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41) The widow
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Following the twists and turns of an unimaginable crime, The Widow is an electrifying debut thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife. When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on when more bad things began to happen. . . But that woman's husband died last week. And Jean doesn't have to be her anymore. There's a lot...
Author
Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old identical twins Sabine and Blythe Braxton cope differently when their father dies unexpectedly, but unite to figure out mysterious Charlie and the crumbling mansion he moves into with them.
46) The timepiece
Author
Language
English
Description
Adeline Pelham drives up in a sleek, red sports car to an Amish farm and upends the family inside, claiming to be a long lost daughter from another mother.
Sylvia Miller's Old Order family is upended with the arrival of Adeline Pelham. It isn't that Adeline means to be a threat, but her very existence is a reminder of a painful secret. As Sylvia and her mother struggle to come to terms with the news, it is a challenging time to welcome an Englisher--...
48) The strangers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The Greystone kids thought they knew. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does best--acting silly and being adored. They've been a happy family, just the three of them and their mom.But everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children reach the Greystone kids, and they're shocked by the startling similarities between themselves and these complete strangers. The other kids...
49) Vespers rising
Series
The 39 clues volume 11
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Library ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
238 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amy Cahill and her younger brother Dan thought they could return to their regular lives, but the Vespers, powerful enemies, will stop at nothing to get the clues that safeguard their family's great power.
50) Gallant
Author
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Olivia Prior has grown up at the grim Merilance School for Girls with no no past except for her one treasure, her mother's journal, so when a letter arrives inviting her to come home to ruinous manor, Gallant, she seizes the chance to find out about her family.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Jende Jonga journeys to New York City from Cameroon in 2004 on a visitors' visa in hopes of obtaining a green card, he's sure his life will only improve. After saving up enough money to bring over Jende's wife, Neni, and six-year-old son, the family moves into an apartment in Harlem. Then Jende hits the jackpot in 2007 when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a wealthy Lehman Brothers executive. But working for the Edwardses isn't...
52) Little threats
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Both a taut whodunit and a haunting snapshot of the effects of a violent crime, Little Threats tells the story of a woman who served fifteen years in prison for murder...and now it's time to find out if she's guilty"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Moving into a brownstone that was the site of a triple homicide that remains unsolved, the Howell family are plagued by strange events linked to a dark secret one of them is hiding that will blindside the others when exposed.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Louisa has come to her parents' house in Maine this summer with all three of her kids, a barely written book, and a trunkful of resentment. Left behind in Brooklyn is her husband, who has promised that after this final round of fundraising at his startup he will once again pick up his share of the household responsibilities. Louisa is hoping that the crisp breeze off Penobscot Bay will blow away the irritation she is feeling with her life choices...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
Growing up motherless and under the thumb of a cruel stepfather in hardscrabble 1920s Kentucky, Bertie Fisher and her older sister, Mabel, are torn apart by a painful misunderstanding that reverberates through the lives of their daughters and granddaughters.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
La Voz operative Carmen is forced to choose between the girl she loves and the success of a rebellion that has escalated to the point of civil war.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a cyberbully posts embarrassing rumors about other students at school, Drew, to protect her own secret, puts her sleuthing skills to good use to find the culprit, who just might be one of her closest friends.
59) The fort
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a tight-knit group of middle school friends discover a trap door in the woods that leads to a completely intact bomb shelter, they vow to keep the place a secret while sharing their individual secrets to build the safest space possible.
60) The Red Pyramid
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
After their father's research experiment at the British Museum unleashes the Egyptian god Set, Carter and Sadie Kane embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest which brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.