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In the aftermath of her husband's disappearance, Hannah Swensen throws herself into a baking frenzy for the sake of pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving-themed treats. P.K., Ross's assistant at KCOW-TV, has been driving Ross's car and using his desk at work-- and when P.K. is murdered, Hannah suspects that Ross was the real target. Now she'll have to sift through a cornucopia of clues to stop a killer from bringing another murder to the table.
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"With her penchant for seeing the best in everyone, Hope Irvine sees a world full of good people in hard places. When her father accepts a position traveling in a chapel car as an on-the-rail missionary, she is determined to join him in his efforts and put her musical skills to good use by serving the mining families of West Virginia, saving their souls, and bettering their lives. Luke Hughes shares Hope's love of music and her love of God, but as...
3) Plum lucky
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum finds herself in over her head with a caper involving stolen money, a racehorse, a car chase, and a bad case of hives--not to mention her grandmother playing the slots in Atlantic City unknowingly using the stolen money! Meanwhile, the mysterious Diesel returns to once again turn Stephanie's world upside down.
4) Car trouble
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Early one August morning, seventeen-year-old computer "nerd" Duff Pringle leaves Richmond, Virginia, in a newly-acquired used car and begins an unexpectedly convoluted journey to San Jose, California, and the job that awaits him there.
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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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A sky-blue car that has been present in pivotal life moments for several people becomes a source of contention and then alliance between Marcus, who is fleeing the consequences of his unrealized ambitions, and Maria, who would make amends in her hometown.
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Men of the sisterhood volume 4
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English
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When the call comes, the Men of the Sisterhood drop everything to help their friends. This time it's Cyrus, their four-legged hound dog and unofficial mascot. While member Joe Espinosa is driving along an isolated country road with Cyrus in tow, he catches a glimpse of movement in the woods bordering the road and notes Cyrus pawing desperately at the car window. As soon as he pulls over to investigate, Cyrus bolts out the door and leads Joe to three...
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"Five interconnected short comics follow four friends - Kim, Nisha, Davene, and Cookie - through the ups and downs of their daily lives in the Bronx. From self-care to spilling the tea at an hours-long salon appointments to healing family fits, each story uses hair routines as a window into who these young women and are how they car for each other."-- cover page 4.
8) Cold kiss
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HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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When her boyfriend is killed in a car accident, high school student Wren Darby uses her hidden powers to bring him back from the dead, never imagining the consequences that will result from her decision.
9) Infinite
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Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"One rainy night, the unthinkable happens: Dylan Moran's car plunges off the road into a raging river, his beautiful wife drowning as he struggles to shore.In the aftermath, through his grief, Dylan experiences sudden, strange visions: wherever he goes, he's haunted by glimpses of himself. Dylan initially chalks it up to trauma, but that changes when he runs into a psychiatrist who claims he's her patient. She says he has been undergoing a unique...
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Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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After Jasmine is killed in a car accident, her remaining best friends Miliani, Inez, and Natalie plan to resurrect her using magic learned from Miliani's Filipino aunt, but their actions have dangerous consequences that threaten themselves and those they care about.
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
©2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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In 1972, after his older brother is killed in a car crash, Peter Lee's mother is paralyzed by grief and his traditional Chinese father seems emotionally frozen--but Peter hopes that if he joins a Little League team in Pittsburgh he can reawaken the passion for baseball that all the members of his family used to share and bring them back to life.
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"Suspense melds with romance as the past meets the present in this engrossing new novel from USA TODAY bestselling author Colleen Coble... Harper Taylor is used to being alone. Her mother passed away in a car accident when she was an infant, she never knew who her father was, and now even the widowed grandmother who raised her is gone. She's done just fine investing her marine biology degree and her energy into her pen shell business. The last thing...
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When she asks her husband to fix her tiny white van, Precious Ramotswe fears he might just sell the vehicle and buy her something more modern, which he promptly does. Since this simply will not do, Precious sets to tracking the car down, only to learn it has already been stolen from the new owner. Recovery is further hampered when the proprietor of a local football team caught up in an epic losing streak suspects he may have a traitor in the ranks....
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"It's 1958, and Evelyn Elizabeth Grace Murphy has not left the Pinnacle Hotel in fourteen months. She suffers from agoraphobia, and what's more, it's her father's hotel, and everything she needs is there. Evelyn's always been good at finding things; she discovered her mother dead in a Manhattan alleyway fifteen years earlier. Now she's finding trouble inside her sanctuary. At a party for artist Billie Bell, his newest work is stolen, and Evelyn's...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating violence and vengeance as they realize many other young women in the world need protecting too. 2022: Determined to use time travel to create a safer future, Tess has dedicated her life to...
16) Orphan eleven
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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In 1939, after cruel treatment at her orphanage renders her mute, Lucy runs away and joins the circus, working with the elephants and unaware that the orphanage matrons are hunting for her.
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Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Just when everything is returning to the calm that Quinn Caine and her sidekicks, Ruff Barker Ginsburg and Sister Daria, are used to in their beloved town of Vienna, a Broadway star crash-lands into their peace and quiet. Former 'player', Chad Frivole, is Vienna's prodigal son-the once notorious lothario has returned a Broadway star, ready to make a different kind of mark on his hometown. Not everyone is celebrating the Tony-award-winner's return....
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Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"Andy and Terry live in a 78-story treehouse. (It used to be a 65-story treehouse, but they just keep building more levels!) It has a drive-thru car wash, a courtroom with a robot judge called Edward Gavelhead, a scribbletorium, a combining machine, an ALL-BALL sports stadium, a high-security potato chip storage facility, and an open-air movie theatre with a super-giant screen . . . which is a very useful thing to have now that Terry's going to be...
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"In Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge, Peter Orner zeroes in on the strange ways our memories define us: A woman's husband dies before their divorce is finalized; a man runs for governor of Illinois and loses much more than an election; two brothers play beneath the infamous bridge at Chappaquiddick. Employing the masterful compression for which he's become known, Orner presents a kaleidoscope of individual lives viewed in startling, intimate close-up....
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"When home is a car, life is unpredictable. School, friends, and three meals a day aren't guaranteed. Not every town has a shelter where a family can sleep for a night or two, and places with parking lots don't welcome overnight stays. Opin, his brother Emjay, and their mother are trying to get to Los Angeles, where they hope an uncle and a new life are waiting. Emjay has taken to disappearing for days, slowing down the family's progress and adding...
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