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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Crossing paths at an inn, thirteenth-century travelers impart the tales of a monastery oblate, a Jewish refugee, and a psychic peasant girl with a loyal greyhound, the three of whom join forces on a chase through France to escape persecution.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Five women--including a high school teacher, a pregnant teenager, and a forest-dwelling homeopath--struggle with changes in a near-future America where abortion and assisted fertility have been outlawed and where the homeopath is targeted by a modern-day witch hunt.
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Language
English
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Description
When the government collapses in southern Mexico, an atheist group, known as the Red Shirts, assumes control. As part of their anti-God rhetoric, they outlaw worship and systematically hunt down and murder priests. Now, Mexico's last remaining priest must overcome his cowardly ways and stand up for his beliefs.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
1800, Joseon (Korea). Homesick and orphaned, Seol is indentured to the police bureau. She has been tasked with assisting a well-respected young inspector with the investigation into the politically charged murder of a noblewoman. The two form an unlikely bond of friendship as they delve into the dead woman's secrets. But when he becomes the prime suspect, Seol may be the only one capable of discovering what truly happened on the night of the murder....
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months it has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved by corsairs, manned by a courageous crew of mariners from Italy and France, Holland and the Canary Islands. But the bravest men on board are not who they seem. And the stakes could not be higher. If arrested, they will be hanged for their crimes. Can they survive the journey and...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"When Fly and Stela meet in twenty-first-century New York City, it seems like fate. He's a Black American musician from a mixed-religious background who knows all about heartbreak. She's a Catholic science teacher from the Caribbean looking for lasting love. But are they meant to be? The answer goes back decades--all the way to their parents' earliest loves ... Monster in the Middle moves across decades, from the continental United States to the Virgin...
Author
Series
Season of the bruja volume 1
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From a young age, Althalia knew she would someday be the last of her kind--a bruja, tasked with keeping the power and stories of the ancient ways from fading fully into history. Never alone, Althalia works in a paranormal museum with her friends, a real-life Chupacabra and a were-coyote, while living with and caring for her beloved abuela. Through these powerful connections, her skills and knowledge grow. But the prejudice her people have always...
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Publisher
Peachtree Teen
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Born in a society where her powers have fallen out of favor due to the rise of the Silent Gods, Lady Charlotte Sand faces political turmoil and an impending threat as Captain Luc de Montaigne seeks to collect the magic hearts of dormant Guardians, leadingto a forbidden attraction and a choice between victory and personal sacrifice.
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