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1990. Please write and tell me why you should live here. Toby Dobbs received a big Victorian house with too many bedrooms to count as a wedding present from his father, but his marriage is over within a month. Very alone, and very lonely, Toby posts an advertisement seeking the Unexpectedly Alone to become his roommates. Fifteen years later, the wayward souls he takes in are still living with him, with no intention of leaving. 2004. Please tell me...
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Royals volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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An American girl goes to an exclusive Scottish boarding school where she becomes the roommate, best friend, and girlfriend of a royal princess.
3) Alliance
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Paladin prophecy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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"After exposing the sinister underground society of students known as the Knights of Charlemagne, Will West stays at the Center over the summer to explore his newly developing physical and mental abilities. Meanwhile, his roommates investigate the Knights' shadowy purpose and discover unsettling information about their own backgrounds"--
4) Fangirl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Feeling cast off when her best friend outgrows their shared love for a favorite celebrity, Cath, a dedicated fan-fiction writer, struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words and worrying about her fragile father.
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Mystery with recipes volume 11
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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When a prank goes horribly wrong, ending up with her old college roommate Ellen Hadley being accused of murder, caterer Bernie Simmons, along with her sister, Libby, enlists the help of Ellen's kids to solve the mystery.
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2023
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English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a collection of steamy, STEMinist novellas featuring a trio of engineers and their loves in loathing—with a special bonus chapter! Under One Roof An environmental engineer discovers that scientists should never cohabitate when she finds herself stuck with the roommate from hell—a detestable big-oil lawyer who won’t leave the thermostat alone. Stuck with You A civil engineer...
7) Carry on
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Simon Snow volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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"Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right. Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with...
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All Together Now - Ages 19+
Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Book Club
Swindlers, Con Artists, and Grifters
Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Book Club
Swindlers, Con Artists, and Grifters
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Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home—she’s built the perfect life. But beneath this façade, Ava’s world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn’t been used in years, and her toddler’s tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava’s enigmatic college...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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When seventeen-year-old high school students Veronica and Dessy go to Prague to attend a summer writer's program for college students, they experience romance, conflicts, and, ultimately, the strengthening of their friendship.
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Thirty years ago, Laney, Mia, Betts, and Ginger were roommates and best friends in law school. Collectively nicknamed the Ms. Bradwells by a professor their relationship has weathered marriage, divorce, children, and death, but when Betts's Supreme Court nomination is threatened by questions about the death of a young man at a party they attended decades ago, the women retreat to the scene of the crime--Ginger's mother's summer house--to untangle...
11) The Ivy
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The Ivy volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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When Callie arrives for her freshman year at Harvard, she encounters her three vastly different roommates, new friendships, steamy romance, and scandalous secrets.
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2019.
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English
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"Kevin Wilson's best book yet--a moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with remarkable and disturbing abilities... Lillian and Madison were the unlikeliest of roommates at their elite boarding school: Madison, the daughter of a prominent Atlanta family, being groomed for greatness; Lillian, a scholarship student, plucked out of nowhere based solely on her intellect and athletic...
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Omar Yussef mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Soho
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Arriving to visit his son in a heavily Palestinian area of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Omar Yussef discovers the beheaded body of one of the boy's roommates. When his son is arrested as a suspect, Omar Yussef must prove his innocence.
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44 Scotland Street volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Pat rents a room from the handsome and cocky Bruce, at 44 Scotland Street, and discovers that she has also acquired some colorful new neighbors, including Domenica, an eccentric widow.
16) Secrets
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The Ivy volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Returning to Harvard University after Thanksgiving break, freshman Callie is determined not to make the same mistakes that have alienated her friends and roommates, but secrets soon lead to social drama and heartbreak.
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Determined to help her roommate Nikki out of her singles slump, Abby Knight encourages her to give speed dating a try. Of course, Nikki wants the guy at the very bottom of Abby's list, Jonas Treat-a.k.a. "Treat the Cheat"-and figures just one date with him couldn't hurt. But then Jonas is found dead-and evidence points to Nikki as his killer. To clear Nikki's name, Abby enlists the help of her hunky ex-Army Ranger boyfriend, Marco. But Marco's rambunctious...
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Algonquin Young Readers, Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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When Case arrives at her best friend Drea's isolated West Texas home and finds her missing, she embarks on a search for clues about Drea's disappearance while facing the unsettling, cult-like and possibly murderous behavior of Drea's roommates.
"Something bad happened here. When Case arrives at a run-down, ivy-covered house tucked deep in the West Texas woods, an ashy haze lingers in the air and the sky is tissue-paper pink. Her best friend Drea...
20) Prom & prejudice
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Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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For Lizzie Bennett, a music scholarship student at Connecticut's exclusive, girls-only Longbourn Academy, the furor over prom is senseless, but even more puzzling is her attraction to the pompous Will Darcy, best friend of her roommate's boyfriend.
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