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Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jenni's much-anticipated vacation with her family and best friend Autumn goes awry when an old elevator transports her to a future in which everything has changed, and she must not only return to her time but find a way to prevent what she has seen from coming true.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
It is set in a different village in the quaint but surprisingly lethal Midsomer County. Elderly villager Emily Simpson is found dead in her cottage after witnessing something unsettling in the woods. The doctor says its deatrh by natural causes. Emily's life-long friend, Lucy, thinks otherwise.
3) Amy Snow
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Abandoned as an infant in a snowbank in 1831 on the grounds of an estate in England, Amy Snow is discovered by the young heiress Aurelia Vennaway. Despite Aurelia's parents' cold and unwelcoming disapproval, the girls grow up as close as sisters. So when Aurelia dies young, Amy is devastated, abandoned once again. But Aurelia has left Amy one last gift: a coded letter that hints of a secret Aurelia never revealed. The letter starts Amy on a treasure...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Freda Kelly was just a shy Liverpudlian teenager when she was asked to work for a local band hoping to make it big. Though she had no concept of how far they would go, Freda had faith in The Beatles from the beginning and The Beatles had faith in her. Many people came in and out of the band's circle as they grew to international stardom, but Freda remained a staple because of her unfaltering loyalty and dedication. As The Beatles' devoted secretary...
Author
Series
Knight's Haddon volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"At Knight's Haddon, a remote all-girls boarding school, feisty orphan Edie is assigned to spy on fragile, exotic Anastasia. Instead, the two become best friends--and discover a sinister mystery"--
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The entire town thinks sixteen-year-old Sadie Saunders is dead. Missing now for a week, they say she was murdered. And they think they know who did it. Sadie's five best friends aren't so sure, and they vow to find out the truth. So they pack their bags and head into the woods where Sadie was last seen. But they're not just friends, they're suspects. And each of them has a secret. As the landscape opens up, and the darkness closes in, the reality...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"London, 1968. Liz Houghton is languishing as an obituary writer at a London newspaper when a young girl's disappearance captivates the city. If Liz can break the story, it's her way into the newsroom. She already has a scoop: her best friend, Marisa, is a police officer assigned to the case. Liz follows Marisa to Dorset, where they make another disturbing discovery. Over two decades earlier, three girls disappeared while evacuating from London. One...
Author
Series
Minerva Mint volume 3
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The village of Pembrose seems to be under siege by the ghost of a pirate called Black Bart, and Minerva and her friends are determined to contact the ghost and convince him to perform a good deed so he can rest--but the real problem may be an escaped villain named Cain North.
Author
Series
Minerva Mint volume 2
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The town of Pembrose in Cornwall, where Minerva, Ravi, and Thomasina live, is surrounded by places in the legends of King Arthur (which attract tourists), so when a famous archeologist arrives to debunk the legends, the three friends put aside the mystery of Minerva's identity and set out to prove that there really is magic in this place.
12) On the bright side, I'm now the girlfriend of a Sex God: further confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Author
Series
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Georgia continues her diary in which she records her misadventures trying to reclaim the attention of seventeen-year-old Robbie, while coping with her friends, family, and dog-like cat Angus at the same time.Sequel to: Angus, thongs and full-frontal snoggingSequel: Knocked out by my nunga-nungas
Author
Series
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson volume 2
Publisher
Harpertempest
Pub. Date
2006, c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Georgia continues her diary in which she records her misadventures trying to reclaim the attention of seventeen-year-old Robbie, while coping with her friends, family, and dog-like cat Angus at the same time.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When a young woman finds herself lost and at a crossroads, one last gift from her brother just might give her another chance at life and at love in this epic holiday romance from the author of Always, in December Sometimes the best gifts in life are the ones you don't expect. Cassie and Tom lost their parents at a young age and relied on each other--as well as a community of friends--to cope. They were especially close with Tom's best friend, Sam,...
Author
Series
Mischief and matchmaking volume 1
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea. It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth’s skin crawl and she’d rather be anywhere but here. Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She figures she has plenty of security...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A sweeping romance set at a bohemian artist colony on the picturesque coast of pre-war England and is based on the true story of painter Sir Alfred Munnings and his blue-blood best friend Gilbert. Munnings rises to become one of the premier artists of his time, winning the affection of beauty Florence Carter-Wood. But when Gilbert falls for Florence as well, a love triangle emerges with tragic consequences.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The never-before-published diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard-who spent her teenaged years living out World War II in Windsor Great Park with her close friends Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth, the future queen of the United Kingdom-provide an extraordinary and intimate look at the British Royal Family. Like so many others in Great Britain, young Alathea Fitzalan Howard's life was turned upside down by the start of the Second World War. Sent...