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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Robert Louis Stevenson originally wrote "Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde" as a " chilling shocker." He then burned the draft and, upon his wife's advice, rewrote it as the darkly complex tale it is today. Stark, skillfully woven, this fascinating novel explores the curious turnings of human character through the strange case of Dr. Jekyll, a kindly scientist who by night takes on his stunted evil self, Mr. Hyde. Anticipating modern psychology, "Jekyll And...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Angie finds herself in her neighborhood with no recollection of her abduction or the three years that have passed since, until alternate personalities start telling her their stories through letters and recordings.
3) Bone cold
Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-three years ago, Anna North survived a living nightmare. A madman kidnapped her, cut off her pinkie, then vanished. Today Anna lives in New Orleans, writing dark thrillers under another name. She finally feels safe. Suddenly Anna's quiet life takes a frightening turn. ... The nightmare has begun again."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Sleeper conspiracy volume 2
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old narcoleptic Tom Lovett struggles against Tyler, his alter ego, meanwhile working with Pandora, a secret government agency, to destroy the mastermind that created him.
Author
Language
English
Description
Idealistic young scientist Henry Jekyll struggles to unlock the secrets of the soul. Testing chemicals in his lab, he drinks a mixture he hopes will isolate--and eliminate--human evil. Instead it unleashes the dark forces within him, transforming him into the hideous and murderous Mr. Hyde. "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" dramatically brings to life a science-fiction case study of the nature of good and evil and the duality that can...
8) Both of me
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"When her carry-on bag is accidentally switched with Elias's identical pack, Clara uses the luggage tag to track down her things. At that address she discovers there is not one Elias Phinn, but two"--
Author
Series
Addicted novels (Zane) volume 2
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Struggling with a split personality that renders her shy and repressed on one side and promiscuous and brazen on the other, Jonquinette seeks psychiatric counseling, but her progress is impeded by her alter ego's determination to survive.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traumatized by abuse suffered after she was kidnapped at age four and held for two years, a twenty-one-year-old college senior who has developed multiple personalities finds herself accused of murdering her college professor.
13) Freshwater
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Language
English
Description
Traces the experiences of a deeply troubled young woman who alarms her devout Nigerian family as she succumbs to multiple personality disorder and begins to display increasingly dark and dangerous traits in accordance with her fractured personalities.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Perfect Daughter is a thriller that explores the truth or lies behind a teenage girl's multiple personality disorder, from D.J. Palmer, the author of The New Husband. Grace never dreamt she'd visit her teenaged daughter Penny in the locked ward of a decaying state psychiatric hospital, charged with a shocking and brutal murder. There was not much question of her daughter's guilt. Police had her fingerprints on the murder weapon and the victim's...
16) A scanner darkly
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly is a semi-autobiographical novel of drug addiction set in a future American dystopia and the basis for the Hugo Award finalist film starring Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, and Robert Downey, Jr.
Bob Arctor is a junkie and a drug dealer, both using and selling the mind-altering Substance D. Fred is a law enforcement agent, tasked with bringing Bob down. It sounds like a standard case. The only problem is that Bob and...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Jessica Taylor is walking her dog in the rain when she meets the man of her dreams-only to be struck by lightning moments later. When she wakes up in the hospital, the doctors insist she's someone else: Lauren Richards, wife and mother of four.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Alma
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Robert Louis Stevenson fue uno de los gigantes de la novela de aventuras, pero también fue uno de los grandes conocedores de la mentalidad humana, por lo que tarde o temprano escribiría un clásico eterno como El extraño caso del doctor Jekyll y el señor Hyde. Como testigo lúcido de la Revolución Industrial en el Reino Unido, Stevenson reflexiona sobre los límites de los métodos y la ética científica, y sobre todo, de una manera absorbente...
19) One of us knows
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Years after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical preservationist career, Kenetria Nash and her alters have been given a second chance they can't refuse: a position as resident caretaker of a historic home. Having been dormant for years, Ken has no idea what led them to this isolated Hudson River island, but she's determined not to ruin their opportunity. Then a surprise visit from the home's conservation...