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Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
It was a hunting accident that much Charlie is sure of. That's how his father, Matt Rizzo--a gentle intellectual who writes epic poems in Braille--had lost his vision. It's not until Charlie's troubled teenage years, when he's facing time for his petty crimes, that he learns the truth. Matt Rizzo was blinded by a shotgun blast to the face but it was while participating in an armed robbery. Newly blind and without hope, Matt began his bleak new life...
1162) The secrets we keep
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Told in flashbacks, dark fairytales, and present-day prose, fourteen-year-old Emma, whose best friend has accused her father of heinous crimes, must testify against her friend's word, and her carefully constructed "truths" about what she may or may not have witnessed between father and friend start to crumble.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022].
Description
"A woman embarks on an unexpected journey into her past in an engrossing novel about identity, family secrets, and rediscovering the need to belong. Meena Dave is a photojournalist and a nomad. She has no family, no permanent address, and no long-term attachments, preferring to observe the world at a distance through the lens of her camera. But Meena's solitary life is turned upside down when she unexpectedly inherits an apartment in a Victorian brownstone...
1164) A dash of trouble
Author
Series
Love sugar magic volume 1
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Wanting to be a part of her family's Dia de los Muertos preparations, Leonora sneaks out of school to discover her mother, aunt, and older sisters have been keeping a secret: they're brujas--witches of Mexican ancestry--who pour a little bit of sweet magic into everything that they bake. Leo knows that she has magical ability as well and is more determined than ever to join the family business--even if she can't let her mama and hermanas know about...
1165) The orchid house
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2011
Description
A heart-rending page turner which sweeps from war-torn Europe to Thailand and back again ... As a child Julia Forrester spent many idyllic hours in the hothouse of Wharton Park estate, where her grandfather tended the exotic flowers. So when a family tragedy strikes, Julia returns to the tranquility of Wharton Park and its hothouse. Recently inherited by charismatic Kit Crawford, the estate is undergoing renovation. This leads to the discovery of...
1166) Deadly
Author
Series
Pretty little liars volume 14
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Description
High school seniors Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer have all done horrible things -- things that would put them behind bars if anyone ever found out. And their stalker 'A' knows everything. So far A has kept their secrets, using them to torture the girls. But now A's changed the game. Suddenly the girls are hauled in for questioning, and all their worlds begin to unravel. If A's plan succeeds, Rosewood's pretty little liars will be locked away for...
Author
Series
Monstress volume 5
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The smoldering embers of animosity between humans and Arcanics have reignited, and a new war has engulfed the Known World. Maika Halfwolf realizes another war, of cosmic proportions, is fast approaching but she needs to survive this battle first. Maika must put aside personal betrayals and private revelations to defend the walled Arcanic city of Ravenna, the first major target of the Federation of Man. As the battle heats up, Maika and her friends...
1168) The portal
Author
Series
Tangled in time volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"Life used to be great for Rose: full of friends, a loving mom, and a growing fashion blog. But when her mother dies in a car crash, Rose is sent away to live with a strange grandmother she hardly knows and forced to attend a new school where mean girls ridicule her at every turn. The one place Rose finds refuge is in her grandmother's Tudor-style greenhouse. But one night, she sees a strange light glowing from within it. She climbs a ladder to investigate......
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Orphaned during the Second World War, Aelish and Isabel McGuire--known as the twins of Belfast--are given over to the austere care of the Sisters of Bethlehem. Though they are each all the other has, the girls are propelled in opposite directions as they grow up. Rebellious Isabel turns her back on the church and Ireland, traveling to Newfoundland where she pursues a perilous yet independent life. Devout Aelish chooses to remain in Northern Ireland...
1170) Daughters of Warsaw
Author
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"1942, Warsaw: Young Zofia finds herself leading a double life when she is enlisted to help the fearless Irena Sendler save hundreds of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto. Every night, Zofia risks her life to shepherd the children to safety. But when the worst happens, she is forced to make her riskiest journey yet to keep Irena’s mission alive. Now, Seattle: After yet another miscarriage, heartbroken Lizzie returns to the comfort of her...
1171) The Lucky Shamrock
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Family doesn't mean everyone has to like each other. That's the case when cousins Taryn, Anna Rose, and Jorja return to Shamrock, Texas, to help manage their grandmother's flower shop, the Lucky Shamrock. The reunion isn't exactly a beautiful arrangement -- considering they're as compatible as ranchers and coyotes. Thank heaven for a handsome go-between like Clinton, who lives above the shop. The easygoing war vet, and most eligible bachelor in Wheeler...
1172) Black Canary: Ignite
Author
Series
Publisher
[DC Zoom, an imprint of] DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Dinah Lance is in a rock band with her two best friends and has a good relationship with her mom, but when a mysterious figure threatens her friends and family, she learns more about herself and her mother's secret past."--Provided by publisher.
1173) Time will tell
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 20
Description
Relates the efforts of teens Elayah, Liam, Jorja, and Marcie to solve a 1986 murder, and the actions of their then-teenaged fathers leading up to the crime.
Four teens dig up the time capsule that their parents buried in 1986 and never bothered to recover. In addition to the expected ephemera of mixtapes, Walkmans, photographs, letters, toys, and assorted junk, Elayah, Liam, Marcie, and Jorja discover something sinister: a hunting knife stained with...
1174) Lone women: a novel
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It's locked at all times. Because when the trunk is opened, people around her start to disappear... The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, and forced her to flee her hometown of Redondo, California, in a hellfire rush, ready to make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will be one of...
1175) Lost birds
Author
Series
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 27
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Joe Leaphorn may be long retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, but his detective skills are still sharp, honed by his work as a private detective. His experience will be essential to solve a compelling new case: finding the birth parents of a woman who was raised by a bilagaana family but believes she is Dine based on one solid clue, an old photograph with a classic Navajo child's blanket. Leaphorn discovers that his client's adoption was questionable,...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"1999: The Kim family is struggling to move on after their mother, Sunny, vanished a year ago. Sixty-one-year-old John Kim feels more isolated from his grown children, Anastasia and Ronald, than ever before. But one eveneing, their fragile lives are further upended when John finds the body of a stranger in their backyard. The man was carrying a letter to Sunny, which leaves the family with more questions than ever about their mother and her life outside...
1178) All my secrets
Author
Series
Gilded age volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
When her husband's unexpected death bestows his fortune on a male heir, Sylvia tries to marry her daughter off to a wealthy husband to maintain their lifestyle, but is stopped by her mother-in-law, who wants more for her granddaughter.
1179) The fox maidens
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Set in 16th century Korea, this queer, feminist reimagining of the Fox Maiden legend from Korean mythology follows Kai Song, who is determined to be a warrior as she must come to terms with her true identity and take control of her destiny after learning a deadly secret.
Kai Song dreams of being a warrior. She wants to follow in the footsteps of her beloved father, the commander of the Royal Legion. But while her father believes in Kai and trains...
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