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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
From John Flanagan, author of the worldwide bestselling Ranger's Apprentice, the first in a new prequel series featuring one of our favorite Rangers, Halt! When Halt and Crowley discover that the ambitious Morgarath has been infiltrating the Rangers in order to corrupt the corps, the young Rangers travel north to Gorlan, seeking a royal warrant to stop Morgarath before it is too late. By weakening the Rangers, the most powerful force in support of...
62) Rebel spy
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
1776. A shipwreck off her home in Grand Bahama Island presents an unthinkable opportunity for Frannie Tasker to escape her brutal stepfather. Assuming the identity of drowned Emmeline Coates, Frannie is rescued by a British merchant ship and sails with the crew to New York. For the next three years, Frannie lives a lie as Miss Coates, swept up in a courtship by a dashing British lieutenant. But after witnessing the darker side of the war, she realizes...
63) Enchantée
Author
Series
Enchantee volume 1
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
After smallpox takes their parents, seventeen-year-old Camille supports herself and her sister by magically transforming herself into a baroness in the court at Versailles, then faces difficult choices as the French Revolution looms.
When smallpox kills her parents,Camille Durbonne must find a way to provide for her brother and sister. Relying on magic, she transforms into 'the Baroness de la Fontaine' and is swept up into life at the Palace of Versailles....
Author
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When New Orleans coffee merchant Louis Durand first meets his bride-to-be after a months-long courtship by mail, he's shocked that she doesn't match the photographs sent with her correspondence. But Durand has told his own fibs, concealing from her the details of his wealth, and so he mostly feels fortunate to find her so much more beautiful than expected. Soon after they marry, however, he becomes increasingly convinced that the woman in his life...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather's stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time. The Ireland of 1921, teetering on the edge of war, is a dangerous place in which to awaken. But there Anne finds herself, hurt, disoriented, and under the care of Dr. Thomas...
Author
Series
Eve Duncan novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
An unidentified skull...
A trail of terrifying secrets...
And a woman whose talented hands could reveal the shocking truth...
As a forensic sculptor, Eve Duncan helps identify the dead from their skulls. Her own daughter murdered and her body never found, the job is Eve's way of coming to terms with her personal nightmare. But more terror lies ahead when she accepts work from billionaire John Logan. Beneath her gifted hands a face...
A trail of terrifying secrets...
And a woman whose talented hands could reveal the shocking truth...
As a forensic sculptor, Eve Duncan helps identify the dead from their skulls. Her own daughter murdered and her body never found, the job is Eve's way of coming to terms with her personal nightmare. But more terror lies ahead when she accepts work from billionaire John Logan. Beneath her gifted hands a face...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
When shy and reserved Maggie Ferringer is called for jury duty, she never expects to be kidnapped by an escaped convict. But when Cain Cannon, disguised as a prison guard, pulls a gun, she has no choice but to be taken hostage. Cain claims that he's innocent of killing his girlfriend six years ago, and now he wants revenge on the people who put him behind bars. Soon, Maggie becomes more than just a hostage to Cain. As they slowly begin to share the...
68) Belle révolte
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Emilie des Marais is desperate to escape her noble roots to serve her country as a physician-- but society dictates a noble lady cannot perform such gruesome work. Annette Boucher, from humble beginnings, is desperate to be trained in magic. Emilie and Annette swap lives: Annette attends finishing school as a noble lady to be trained in the ways of divination, while Emilie enrolls to be a physician's assistant, using her natural magical talent to...
69) Fatal identity
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When movie star Mercedes Calder drowns in her pool, her identical twin sister Marcie poses as Mercedes, discovers the starlet's shocking secrets, and tries to outwit a crazed killer.
70) Scarlet
Author
Series
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The first book in a rollicking new historical-fantasy series that reinvents the French Revolution with vampires as the aristocrats, in a lively retelling of The Scarlet Pimpernel from the author of the beloved Invisible Library series. It is 1793 and the French Revolution is in full swing. Vampires are a normal part of society across Europe--usually rich and aristocratic, they have slaked the guillotines thirst in large numbers. The mysterious Scarlet...
71) Queen's hope
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Queen's shadow volume 2
Publisher
Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Padm̌ is adjusting to being a wartime senator during the Clone Wars. Her secret husband, Anakin Skwyalker, is off fighting the war, and excels at being a wartime Jedi. In contrast, when Padm̌ gets the opportunity to see the casualties on the war-torn front lines, she is horrified. The stakes have never been higher for the galaxy, or for the newly-married couple. Meanwhile, with Padm̌ on a secret mission, her handmaiden Sab̌ steps into the role...
72) Fool me twice
Author
Series
Rules for the reckless volume 2
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Running for her life, exhausted and out of options, Olivia Holladay wants nothing more than the chance to make a home for herself. So when she realizes that the infamous Duke of Marwick might hold the key to her freedom, she boldly disguises herself as the newest and bravest in a long line of the duke's notoriously temperamental housekeepers. Little does she know that the wickedly handsome Alastair de Grey has very different plans for her. As his...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Sometimes being pushed out of your comfort zone leads you to the ultimate prize. Charlotte and Ginny Gorman might look alike but they're completely different in every other way. Bookish Charlotte loves her job as an elementary school librarian, while her twin sister is an Instagram-famous beauty pageant contestant. Ginny has been chasing a crown since she was old enough to enunciate the words world peace, and she's not giving up until she's crowned...
74) If I were you
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"1950. In the wake of the war, Audrey Clarkson leaves her manor house in England for a fresh start in America with her young son. As a widowed war bride, Audrey needs the support of her American in-laws, whom she has never met. But she arrives to find that her longtime friend Eve Dawson has been impersonating her for the past four years. Unraveling this deception will force Audrey and Eve's secrets - and the complicated history of their friendship...
Author
Language
English
Description
Miranda's life and career have been a roller-coaster ride. Her successful rise to the top of the booming lifestyle industry led to a humiliating fall after a product she endorsed flopped. When she's desperate to get away from it all, she suddenly receives a mysterious letter from a young cousin in England, a member of the infamous Summer family. Curious about this legendary clan she has never met, Miranda arrives at the renowned Barnsley Estate, posing...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A laugh-out-loud funny and whip-smart romantic comedy from the author of The Shaadi Set-Up, about a young woman who takes the place of her celebrity doppelgänger, and must fake-date the actress's sexy costar boyfriend"--
Writer Freya Lal has a huge secret: she's a dead ringer for It-girl actress Mandi Roy. Her second novel is due in a month, but inspiration is nowhere to be found. Desperate to shake off her writer's block, Freya leans into her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HaperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The first in a YA political fantasy duology about a fierce princess determined to bring lasting peace to her kingdom regardless of the cost to her heart--from C.J. Redwine, the author of the Defiance series and the New York Times bestselling Ravenspire series. Perfect for fans of These Violent Delights, And I Darken, and Ash Princess. Princess Charis Willowthorn is the dutiful sword of Calera. Raised to be ruthless and cunning, her only goal is to...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The jig is up--Tsukiyono and Asaka discovered Himari and Mio's secret! Now that the twins have been found out, the two boys have their own confessions to make. But skies aren't clear for Himari just yet, as her fears still cloud her mind. Will she be able to overcome her trauma and reclaim her fun high school years?"--provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traveling to France during the reign of Louis XIII, Geronimo and his friends enlist in the "mouseketeers" only to discover that the mouse on the throne is an impostor and together they must find the real Louis.
Author
Series
Clifton Chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy. But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning almost the entire crew. An American cruise liner, the SS Kansas Star, rescues a handful of sailors, among them Harry and the third officer,...
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