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"TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm -- except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can't get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator. But one night, TJ's world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of the clients, an accountant he'd confronted with...
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Years after their parents' murder, identical twin brothers, determined to clear one name at the expense of the other, ask Laura Moran and her Under Suspicion crew to solve this brutal crime and as they get close to the truth, they find the danger from the past finding its way into the present.
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Harlot's Bay volume 1
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English
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After her fiancé's brother convinces him to break up with her before the wedding, Athena Greydon moves into a ten-foot-wide Spite House between the two and engages in some well-deserved payback.
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Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In Brendan Flaherty's debut novel, two estranged brothers must confront the violence of the past when they find out a pond where they played as children will be dredged, threatening to reveal a long-hidden secret. After some traumatic teenage years in rural Connecticut, Cale and Ambrose Casey had nothing left to say to each other. Cale ran off to Hawaii to sell luxury real estate. Ambrose stayed behind and built up his construction company. Neither...
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Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2024]
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IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Isaiah "Ice" Abernathy has always worshiped his older brother, Seth. For years they've been not just brothers but best friends--and as Seth starts his senior year, Ice is eager to spend as much time with his brother as he can, making memories before Seth goes to college. But when Seth announces he's leaving much earlier than expected, and then he misses an important event--one he'd promised to attend--it causes a major fight. Filled with regret,...
6) Goldilicious
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Pinkalicious volume 3
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2009
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IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A little girl and her brother play with her imaginary gold-horned unicorn that can float on water, fly, and turn herself into a fairy princess.
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Pinkalicious volume 4
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
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IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When Pinkalicious loses her sweet tooth she turns to the Tooth Fairy for help.
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Wilder boys volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The Wilder Boys are excited to be spending part of their summer at a wilderness camp. Jake is going to be working as an assistant counselor, and Taylor will be in his cabin. Along with the rest of their group, they'll spend two weeks honing their skills and learning to work together before a multiday trek traversing woodland, mountain, and desert terrain during a team-based competition. But no amount of training could have prepared them for what...
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VIZ Media, LLC
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[2023]
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English
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"Raised by Father Fujimoto, a famous exorcist, Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth--the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin's veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan, but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy and becoming an exorcist himself. When Shiemi confronts her old nemesis Amaimon, the demon king of earth doesn't understand just how...
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Miss Austen investigates volume 1
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Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Jane Austen -- sparkling, spirited, and incredibly clever -- is suddenly thrust into a mystery when a milliner's dead body is found locked inside a cupboard in the middle of a ball. When Jane's brother Georgy is found with some jewelry belonging to the deceased, the local officials see it as an open-and-shut case: one which is likely to end with his death. Jane is certain that he is innocent, and there is more to the murder than meets the eye. Her...
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Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"As if Dio wasn't diabolical enough, now he's an immortal vampire with incredible strength! But Jonathan Joestar's not one to back down, even when it seems like victory is impossible! It's a classic battle! Good versus evil! Grit and determination against power and arrogance! Who will win?!"--
15) Raw hero: Vol. 2
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Yen Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Thanks to finally landing a job -- and also infiltrating the villainous Special Ability Liberation Front -- Chiaki feels he's seen enough excitement to last a lifetime. But when he finds a gorgeous woman he just met passed out in public, Chiaki decides the responsible thing to do is carry her back to his place! A thrilling night awaits him, but can he last until morning...or will the experience make Chiaki forget that he has a heroic new mission...
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VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"The bud of bittersweet first love takes bloom! A mysterious boy comes to Saku Fujigaya’s rescue when she falls ill on a train, but he leaves before she can thank him. After this experience, Saku never ignores strangers in need of help to emulate the boy who helped her. Saku has her long-awaited meeting with Ryosuke, only to discover he wasn’t the person who helped her. Learning that her feelings for him were based on a misunderstanding comes...
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VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"A multigenerational tale of the heroic Joestar family and their never-ending battle against evil! The legendary Shonen Jump series, now available in English for the first time, in a deluxe edition featuring color pages and newly drawn cover art! JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a groundbreaking manga famous for its outlandish characters, wild humor and frenetic battles. A multigenerational tale of the heroic Joestar family and their never-ending battle...
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VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"A mysterious boy comes to Saku Fujigaya’s rescue when she falls ill on a train, but he leaves before she can thank him. After this experience, Saku never ignores strangers in need of help to emulate the boy who helped her. Saku Fujigaya would like to thank the boy who helped her, but all she has is a note signed “Ryosuke Sakura.” She discovers that a boy at her high school, Haruki Sakura, has an older brother named Ryosuke. She asks Haruki...
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"A powerful, heart-wrenching debut novel about ambition, survival, and our responsibility toward one another. Dixon was once an Olympic-level runner. But he missed the team by two-tenths of a second, and ever since that pain decades ago, he hasn't allowed a goal to consume him. But when his charming older brother, Nate, suggests that they attempt to be the first Black American men to summit Mount Everest, Dixon can't refuse. The brothers are determined...
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