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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Co
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
499 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Teresita, the illegitimate daughter of a late-nineteenth-century rancher, arises from death possessing the power to heal, she is declared a saint and finds her faith tested by the impending Mexican civil war.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 397 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Turning fifteen in Renaissance Florence, Alessandra Cecchi becomes intoxicated with the works of a young painter whom her father has brought to the city to decorate the family's Florentine palazzo.
63) River's call
Author
Series
Inn at Shining Waters volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Anna Larson's daughter, Lauren, is confused, brokenhearted, and misguided. It's the turbulent 1960s and feeling alienated from her mother, Lauren chooses to stay with her paternal grandmother. However, repelled by the woman's manipulative and spiteful ways, Lauren returns to her mother, the river, and the Inn at Shining Waters."--P. [4] 0f cover.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is 1987, and only one person has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus -- her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Singleton family's fortunes seem unaffected by the Great Depression, and at Atlanta's elite Washington Seminary Perri lives a carefree life. But when tragedies strike, Perri is confronted with a world she has never known. Mary "Dobbs" Dillard, daughter of an itinerant preacher with radical ideas, is sent from inner-city Chicago to live with her aunt and attend Washington Seminary. She arrives at the point of Perri's crisis, and tragedy forges...
66) The Belles
Author
Series
Belles (Dhonielle Clayton) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"In a world where Beauty is a commodity only a few control, one Belle will learn the dark secrets behind her powers, and rise up to change the world"--
In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. Camellia Beauregard wants to be the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orléans to live in the royal palace, to tend to the royal family and their court, to be recognized as the...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A mother's secret past and her daughter's present collide in this richly atmospheric novel from the acclaimed author of The Animals at Lockwood Manor. In the summer of 1973, Ruth and her four friends were obsessed with pre-Raphaelite paintings--and a little bit obsessed with each other. Drawn to the cold depths of the river by Ruth's house, the girls pretend to be the drowning Ophelia, with increasingly elaborate tableaus. But by the end of that...
Author
Series
Christmas hope series volume 8
Language
English
Description
"In the small town of Grandon, five very different people discover the true meaning of Christmas. Jennifer and Ryan are both single parents, struggling with their own losses and heartache. Sixteen-year-old Kaylee is faced with a life-changing situation that has affected her whole family. Stephen and Lily are happily married and ready to start a family. All of them are facing their own struggles, and all are finding their way through the dark. When...
69) Ghost wall
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spending time with her family at an Iron Age reenactment field site in northern England that requires participants to use prehistoric tools and knowledge to survive, Silvie begins to envision her own future before a spiritual ritual involving human sacrifice raises disturbing questions.
Author
Series
New Americana volume 8
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Determined to save the family farm from foreclosure, Derby-winning horse trainer Jo Beth Ellis reinvents the property as a healing retreat for horses and makes a deal with her handsome neighbor in hopes of winning a trifecta--a champion horse, a happy family and a forever love"--
71) Amy and Isabelle
Author
Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Amy Goodrow, a shy high school student, falls in love with her math teacher, the love affair threatens the intimate relationship between Amy and her mother, Isabelle, whose feelings are influenced by the shame of her own past.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Popular radio host Gail Gideon's career was launched years earlier by an on-air rant about her unfaithful husband. Now she's the heroine of millions of single women who tune in for her advice. But fame comes at a price. Gail struggles with falling in love, an obsessed stalker, and her socially fearful teen daughter, Nic, who emerges from a coma after a riding accident with a high-risk new personality.
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
415 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Elli was chosen as the heir to a queen who wields powerful ice and fire magic. But when the queen dies, the magic doesn't enter Elli and she uncovers devastating new information about the magic, and those who wield it"--
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
viii, 454 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A family of six disintegrates after a daughter is raped by a high-school student. It happens to the wealthy Mulvaneys in upstate New York. The disgrace--there is some question if it was rape--sends the father to drink and financial ruin, the girl leaves home, the others follow. By the author of What I Lived For.
75) Mirror sight
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
775 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Following her confrontation with Mornhavon, Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon lands in a sealed stone sarcophagus from which she must escape. And should she succeed, will she be walking straight into a trap created by Mornhavon himself?
76) Dark horse
Author
Series
Elena Estes volume 1
Language
English
Description
An outcast after her actions cost the life of a fellow officer in the Palm Beach County sheriff's office, ex-cop Elena Estes seeks refuge in rural Florida, where she confronts the ruthlessness of international equestrian competions while searching for a missing girl.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As her Wisconsin community endures a long season of drought and feels the shockwaves of World War II, fifteen-year-old Cielle endures a more personal calamity: the unexpected death of her father. On a balmy summer afternoon, she finds him hanging in the barn--the start of a dark secret that threatens her family's livelihood. A war rages elsewhere, while in the deceptive calm of the American heartland, Cielle's family contends with a new reality and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of six stories from the universe of the Lunar Chronicles answer such questions as: How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from young man to killer? When did Princess Winter and the palace guard Jacin realize their destinies?
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Emily Benedict came to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother's life. But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew--a reclusive, real-life gentle giant--she realizes that mysteries aren't solved in Mullaby, they're a way of life.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Working at the local library, Aleisha reads every book on a secret list she found, which transports her from the painful realities she's facing at home, and decides to pass the list on to a lonely widower desperate to connect with his bookworm granddaughter.
Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Wembley after losing his beloved wife. He worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings...
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