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1) Somerset
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Follows the lives of two antebellum southerners, Silas Toliver and his best friend Jeremy Warwick, as they head into a new territory known as "Texas" in search of black gold.
2) Roses
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Language
English
Description
"Spanning the 20th century, the story of Roses takes place in a small East Texas town against the backdrop of the powerful timber and cotton industries, industries controlled by the scions of the town's founding families"--Provided by publisher.
4) Encanto
Publisher
Walt Disney Animation
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Madrigals live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal, every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional...
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English
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"In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for the goddess Parvati, who begins to speak out of the girl's mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampana's comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will...
6) Past tense
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 23
Language
English
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Description
"Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn't get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: the town where his father was born. He thinks, 'What's one extra day?' He takes the detour. At the same moment, in the same isolated area, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians had been on their...
7) Down River
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adam Chase has a violent streak, and for good reason. As a boy, he saw things no child should witness, suffered wounds that left him misunderstood--a fighter. Even grown, he remains dangerous and unpredictable, so that when he narrowly beats a murder charge, he's hounded out of town, exiled for a sin he did not commit. For five long years, he disappears. But now he's back, and no one knows why - not his family or the cops, not the enemies he left...
Author
Series
Nameless City volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives in is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of the Dao, the latest occupiers, and the two must somehow work together if the City is to survive.
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English
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Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Ever since she can remember, seventeen-year-old Margot Nielsen has been living with her mother in a run-down, single-bedroom apartment where she has to follow a strange set of rules laid down by her mother, Jo. Longing to know of her past, Margot comes upon a family bible with a photograph and phone number, taking her on a journey to rural Nebraska where she discovers her grandmother Vera, living on the family homestead. Margot soon realizes the warm...
15) Uno's garden
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Uno builds a home and garden in the magnificent forest among the playful puddlebuts and feathered frinklepods, but as the place becomes more and more popular, it is overtaken by tourists and buildings until the forest and animals seem to disappear altogether.
16) Blackout
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.
18) Point last seen
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Series
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English
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Publisher Annotation: LIFE LAST SEEN - When you've already died, there should be nothing left to fear... When Adam Ramsdell pulls Elle's half-frozen body from the surf on a lonely California beach, she has no memory of what her full name is and how she got those bruises ringing her throat. GIRL LAST SEEN - Elle finds refuge in Adam's home on the edge of Gothic, a remote village located between the steep lonely mountains and the raging Pacific Ocean....
20) Monstrous
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When seventeen-year-old Latavia is presented as a human sacrifice to an ancient beast, she is determined to do whatever it takes to survive--even if that includes making a deal with the monster and endangering her crush and family.