Steve West
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Series
Ember in the ashes volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Laia is determined to break into Kauf-the Empire's most secure and dangerous prison-and save her brother, whose knowledge of Serric steel is the key to the Scholars' future. And Elias is determined to stay by Laia's side...even if it means giving up his own chance at freedom
2) The widow
Author
Series
Kate Waters novels (Fiona Barton) volume 1
Language
English
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"Following the twists and turns of an unimaginable crime, The Widow is an electrifying debut thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife. When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on when more bad things began to happen. . . But that woman's husband died last week. And Jean doesn't have to be her anymore. There's a lot...
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Divided by their society into Wanted and Unwanted at thirteen, estranged twin brothers Aaron and Alex have both run into trouble--as mage of Artime, Alex must defend the island from attack, while Aaron continues to scheme to take over the islands and getrid of the Unwanteds altogether.
Uncover adventure and dangerous secrets in book four of the New York Times bestselling Unwanteds series, which Kirkus Reviews called “The Hunger Games meets Harry...
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
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Alex and his friends from Artime are stranded on a newly discovered island after barely surviving a storm that destroys their ship. And it turns out they're not alone. Back in Quill, Aaron's power base grows as he aligns himself with an unlikely ally. Together, the two enact a drastic, risky plan to finally conquer Artime, a plan that could ultimately leave everyone in both Artime and Quill in far more danger than Aaron realizes.
Author
Series
Sands of Arawiya volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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In a world inspired by ancient Arabia, seventeen-year-old huntress Zafira must disguise herself as a man to seek a lost artifact that could return magic to her cursed world.
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English
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Breaking the promise he made to his beautiful wife, to never pry into her past, when they arrive at her childhood home, a crumbling manor shrouded in mystery, a scholar of myths must choose between reality and fantasy, even if doing so threatens to destroy their marriage--or their lives.
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author Gilly Macmillan comes this original, chilling and twisty mystery about two shocking murder cases twenty years apart, and the threads that bind them. Twenty years ago, eleven-year-olds Charlie Paige and Scott Ashby were murdered in the city of Bristol, their bodies dumped near a dog racing track. A man was convicted of the brutal crime, but decades later, questions still linger. For his whole life, filmmaker Cody...
Author
Series
Guilty one volume 1
Language
English
Description
Solicitor Daniel Hunter is called to defend 11-year-old Sebastian who has been charged with the murder of a young boy on a London playground. While examining Sebastian's life in order to save it, Daniel can't help but be transported to his own difficult youth spent in foster care - a time when the one he trusted the most was the one who betrayed him.
10) The child
Author
Series
Kate Waters novels (Fiona Barton) volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, it's a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who is the Building Site Baby? As Kate investigates, she unearths connections to a crime that rocked the city decades earlier: A newborn baby was stolen from...