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2) Debris
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Series
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English
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After being exposed to radioactive particles as part of a clean-up gang in the depths of space, Tanyana develops an ability to understand the apparently sentient stuff. Powerless, penniless, and scarred, Tanyana must adjust to her new life collecting magical garbage--but she soon realizes this debris is more important than anyone could guess.
3) The kingdom
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English
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A mechanic from a rural mountain village finds the limits of his family loyalties tested when his entrepreneur brother announces plans to revitalize the community through a hotel project that becomes increasingly overshadowed by greed and dangerous secrets.
6) Whereabouts
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Follows the routines of a misfit city dweller who experiences a year of remarkable transformation in the aftermath of a parent’s death.
"A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies--her first in nearly a decade. Exuberance and dread, attachment and estrangement: in this novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her themes to the limit. The woman at the center wavers between stasis and movement, between...
Author
Series
Thrush Green series volume 2
Publisher
Sound Library / BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
" ...the arrival of a stranger to live in the village stirs up ripples of speculation and interest..." -- from container.
8) Suited
Author
Series
Veiled worlds trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Tanyayna, stuck inside a powerful suit, has been made a debris collector and becomes involved in the battle between the Keeper and the Puppet Men over the city of Movoc-under-Keeper.
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"For Ruthie, the frozen, snow-padded town of Waitsfield, Massachusetts, is all she has ever known. But this is no picturesque New England. Once "home of the bean and the cod, where Lowells speak only to Cabots, and Cabots speak only to God," by the 1980s it is an unforgiving place, awash with secrets. Very Cold People tells Ruthie's story, through her eyes: from the shame handed down through her Italian and Jewish immigrant forebears and indomitable...
10) Updraft
Author
Series
Bone universe novels volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to a world of wind and bone, songs and silence, betrayal and courage. Kirit Densira cannot wait to pass her wingtest and begin flying as a trader by her mother's side, being in service to her beloved home tower and exploring the skies beyond. When Kirit inadvertently breaks Tower Law, the city's secretive governing body, the Singers, demand that she become one of them instead. In an attempt to save her family from greater censure, Kirit must...
Author
Series
Mill River (Darcie Chan) volume 1
Publisher
Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The sensational New York Times bestseller, The Mill River Recluse reminds us that friendship, family, and love can come from the most unexpected places. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy. Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more. From the outside, Mill River looks like any sleepy little Vermont town where everyone knows everyone and people never need to lock their doors. There are newcomers...
Author
Series
Most likely to volume 3
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller.In the final book in Amazon Charts bestselling author Catherine Bybees Most Likely To trilogy, River Bends rebel follows in her fathers footsteps to become sheriff. But it might be time to forge her own path "Some kids inherit a family business; Jo Ward inherited a badge. Once voted Most Likely to End Up in Jail, the town wild child has become sheriff-- hell-bent on uncovering the truth about her father's mysterious...
13) El reino
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Publisher
Roja y Negra/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
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En lo alto de una montana, en los paramos de Noruega, hay un viejo caseron habitado por un hombre solitario. Se llama Roy, es experto en pajaros, lleva la gasolinera del pueblo y en cada casa corre un rumor sobre el. Su vida gris se reabre con la vuelta de Carl, su hermano pequeno. No se ven desde que se fue a estudiar a Estados Unidos hace quince anos, tras la muerte tragica de sus padres en un accidente de coche. El hijo prodigo trae consigo a su...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Nestled on a lonely stretch along the Pacific coast, quaint roadside outpost Harmony Corner offers everything a weary traveler needs-- a cozy diner, a handy service station, a cluster of motel rooms-- and the Harmony family homestead presiding over it all. But when Odd Thomas and company stop to spend the night, they discover that there's more to this secluded haven than meets the eye-- and that between life and death, there is something more frightening...
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Series
Siege volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of how the City was saved, by Notker the professional liar, written down because eventually the truth always seeps through. The City may be under siege, but everyone still has to make a living. Take Notker, the acclaimed playwright, actor and impresario. Nobody works harder, even when he's not working. Thankfully, the good citizens of Classis appreciate an evening at the theatre even when there are large rocks falling out of the...
16) Cranford
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Publisher
Penguin Classics
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears; he is either fairly frightened to death by being the only man in the Cranford evening parties, or he is accounted for by being with his regiment, his ship, or closely engaged in business all the week in the great neighbouring commercial town of Drumble,...
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