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21) The dead student
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Timothy Warner, a PhD student who goes by the nickname "Moth," wakes up on his ninety-ninth day of sobriety with an intense craving for drink. He asks his uncle Ed, a former alcoholic and now successful psychiatrist, to meet him at an AA meeting later that day. When Ed doesn't show up, Moth bikes to his office and discovers a grisly scene -- his uncle lying in a pool of blood, shot through the temple. The police pronounce the death a suicide, but...
Author
Publisher
Harper Collins
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A little boy named Jack discovers a big green book of magic in the attic and learns all sorts of spells--spells to change the look of things, spells to make him old and gray or disappear entirely! This was a long time ago and the big green book has now disappeard. But if you want to find out what Jack did with his magic powers, take a look inside..."--Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
David C. Cook
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When his great uncle dies, the young, rather arrogant, Jason must repeatedly return to the attorney's office for a series of videotaped life lessons in order to earn his million dollar inheritance.
Author
Language
English
Description
Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric uncle Billy's bookstore, solving the scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on her twelfth birthday, Billy has a falling-out with her mother and disappears from Miranda's life. Sixteen years later, she receives unexpected news: Billy has died and left her Prospero Books, which is teetering on bankruptcy, and one final scavenger hunt. Returning to the bookstore as its owner, Miranda is drawn...
28) The Kind Folk
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In Ramsey Campbell's The Kind Folk, fairies are real . . . and they're coming for you. Luke Arnold is a successful stage comedian who, with his partner Sophie Drew, is about to have their first child. Their life seems ideal and Luke feels that true happiness is finally within his grasp. This wasn't always the case. Growing up in a loving but dysfunctional family, Luke was a lonely little boy who never felt that he belonged. While his parents adored...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 59
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Rancid rat hairs! I'd been spending so much money lately, I had none left in the bank! Even worse, when my grandfather found out, he sent me off to Moldy Manor. There, miserly Uncle Stingysnout would tgive me a crash course in savings. Yikes! Could I learn to be less wasteful without turning totally stingy" -- back cover.
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Chloe is jealous and sad when her favorite uncle announces that he will be getting married, but as she gets to know Jamie better and becomes involved in planning the wedding, she discovers that she will always be special to Uncle Bobby--and to Uncle Jamie, too.
Author
Series
Prairie dreams volume 2
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Lady Anne Stone believes she's found her long lost uncle. Unwilling to meet him on her own, Daniel Adams accompanies her to her uncle's ranch. But both Dan and Anne are convinced that the man introduced as her uncle is an imposter and decide to continue the search for the new Earl of Stoneford. And the swindler is now on their trail, hoping to steal Uncle David's inheritance. Dan tries to protect Anne and also his heart.
Author
Series
Charlotte Holmes volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Jamie and Charlotte are looking for a winter break reprieve in Sussex after a fall semester that almost got them killed. But nothing about their time off is proving simple, including Holmes and Watson's growing feelings for each other. When Charlotte's beloved Uncle Leander goes missing from the Holmes estate - after being oddly private about his latest assignment in a German art forgery ring - the game is afoot once again, and Charlotte throws herself...
34) Gumption!
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Peter goes on an African adventure with his beloved Uncle Nigel, who hopes to spot a rare gorilla, the oblivious Nigel urges Peter on by telling him to have gumption, while Peter keeps his eyes open and uses his ingenuity.
Author
Series
Whimbrel House volume 3
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Merritt's uncle Owein, inhabiting the body of a dog, is invited by the Queen to be moved into a human vessel and married into the royal family.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Jason thought his inheritance was going to be the gift of money and lots of it. Was he ever in for a big surprise. Based on the best-selling book "The Ultimate Gift" by Jim Stovall, the story sends trust fund baby Jason Stevens on an improbable journey of discovery, having to answer the ultimate question: "What is the relationship between wealth and happiness?" Jason had a very simple relationship with his impossibly wealthy Grandfather, Howard "Red"...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the first apple falls from the tree, Faith and Peter know that it's applesauce weather, even though Peter is getting a little old for such things. It also means Uncle Arthur should be here to tell his stories, with a twinkle in his eye as he spins tales about how he came to have a missing finger. But this is the first year without Aunt Lucy, and when Uncle Arthur arrives, there's no twinkle to be found and no stories waiting to be told. Faith...
Author
Series
Macca the alpaca volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Macca the alpaca is looking after his nieces and nephew and they are nothing but TROUBLE! Can Uncle Macca rein in this unruly trio?"--
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