, a doctoral candidate, who has uncovered a dark and scandalous family secret: her British great-aunt defected to the Nazis to marry...
12194) The forgotten village
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Language
English
Description
"1943: The world is at war, and the villagers of Tyneham are being asked to make one more sacrifice: to give their homes over to the British army. But on the eve of their departure, a terrible act will cause three of them to disappear forever. 2018: Melissa had hoped a break on the coast of Dorset would rekindle her stagnant relationship, but despite the idyllic scenery, it's pushing her and Liam to the brink. When Melissa discovers a strange photograph...
12195) Calico Captive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
SUMMARY: A historical novel based on an actual narrative. In 1754, on the brink of the French and Indian war, young Miriam Willard and her older sister's family are captured in an Indian raid on Charleston, N.H., where they are held for ransom.
12196) One girl
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Language
English
Description
Inspired by the idea of empowering girls around the world to demand their right to education, one girl lights a small spark which catches fire, and eventually lights up the whole world.
12197) Josephine
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Language
English
Description
Josephine 'Jojo' Best has it all figured out. Just seventeen, she's been to college, she has her own hairdressing shop and nothing will distract her from her goals. That is, until handsome George Brooks begins to pursue her. Then the return of her childhood nemesis complicates her life even further! No girl is immune to Adam Morgan's charm. But when a wound brings him home from the War Between the States, it's a girl he used to call "Pest" who's turning...
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Language
English
Description
Available once again, the definitive biography of the pioneering Black performer-the first nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award-who broke new ground in Hollywood and helped transform American society in the years before Civil Rights movement-a remarkable woman of her time who also transcended it.
"An ambitious, rigorously researched account of the long-ignored film star and chanteuse... Bogle has fashioned a resonant history of a bygone era...
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Language
English
Description
While visiting Siena, Italy, Mary Lea Carroll grew fascinated with the remarkable story of St. Catherine of Siena and made a resolution: Whenever she was lucky enough to travel, if a shrine dedicated to a female saint was nearby, she'd visit it and learn about her. What started as a hobby grew into a journey she never expected, one rich with challenges and cappuccinos, doubts and inspiration, glasses of wine with strangers and moments of transcendence....
12200) A fatal lie
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Series
Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries volume 23
Inspector Ian Rutledge novels volume 23
Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery volume 23
Inspector Ian Rutledge novels volume 23
Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery volume 23
Language
English
Description
"A peaceful Welsh village is thrown into turmoil when a terrified boy discovers a body in the river. The man appears to have fallen from the canal aqueduct spanning the valley. But there is no identification on the body. The local police turn to Scotland Yard for help. Inspector Ian Rutledge is given few clues to go on--a faded military tattoo on the victim's arm and an unusual label in his shirt. But eventually they do lead to the victim's identity:...
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