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"Milo Andret, the genius who solved the Malosz Conjecture and won the Fields Medal for mathematics, had an unusual, even eerie mind from birth, but not until he moves to Berkeley in the 1970s to pursue a Ph. D. does he realize the extent of his singular talents. From the drug-soaked enclaves of beatnik California to the verdant lawns of Princeton University, from turbo-charged Wall Street to the quiet woods of Michigan, his reputation as one of the...
2) Looker
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Pub. Date
2019.
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In this taut and thrilling debut, an unraveling woman, unhappily childless and recently separated, becomes fixated on her neighbor--the beautiful, famous actress. The unnamed narrator can't help noticing with wry irony that, though she and the actress live just a few doors apart, they are separated by a chasm of professional success and personal fulfillment. When an interaction with the actress at the annual block party takes a disastrous turn, what...
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"The thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of An Anonymous Girl and The Wife Between Us. Shay Miller has three strikes against her: no job, no apartment, no love in her life. But when she witnesses a perfectly normal looking young woman about her age make the chilling decision to leap in front of an ongoing subway train, Shay realizes she could end up in the same spiral. She is intrigued by a group of women who seem to...
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Mira
Pub. Date
[2025]
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Publisher Annotation: Emma, a wealthy, independent, sensible CEO, has long put her chaotic childhood at the hands of alcoholic parents behind her. When she meets Matthew, a widower, gentle, interested and full of admiration for her success, they quickly fall into a serious relationship. Her best friends, Heidi and Gina, are initially delighted, but when Emma gets engaged after just three months, they panic. Matthew says the death of his first wife...
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2009
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What if your best friend, whom you've always counted on to flounder in life and love (making your own modest accomplishments look not so bad), suddenly starts to surpass you in every way?
Wendy's best friend, Daphne, has always been dependably prone to catastrophe. And Wendy has always been there to help. If Daphne veers from suicidal to madly in love, Wendy offers encouragement. But when Daphne is suddenly engaged, pregnant, and decorating a fabulous...
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Mira Books, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
2019.
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When Mel receives an unexpected email from her oldest friend Abi, it brings back memories she thought she had buried forever. Their friendship belonged in the past. To those carefree days at university. But Abi is recovering from a bad breakup and needs Mel's help, and she wants a place to stay. Just for a few days, while she sorts things out. It's the least Mel can do. After all, friends look out for each other, don't they? But when glamourous Abi...
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It is said that everyone over a certain age can remember distinctly what they were doing when they heard that President Kennedy had been assassinated, or that Princess Diana had been killed in a Paris car crash, but I, for one, could recall all too clearly where I was standing when a policeman told me that my wife had been murdered. Bill Russell is acting as a volunteer steward at Warwick races when he confronts his worst nightmare--the violent death...
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When her grandfather's health begins to decline, Havyn is determined to keep her family together. But everyone has secrets--including John, the hired stranger who recently arrived on their farm. To help out Havyn starts singing at a local roadhouse--but dangerous eyes grow jealous as she and John grow closer. Will they realize the peril before it is too late?
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Dzanc Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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As Lilith grows closer to Matt, she begins to recognize the dark undertow of obsession and jealousy that her presence has created between Matt and Frances, and finds herself balancing on a knife's edge between pain and pleasure, the promise of the future and the crushing isolation of the present. With stripped-down prose and unflinching clarity, Nash examines madness in the wreckage of love, and the loss of self that accompanies it.
12) Oystercatchers
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W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
2007
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Maintaining a vigil at the bedside of her sixteen-year-old comatose sister, Moira confesses the secrets and indiscretions that caused the coma-rendering accident, from Moira's resentment about her sister's birth to her deep-rooted insecurities and strained marriage.
14) Milo's monster
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Pub. Date
2023
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IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Milo loves spending time with his best friend, Jay. But when a new girl named Suzi moves in next door, Milo starts to feel left out. The jealous feeling gets stronger and stronger-until suddenly, a green-eyed monster pops up beside him! Soon, the monster is twisting up all of Milo's thoughts and making him feel sad. It won't leave him alone! Can Milo find a way to free himself from the monster and repair his relationship?"
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Kitty is excited to throw a kitty-corn party but becomes frustrated when newcomer Puppy messes up the decorations, ruins the gift Kitty made, and worst of all, he takes up all of Unicorn's attention.
16) New boy
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[2017]
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"From beloved, bestselling historical novelist Tracy Chevalier, whose mega-hit Girl with a Pearl Earring enchanted readers around the world, comes a poignant, unforgettable adaptation of Othello set in the fierce world of preadolescent children, where the grown-up forces of love and jealousy, and the hurt of being ostracized, can be as real and as devastating as for any adult. "O felt her presence behind him like a fire at his back." Arriving at his...
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Alpha Video Disbributors
Pub. Date
c2002
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A depraved bloodsucking sinister force is terrorizing the backwoods. When flirtatious sexpot Liz Walker (tee seductive Yvette Vickers) is thrown into the swamp by her jealous husband (Bruno Ve Sota). she's taken hostage by giant leaches and held captive in their underwater cavern of horror. Other townsfolk are soon abducted by the leeches, joining Liz in the monster's subterranean lair. The local desperately battle the mammoth leeches in an explosive...
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A tight-knit high school 'It' clique takes a dark turn when one member is lost to a tragedy. But it's only the first in a series of misfortunes as the friends become frenemies, and the girls become women who wonder who will be the last one standing...
At Bristol High they were an elite clique known as the Five Firsts: Amanda, Bailey, Carmen, Delta and Zora. At a pre-graduation party just before the end of senior year,Tanner Stahd, the school daredevil,...
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Dutton Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
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Fifteen-year-old Carly's summer volunteer experience makes her feel more real than her life of privilege in Atlanta ever did, but her younger sister starts high school pretending to be what she is not, and both find their relationships suffering.
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