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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Likely to be the debut novel of the year." - San Francisco Chronicle. Named one of the most anticipated books of 2020 by The Millions, The Week, Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, Electric Lit, Vogue.com, Medium, Paste Magazine, and more. An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape-trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma...
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English
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Brought back together when Cassidy, the little sister they have in common, suddenly needs them both, Daisy and Sage must cast aside their hatred for each other to care for Cassidy and are caught off guard when long-buried secrets lead to forgiveness and a powerful friendship.
Author
Series
Pain and the Great One volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Revisits the sometimes challenging relationship between a six-year-old (The Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (The Great One) through seven chapters featuring such events as learning to ride a bicycle, having a birthday party, and dog-sitting
Author
Series
Pendergast novels volume 7
Language
English
Description
The Museum of Natural History receives back a pilfered gem collection, which has been is ground to dust. To quell the PR nightmare the museum decides to reopen the Tomb of Senef; that's when the killings and talk of ancient curse start. FBI agent Pendergast is pitted against his brilliant, psychotic brother Diogenes.
Author
Series
Pendergast novels volume 6
Language
English
Description
Hot on the trail of a killer in Manhattan, FBI Special Agent Pendergast must face his most brilliant and dangerous enemy: his own brother.
Two brothers.
One a top FBI agent.
The other a brilliant, twisted criminal.
An undying hatred between them.
Now, a perfect crime.
And the ultimate challenge:
Stop me if you can...
Two brothers.
One a top FBI agent.
The other a brilliant, twisted criminal.
An undying hatred between them.
Now, a perfect crime.
And the ultimate challenge:
Stop me if you can...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Mother says deep down in his heart. Anthony loves me. Anthony says deep down in his heart he thinks I stink. Anthony's younger brother puts up with a lot. Every time he wants to play with Anthony and his friends, or even go into the playroom, Anthony starts to clobber him. There's nothing he can do now...but just wait until he's six!
Author
Series
Poppy the pirate dog volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her owners notice that Poppy the pirate dog is lonely, they decide to get her a friend, but Poppy doesn't expect it to be an orange kitten.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"When Charlie Garrett arrives as a young teacher at the Abbott School, he finds a world steeped in privilege and tradition. The school's green quads are lined by gothic stone halls, students dart across campus in blazers and bright plaid skirts. Fresh out of college and barely older than the students he teaches, Charlie longs to find his place in the rarefied world of Abbottsford. He is particularly drawn to the school chaplain, Preston Bankhead,...
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Young Bill Varney just can't get ahead. His father treats him like just another hired ranch hand while lavishing attention on his twin sister, Vida. When gunfighters Ace Kehoe challenges Bill's father to a gunfight, Vida wants him to take their father's place.
13) Crazy blood
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Language
English
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"The Carson dynasty rules the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Founded by patriarch Adam, the town is the site of the Mammoth Cup ski race-a qualifier for the Olympics. But when Wylie Welborn, Adam's illegitimate grandson, returns after a stint in Afghanistan, it reopens a dark moment in Carson family history: the murder of Wylie's father by his jealous and very pregnant wife, Cynthia. Her son Sky, born...
14) Ace takes flight
Author
Series
B.E.S.T. world volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Ace Wells' dream has come true: he is a new cadet in the Biological Enhancement Program. Until now, he's been living in the shadow of his brother, but not for long.
15) Fire with fire
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Raised to kill dragons along with her sister, Dani Rivera unexpectedly forges a rare and magical bond with one who makes her question everything she thought she knew about dragons, which pits her against her sister.
16) Nineteen minutes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Description
Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens--until the day its complacency is shattered by a school shooting. Josie Cormier, the daughter of the judge sitting on the case, should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes--or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show--destroying the closest of friendships and...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Growing up, Adrien and his sister Grace competed for everything. It wasn't easy being the adopted sibling, but Adrien tried to get along; Grace didn't. When their scientist parents died, they drifted apart. In their senior year, they are both back at the boarding school where their parents taught. Life gets more complicated when Adrien starts to suspect that Grace might be stealing their parents' research and claiming it as her own--or worse, that...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A contemporary Western debut about two brothers locked in a deadly feud, a woman on horseback trailing her husband's killer, and the inescapable ties of home and family. When Silas Van Loy flees home on horseback to avoid capture for his brother's murder, he is soon followed by both the police and his brother's wife, Lena, who is intent on exacting revenge. She reluctantly lets her trusted stable assistant join her in a journey across the wilds of...
19) Love me tender
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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After hearing his older brother (Richard Egan) has been killed in combat, a young Texas farmer (Presley) marries the man's sweetheart (Debra Paget). But his brother returns, sparking a bitter sibling rivalry and tragic confrontation with Union soldiers.
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