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1) Looker
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
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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"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...
3) The layover
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Single and jobless, best friends Meg and Kate are in a rough patch. When the pair decides to take a tropical vacation to escape the stress of their lives, a hurricane reroutes their flight to St. Louis for an extended layover. Stuck in a hotel with their fellow passengers, Meg and Kate suddenly find that their vacation has turned into an all-out competition for the same hot guy they met on the plane.
6) Toy story
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Book
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Woody the cowboy has always been Andy's favorite toy until Buzz Lightyear shows up. Desperate to stay Andy's favorite, Woody tries to get rid of the shiny space ranger. But when Buzz and Woody accidentally land in the home of Andy's scary neighbor, Sid, they quickly realize that they're going to have to work together both to escape Sid and to get on the moving van carrying Andy to his new home.
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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...
Author
Series
Tiara Club at Ruby Mansions volume 6
Publisher
Katherine Teegan Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Pinky and Rex are excited. It's pumpkin-picking weekend with Pinky's Grandma and Grandpa. Pinky's sister and cousin are coming along, too. At Meadowbrook Farm, they'll pick the perfect pumpkin. Then they'll take it to Grandma and Grandpa's and carve it for Halloween. But when Pinky's cousin arrives, she doesn't say hello to Rex. Instead she does her best to keep Rex out of the fun. Rex feels hurt. When a terrible thing happens, she feels even worse....
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Pinky wants to try out for the school play. Rex, on the other hand, is terrified of appearing on stage. But when Pinky talks Rex into going with him to the auditions, guess who ends up getting the lead part that Pinky wanted for himself? Rex is so good, the teacher changes the name of the play so that she can play the lead role. And Pinky has been cast as one of the monkeys! It's no wonder that Pinky is sad and angry. Will Pinky and Rex still be best...
13) Oystercatchers
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
2007
Description
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) I invited her in
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Publisher
Mira Books, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
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...
15) Drive me crazy
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Opposites attract with irresistible force in this fresh, funny, feel-good comedy about two mismatched teens who scheme to make their ex's jealous.
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Description
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...
18) Othello
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Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
20) Homecoming
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
A former small-town golden boy and his new girlfriend come back to visit his hometown over Christmas break and discover his high school sweetheart has developed an unhealthy obsession for him. Her desperation slowly but surely becomes apparent, and all hell breaks loose as she does everything it takes to get him back.
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