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Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"1987. There's only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that's her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A teenage girl living in 1960s China becomes Mao Zedong's protégée and lover--and a poster child for the Cultural Revolution--in this provocative, poignant novel from the bestselling author of A River of Stars On the eve of China's Cultural Revolution and her sixteenth birthday, Mei dreams of becoming a model revolutionary. When the Communist Party recruits girls for a mysterious duty in the capital, she seizes the opportunity to escape her impoverished...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
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A group of teenage girls discover a dark secret about their fame-hungry Florida town that will haunt them for the rest of their lives when their friend, the local preacher's daughter, Sammy, goes missing.
"The Virgin Suicides meets The Florida Project in this wildly original debut—a coming-of-age story about the crucible of girlhood, from a writer of rare and startling talent We would not be born out of sweetness, we were born out of rage, we...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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"When her husband of a year disappears, Hannah quickly learns he is not who he said he was and is left to sort out the truth with just one ally- her husband's teenage daughter, who hates her"--
"Perfect summer reading! Don’t miss the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick that’s sold over 2 million copies–now an Apple TV+ limited series starring Jennifer Garner! The “page-turning, exhilarating” (PopSugar)...
Author
Publisher
N.A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Stripped of her image and identity after a devastating car accident and the resulting massive reconstructive surgery, Charlotte Swenson, a jaded model, is faced with a difficult struggle to rebuild her life in a culture obsessed with surface appearance.
Author
Series
Peachtree Bluff novels volume 4
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the newest installment of USA TODAY bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey's Peachtree Bluff series, three generations of the Murphy women must come together when a hurricane threatens to destroy their hometown-and the holiday season in the process"--
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English
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"A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white rust belt town. But she's not the first—and she may not be the last. . . . “I read this thriller that is Get Out meets The Vanishing Half in one night.”BuzzFeed “Extraordinary . . . A terrifying tale of fears and hatreds generated by racism and class inequality.”Associated Press A PHENOMENAL BOOK CLUB PICK It's watching. Liz Rocher is coming home . . . reluctantly....
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