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1) Windfall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Alice doesnt believe in luck-at least, not the good kind. But she does believe in love, and for some time now, shes been pining for her best friend, Teddy. On his eighteenth birthday-just when it seems they might be on the brink of something-she buys him a lottery ticket on a lark. To their astonishment, he wins $140 million, and in an instant, everything changes. At first, it seems like a dream come true, especially since the two of them are no strangers...
Author
Series
Inheritance games volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why -- or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch -- and his love of...
3) Games untold
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Novellas and short stories set before, during, and after the Inheritance Games series."--
4) Found money
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
"Amy Parkens is a struggling single mother forced to abandon a career in astronomy for a practical computer job. She feels condemned to long hours, low pay, and no time to spend with her daughter. Then an unmarked package arrives. There's no card, no note, no return address. Someone has simply sent her a small fortune. Amy has no idea who - or why. She only knows her dead-end life has changed forever."--BOOK JACKET. "But when she tries to look her...
Author
Series
Inheritance games volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Rumors spread that Tobias Hawthorne's lost son may still be alive, casting doubt on seventeen-year-old Avery's inheritance and changing the rules of the game.
Author
Series
Blue bloods volume 4
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Once left to live the glamorous life in New York City, the Blue Bloods--an ancient group of vampires--now find themselves in an epic battle for survival following the stunning revelation of a young socialite's true identity and the growing threat of the sinister Silver Bloods.
Author
Series
Heist society novels volume 3
Publisher
Disney Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When feisty teenaged thief Kat's on-again off-again boyfriend, Hale, suddenly inherits his family's billion dollar company, Kat gets a tip-off that the will is a fake.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis finds the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James outside the gates of an exclusive resort, she teams up with Ashley's older sister Nora to find the killer, and she is thrown into a world of unimaginable wealth and privilege--and the fight for her life."--
10) Poor Mallory!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Mallory, whose family is suddenly short of money, takes a baby-sitting job and needs the help of the Baby-sitters Club in adjusting to her new employers' wealth.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Nisha Cantor is the longstanding second wife of wealthy American businessman, Carl, a master of murky wheeler-dealing. In London as part of their privileged, globe-trotting life, Nisha is caught entirely off-guard when, at the gym of all places, she learns Carl plans to divorce her. Nisha is glamorous, fearless, and determined to hang onto the life she has created for herself. But soon, she must scramble to adjust to an entirely new landscape as she...
Author
Series
Inheritance games volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
"Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Grayson’s half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does best: take care of the problem—efficiently, effectively, mercilessly. And without getting bogged down in emotional entanglements. Jameson Hawthorne...
14) Aly's House
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Aly Kingston still retains her girlhood crush on Marshall Wayne, despite his apparent designs on her father's bank.
.A tender, classic love story about the power of first love and the promise of a second chance . . . Aly Kingston has only ever loved one man: Marshall Wayne. But she put all of those childish dreams behind her ages ago when the Waynes left town. Her father's victory at foreclosing on the Wayne family farm, the betrayal written all...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A young Southern woman of modest means suddenly finds herself thrust into New York's high society when she discovers that she is the illegitimate daughter of a recently-deceased billionaire. Savannah Morgan had high hopes. She dreamed of becoming a writer and escaping her South Carolina town, where snooty debutantes have always looked down on her. But at twenty-four, she's become a frustrated ex-cheerleader who lives with her mother and wonders if...
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by newcomer Chan Chau! Kristy's mom got remarried and their family moved to the ritzy neighborhood across town. The other members of The Baby-sitters Club think it's a good opportunity to get some new business, but the kids who live nearby aren't very friendly. They criticize Kristy's clothes and make fun of the BSC. And, worst of all, they laugh at Louie, Kristy's pet collie, who's getting old...
Author
Series
Family business volume 7
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Operated by the same family for more than a century, Midnight Blues may be fun for the locals and the tourists, but as of late, the club hasn't been fun for its owner, Big Shirley Duncan, or her son Tyrese, descendants of the original proprietors. The pair finds themselves in the middle of a turf war between local politicians, developers, and a ruthless underworld boss, Jean LeBlanc, who is looking to make a name for himself. Afraid for the first...