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It's the summer of 1959 and the Palace of Versailles is hosting an event that will make history. It is an exclusive dusk-to-dawn ball in which a select group of American and French debutantes will be presented to international society and royalty. Four young women, all with something to prove, receive what some see as the invitation of a lifetime. Amelia Alexander, who hopes to eventually attend law school, hesitates to participate in what she sees...
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"From The Lady's Guide to Swampshire, Volume 1. Acceptable topics of conversation: the weather, hats. Unacceptable topics of conversation: gossip, France, missing person cases. Feisty, passionate Beatrice Steele has never fit the definition of a true lady, according to the strict code of conduct that reigns in Swampshire, her small English township--she is terrible at needlework, has no musical ability, and her artwork is so bad it frightens people....
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"Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves, she's made herself respectable, running the grandest home in Mayfair. The place is packed with treasures, a glittering symbol of wealth and power, but dark secrets lurk in the shadows. When Mrs. King is suddenly dismissed from her position, she recruits an eclectic group of women to join her in revenge: A black market queen out to settle her scores. An actress desperate...
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Once upon a con volume 1
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
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Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic sci-fi series she grew up watching with her late father. So when she sees a cosplay contest for a new Starfield movie, she has to enter. The prize? An invitation to the ExcelsiCon Cosplay Ball, and a meet-and-greet with the actor slated to play Federation Prince Carmindor in the reboot. With savings from her gig at the Magic Pumpkin food truck (and her dad's old costume), Elle's determined...
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2019.
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"As "Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," Charlotte Holmes has solved murders and found missing individuals. But she has never stolen a priceless artwork--or rather, made away with the secrets hidden behind a much-coveted canvas. But Mrs. Watson is desperate to help her old friend recover those secrets and Charlotte finds herself involved in a fever-paced scheme to infiltrate a glamorous Yuletide ball where the painting is one handshake away from...
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Tricks of the Ton volume 2
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Sue Green just wanted one night to be the pretty one. But a few glasses of champagne and one wild disguise later, she's in some serious trouble. Who knew the devastatingly handsome face of Lord Holden Ellis would get in the way of her foot? And how exactly did all that high-kick dancing start in the first place? At least she blamed it all on her new persona, Suzanna. So Society's most eligible bachelor will never find out the truth. All Holden wants...
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Cowboy Christmas volume 1
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2016.
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English
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"The little town of Branding Iron, Texas, opens the Christmas season with the Cowboy Christmas Ball, but Sheriff Ben Marsden volunteers to work security so his deputies can attend with dates and families. But this year will be different because a pretty and mysterious redhead has come to town and put Christmas-- and loving--on his mind"--
9) CinderElmo
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Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
c2000
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English
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Join CinderElmo as he goes to the ball of the beautiful princess with the help of his Fairy Godperson.
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Rainbow magic. Fairy tale fairies volume 3
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Scholastic Inc
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©2016.
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IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Rachel and Kirsty are going to the fairy tale-themed ball, but they need to track down Faith's magic glass slipper first.
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Henry Holt and Company
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[2020]
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English
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Way up in the Swiss mountains, there's an old grand hotel steeped in tradition and faded splendor. Once a year, when the famous New Year's Eve Ball takes place, and guests from all over the world arrive, excitement returns to the vast hallways. Sophie, who works at the hotel as an intern, is busy making sure that everything goes according to plan. But unexpected problems keep arising, and some of the guests are not who they pretend to be. Very soon,...
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Disney princess. Palace pets volume 5
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
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IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Pumpkin is invited to a masquerade ball. But who sent the invitation?
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Holiday House
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[2023]
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English
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Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out. Frenemies Whit and Zay have been at odds for years (ever since he broke up with her in, like, the most embarrassing way imaginable), so when they're forced to organize the fall formal together, it's a literal disaster. Sparks fly as Whitney -- type-A, passionate, a perfectionist, and a certified sweater-weather fanatic -- butts heads with Zay, a dry, relaxed...
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HarperCollins Publishers
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2021.
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English
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Within days of wishing she could change her life, Fran Cooper is acting assistant to a celebrity, on a yacht in the Mediterranean, and en route to a tiny Italian island and the glittering Crystal Ball, along with the world's rich and famous. When she - quite literally - bumps into a handsome American called Evan, a man able to keep his cool in the face of chaos, the magic really begins. Evan makes her a promise: no last names, no life stories, just...
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Harlequin desire volume 2858
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Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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He uses his bad-boy persona as a shield until she gets past his defenses... After years in seclusion, music megastar Griff O'Hare is about to reboot his career. Performing at Ryder International's elite charity ball will rehabilitate his tattered reputation. But Kinga Ryder-White, who's managing the ball, is wary of risking its success on a charismatic, but unreliable, hell-raiser. She's the most uptight woman he's ever met - and the only one who...
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Unexpected seasons volume 1
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Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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In 1817 England, teenagers Thalia, Charis, and Kallie navigate a London Season gone awry.
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Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Anne was not best pleased when her godmother's family dealt with their troublesome ward by shipping her off to school. After years of being ignored by the aristocratic young Debenham brothers, a bit of revenge may be in order. Especially that arrogant, overbearing, insufferable Charles needs a lesson, and Anne is determined to teach it to him.
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Fairy Bell sisters volume 1
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Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2013
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IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Sylva Bell is not old enough to attend the fairy ball with her sisters Clara, Rosy, and Golden, but when a horde of trolls crashes the ball, Sylva bravely comes to the rescue.
20) Midnight strikes
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Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
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[2023]
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English
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"Seventeen-year-old Anaïs just wants tonight to end. As an outsider at the kingdom's glittering anniversary ball, she has no desire to rub shoulders with the nation's most eligible (and pompous) bachelors--especially not the notoriously roguish Prince Leo. But at the stroke of midnight, an explosion rips through the palace, killing everyone in its path. Including her. The last thing Anaïs sees is fire, smoke, chaos . . . and then she wakes up in...
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