Charlotte Parry
Author
Language
English
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Description
From the moment she's struck by lightening as a baby, it is clear that Mary Anning is marked for greatness. On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, she learns that she has "the eye"-and finds what no one else can see. When Mary uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home, she sets the religious fathers on edge, the townspeople to vicious gossip, and the scientific world alight. In an arena dominated by...
2) Before I die
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
A terminally ill teenaged girl makes and carries out a list of things to do before she dies.
3) Remember me?
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, having survived a car accident, she has lost a big chunk of her memory--three years to be exact. And that's not all. Somehow Lexi went from a twenty-five-year-old working girl to a corporate big shot with a sleek new loft, a personal assistant, a carb-free diet, and a set of glamorous new friends. And who is this gorgeous husband--who also happens to be a multimillionaire?
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 22nd-century Great Britain, where climate change has caused vast flooding, the piratical Reavers kidnap the Prime Minister's daughter and thirteen-year-old Lilly Melkun, an English fisher-girl, takes her seacat on a daring rescue attempt, with a mysterious talking jewel from a past computer age tucked in her belt as ransom.
Author
Series
Harriet Bean mysteries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When she joins Aunt Japonica and Aunt Thessalonika on a trip to America, nine-year-old Harriet meets yet another relative--Aunt Formica, a cowgirl who is having trouble with some clever and mysterious cattle rustlers.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Upon the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Charlotte struggles to keep the family's woolen mill running in the face of an overwhelming mortgage and what the local villagers believe is a curse, but when a man capable of spinning straw into gold appears on the scene she must decide if his help is worth the price.
Author
Series
Declaration trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house servant, has her world view challenged when she meets Peter and discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Book editor Leigh, chef Emmy and wealthy Adriana make a pact to change their disappointing lives within a year. Emmy vows to find the father of her future babies, and Latin temptress Adriana decides to settle on just one of her rich suitors. But Leigh is uncertain about what changes to make; she's lived in the shadow of her legendary literary father and accomplished boyfriend so long, Leigh barely recognizes what makes her happy. The protective wrapping...
9) Cold fire
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"In a world where science and magic are at war, one girl must find a way to save the ones she loves, or lose everything"--Provided by publisher.
10) Cold magic
Author
Series
Spiritwalker trilogy (Kate Elliott) volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
An epic fantasy set in an alternate Victorian era--Provided by the publisher.
11) Bergdorf blondes
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
With invitations to high-profile baby showers and benefits, more Marc Jacobs clothes than is decent, and a department store heiress for a best friend, our heroine known only as Moi is living at the peak of New York society. But what is Moi to do when her engagement falls apart?
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Sam McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his life, in which he tells about what he would like to accomplish, how he feels, and things that have happened to him.
Author
Series
Ladies in waiting (Sandra Byrd) volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The story of Meg Wyatt, pledged forever as the best friend to Anne Boleyn since their childhoods on neighboring manors in Kent. When Anneś star begins to ascend, of course she takes her best friend Meg along for the ride. Life in the court of Henry VIII is thrilling at first, but as Anneś favor rises and falls, so does Megś. And though sheś pledged her loyalty to Anne no matter what the test, Meg just might lose her greatest loveánd her own lifeb́ecause...
Author
Series
Casebook of Barnaby Adair volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Penelope Ashford, Portia Cynster's younger sister, has grown up with every advantage - wealth, position, and beauty. Yet Penelope is anything but a pretty face in a satin gown - forceful, willful, and blunt to a fault, she has for years devoted her considerable energy and intelligence to caring for the forgotten orphans of London's sooty and seamier streets. But now her charges are mysteriously disappearing. Desperate, Penelope turns to the one man...
15) Cold steel
Author
Series
Spiritwalker Trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The fantastic conclusion to the Spiritwalker trilogy! Trouble, treachery, and magic just won't stop plaguing Cat Barahal. The Master of the Wild Hunt has stolen her husband Andevai. The ruler of the Taino kingdom blames her for his mother's murder. The infamous General Camjiata insists she join his army to help defeat the cold mages who rule Europa. An enraged fire mage wants to kill her. And Cat, her cousin Bee, and her half-brother Rory, aren't...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Although a true lover of books, Anne-Marie Entwhistle prefers not to read to her spirited daughter, Penny, especially from the likes of Madame Bovary, Gone With the Wind, or The Scarlet Letter. These novels, devoted to the lives of the Heroines that make them so irresistible, have a way of hitting too close to home, well, to the Homestead actually, where Anne-Marie runs the quaint family-owned bed and breakfast.
In this enchanting debut novel, Penny...
17) The dead house
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told through journal entries, a psychotherapist's notes, court records, and more, relates the tale of Carly, a teen who was institutionalized after her parents' death but released to Elmbrige High School, where she is believed to have a second personality or soul named Kaitlyn, and/or be possessed by a demon.
18) One green apple
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young immigrant named Farah gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples.
Author
Series
Malcolm at midnight volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When a rare coin and a strange code are uncovered in McKenna School, Malcolm and the other classroom pets of the Midnight Academy take on their most challenging assignment yet and, through their investigations, they just might save the school from closing.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts the legend of North Carolina teenager, Betsy Dowdy, whose courageous ride on a cold December night in 1775 may have played a crucial role in the American Revolution.