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Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Wednesday books edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of 17-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Over six turbulent months, she fills three diaries with sharply funny yet poignant entries and manages to find herself hopelessly in love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle" and the heart of the reader.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her best friend, the sailor Henry Koskela, is falsely accused of murder, a gorilla named Sally Jones visits the run-down docks of Lisbon, embarks on a dizzying journey across the seven seas, and calls on the Maharaja of Bhapur's magnificent court--all in an attempt to clear Henry's name.
3) Skeleton Key
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the third book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, teenage spy Alex faces his most dangerous challenge yet. Teaming up with the CIA, Alex must go to a remote Caribbean island called Skeleton Key, where the insane general Sarov is hatching explosive plans to re-write history.
Author
Language
English
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Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie is navigating through the strange worlds of love, drugs, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," and dealing with the loss of a good friend and his favorite aunt.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Red Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, and the other Teen Titans investigate the mysterious organization N.O.W.H.E.R.E., who are capturing young metahumans and either corrupting or destroying them.
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Language
English
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"One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface because Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal what happened, either to the police or to her husband, Bazil, and thirteen-year-old son, Joe. In one day, Joe's life is irrevocably transformed. He tries to heal his mother, but she will not leave her bed and slips into an abyss of solitude....
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Language
English
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Description
Love is not easy for Paul. He's a sophomore at a high school like no other, and his friends include Darlene, the homecoming queen and star quarterback, Joni, his best friend who may not be his best friend anymore, Tony, his other best friend, Kyle, the ex-boyfriend who won't go away, Rip, the school bookie, and Noah, the boy who changes everything.
Author
Series
Kissing booth volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meet Rochelle "Elle" Evans: pretty, popular -- and never been kissed. Meet Noah Flynn: badass, volatile -- and a total player. When Elle decides to run a kissing booth at her school's Spring Carnival, she locks lips with Noah and her life is turned upside down. Her head says to keep away, but her heart wants to draw closer. This romance seems far from a fairy tale. Is Elle headed for heartbreak or will she get her happily ever after?
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Targeted by a hitman and under threat of his past being exposed by the media, Alex reluctantly turns to MI6. But their help doesn't come cheap: they need Alex to spy on the activities at a GM crop plant. There he spots Desmond McCain, a high profile charity organiser, who realises that Alex is on to him and the real plans for the money he's raising. Kidnapped and whisked off to Africa, Alex learns the full horror of McCain's plot: to create an epic...
10) Circus dreams
Publisher
TaylorMade Productions
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 video disc (82 min.) sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Circus dreams captures charismatic teen performers on a voyage of artistic and personal self-discovery as they fight to save the only traveling youth circus in the US from closing forever.
Author
Series
Summer novels (Jenny Han) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
168 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When the B-17 bomber carrying America's greatest war hero across the Pacific Ocean gets lost, there is no other option but an emergency landing, that leaves the crew stranded without food or water.
13) Tiger's dream
Author
Series
Tiger saga volume 5
Physical Desc
814 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Stranded in a time and place he never wished for, Kishan Rajaram struggles to forget the girl he loves and the brother who stole her away as he fulfills his divine role-that of assisting the beautiful, yet extremely irritable, goddess Durga. When the wily shaman Phet appears and tells Kishan that Kelsey needs him, he jumps at the chance to see her again, but in saving Kelsey, he discovers that the curse he thought was over is just beginning. As time...
Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1981
Physical Desc
111 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Drawn from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings
Author
Series
Sunbearer duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Transgender demigod Teo is unexpectedly selected for the Sunbearer Trials, a fierce competition among demigod heroes where the winner sacrifices the loser to Sol, their blood fueling the Sun Stones that protect Reino del Sol.
17) Princess Academy
Author
Series
Princess Academy trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
Author
Series
Publisher
Morgan Rice
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
BETROTHED is Book #6 in the #1 Bestselling series THE VAMPIRE JOURNALS, which begins with TURNED (Book #1)—a free download!
In BETROTHED (Book #6 in the Vampire Journals), Caitlin and Caleb find themselves, once again, back in time—this time, in the London of 1599.
London in 1599 is a wild place, filled with paradoxes: while on the one hand it is an incredibly enlightened, sophisticated time, breeding playwrights
Author
Series
Seven Realms novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates the intertwining fates of former street gang leader Han Alister and headstrong Princess Raisa, as Han takes possession of an amulet that once belonged to an evil wizard and Raisa uncovers a conspiracy in the Grey Wolf Court.
20) Solo
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: Solo, a YA novel written in poetic verse, tells the story of seventeen-year-old Blade Morrison, who is being crushed between the scathing tabloids exposing his former rock star father's addictions and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
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