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Author
Series
Father Christmas mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Thornford Regis has never been lovelier. But inside the empty village hall, the huge Japanese drum that's featured in the festivities has been viciously sliced open--and curled up inside is the bludgeoned body of Sybella Parry, the beautiful 19-year-old daughter of the choir director.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New York florist Flora Donovan is living the dream, but her bubbly optimism hides a secret. She's lonely. Orphaned as a child, she's never felt like she's belonged anywhere... until she meets Jack Parker. He's the first man to ever really see her, and it's life changing. Teenager Izzy Parker is holding it together by her fingertips. Since her mother passed away a year ago, looking after her dad and little sister is the only thing that makes Izzy...
Author
Series
Jess Jordan series volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Jess knows her summer plans are ruined but little could she imagine the huge surprise that awaits her when she visits her dad's home for the first time in years.
5) Slam
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones' girlfriend gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes dramatically.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When a series of chance events leaves him in possession of an urn with ashes, sixteen-year-old Londoner, Lucas Swain, becomes convinced that its occupant, Violet Park, is communicating with him, initiating a voyage of self-discovery that forces him to finally confront the events surrounding his father's sudden disappearance.
7) Death run
Author
Series
Rich and Jade volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A Mafia banker with access to a large number of criminal accounts is willing to give evidence in exchange for help retiring from the mob, but when spy John Chase assists him, he puts his fifteen-year-old twins, Rich and Jade, in the line of fire.
Author
Series
Casson family volume 3
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While trying to reconnect with her friend Tom, who has returned to the United States without leaving a forwarding address, eight-year-old Rose inadvertently discovers the identity of her adopted sister Saffy's father.
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Surviving a shipwreck en route to London from Jamaica was just the start of Jemina St. Maur's nightmare. Suffering from amnesia, she was separated from anyone who might know her, and imprisoned in Bedlam."--Publisher description.
11) Troublemakers
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When east London is targeted by a bomber, fifteen-year-old Alena, raised by her half-brother and his boyfriend, becomes increasingly rebellious and insistent on learning about her long-dead activist mother.
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter in New York City. A great love story on the cusp of beginning. And then he was gone. For Lara and her daughter Eliza, it has always been just the two of them. But when Eliza turns eighteen and wants to connect with her father, Lara is forced to admit a secret that she has been keeping from her daughter her whole life. Eliza needs answers - and so does Lara. Their journey to the truth will take them on a road trip across England...
Author
Publisher
Bookouture, an imprint of StoryFire Ltd
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Claudia thought she knew how this summer was going to go. Turns out, she didn't have a clue... It's been two years since Claudia arrived on the beautifully rugged Cornish coast with nothing but a suitcase to her name. She'd walked out on the husband who had never loved her, ditched the corporate job she'd never wanted and vowed that no gym membership card would come within ten feet of her ever again. Swapping boardrooms and cocktails for a little...