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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inspired by true events in New London, Texas, a young woman peels back the layers of her family's history, discovering a tragedy in the past that explains so much of the present. This unforgettable story is one of hope, healing, and the discovery of truth"-- Provided by publisher.
When Katie Garrett gets the unexpected news that she's received an inheritance from the grandmother she hardly knew, it couldn't have come at a better time. She flees...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
She is the reason no one goes in the water. And she will make them pay. A chilling new novel for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson, Lamar Giles, and Ryan Douglass. Bronwyn is only supposed to be in rural Hillwoods for a year. Her grandmother is in hospice, and her father needs to get her affairs in order. And they're all meant to make some final memories together. Except Bronwyn is miserable. Her grandmother is dying, everyone is standoffish, and she can't...
Author
Series
Duff MacCallister volume 1
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Scottish Highlands, 1885. Two men, brandishing knives, attack a young woman outside a pub. Duff MacCallister steps in and saves her--killing one of the assailants. Big mistake. The attacker was the sheriff's son, and now MacCallister is marked for death. His only hope: America. Here, in the sprawling land of dreams, Duff hopes to start a new life with his American cousins. Unfortunately, the sheriff's deputies are tracking him down--with nine...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"I loved it (even though it made me cry)."-Jojo Moyes
For fans of This Is Us comes a story of a family divided and the secret that can possibly unite them – a life-affirming novel with a twist will break your heart and an ending that will put it together again.
A secret between two sisters.
A lifetime of lies unraveling.
Can one broken family find their way back to each other?
Audrey's dream as a mother had been for her daughters, Jess...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
After her daughter, Chess, breaks off an engagement and her fiance subsequently dies in a rock-climbing accident, divorcee Birdie Cousins encourages her younger daughter, Tate, and her sister, India, to join her and Chess on Tuckernuck Island for a month, a time when deep secrets are soon revealed.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"I'm 11-years-old, from the city, and my parents are mean alcoholics. One day the deputy takes me away to live with some distant relatives on their sprawling farm in the country. At the Larsen farm, I meet my Uncle Knute and Aunt Clair and their two children, Glennis and her wild brother Harris. I also meet Louie, the crusty old guy who works as a farmhand and steals all the pancakes at breakfast. Harris introduces me to life on the farm, and it proves...
11) Baroness
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
What could they possibly want when they already have everything? Two daughters of fortune have been handed all the makings for storybook happily-ever-afters. The only problem is, they don't want to live fairy-tale lives. But when forced to decide, will they really be able to abandon lives of ease and luxury for the love and adventure that beckons? Coming of age in the turbulent Roaring Twenties, each woman sets out to find romance—on her
...12) January joker
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seven-year-olds Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy make observations and gather clues that convince them that their older siblings, cousin, and animals have been captured by hungry space aliens.
Author
Series
First cousin shenanigans volume 1
Publisher
Electric Moon Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Nine first cousins go to their grandparent's farm for the last two weeks before school starts. They have always been good friends and are excited to spend time together.
14) February friend
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy follow clues to find whoever left a rabbit in their first-grade classroom on Valentine's Day, because they are worried the rabbit will get sick and die of loneliness.
High interest-low vocabulary books.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
"One day Maisy wakes up to a wonderful surprise: it's snowing! After putting on her coat, scarf, and gloves, she heads outside, where everything looks beautiful covered in snow, even if it's cold. Brrr! In the park, Eddie and Cyril are catching snowflakes on their tongues, while Charley and Tallulah throw snowballs. Maisy joins in the fun, and soon she and her friends are building a snowman and sledding down a hill. Yippee! When it gets too cold,...
16) The cousins
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
After receiving an invitation to spend the summer with their estranged grandmother, the Story cousins arrive at her house only to discover that she is not there, and the longer they stay on the island, the more they realize their mysterious family history has some deadly secrets.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
With her friends by her side, Maisy takes the lead in their exciting tour of the local museum where they get to see exhibits of everything from super-sized dinosaurs and rocket ships to vintage vehicles and even a giant dollhouse!
18) Jinx
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Jean "Jinx" Honeychurch, the descendant of a witch, must leave Iowa to live with relatives in Manhattan after the first spell she casts goes awry, but she will have to improve her skills to stop her cousin from practicing black magic that endangers them and the boy they both like.
19) Speechless
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As if being stuffed into last year's dress pants at his cousin's wake weren't uncomfortable enough, thirteen-year-old Jimmy has just learned from his mother that he has to say a few words at the funeral the next day. Why him? What could he possibly say about his cousin, who ruined everything they did? He can't recall one birthday party, family gathering, or school event with Patrick that didn't result in injury or destruction. As Jimmy attempts to...