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81) The wolf
Author
Series
Sons of Destiny volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Author
Series
Shadowmarch volume 4
Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Something is awakening underneath Southmarch Castle, something powerful and terrible that the world has not seen for thousands of years. Can its young defenders Barrick and Briony, along with a tiny handful of allies, ordinary and extraordinary, find a way to save their world and prevent the rise of a terrible new age--an age of unending darkness?
84) The last child
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
After his twin sister Alyssa disappears, thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon is determined to find her. When a second girl disappears from his rural North Carolina town, Johnny makes a discovery that sends shock waves through the community in this multi-layered tale of broken families and deadly secrets.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Haunted by memories of the fire that killed her boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Alice Monroe is in a mental ward when, with support from fellow patient Chase, she begins to confront hidden truths in a journal, including that the only person she trusts may be telling her only half of the story.
88) The dragon's son
Author
Series
Dragonvarld trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
Rural Trinidad: a brick house on stilts surrounded by bush; a family, quietly surviving, just trying to live a decent life. Clyde, the father, works long, exhausting shifts at the petroleum plant in southern Trinidad; Joy, his wife, looks after the home. Their two sons, thirteen years old, wake early every morning to travel to the capital, Port of Spain, for school. They are twins but nothing alike: Paul has always been considered odd, while Peter...
90) Blood lies
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Ben Dafoe, a young emergency-room doctor and part-time crime-scene consultant for the Seattle Police Department, is haunted by addiction. Two years earlier, a cocaine and crystal-meth habit claimed the life of his identical twin, Aaron. Now Ben walks onto the scene of a savage stabbing to find that the victim is his former fiancée, Emily Kenmore--another loved one who fell prey to drugs. Part of the carnage in Emily's bedroom is a single streak of...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"When two princesses--twin sisters--travel to pay respects to their kingdom's dragon guardian, unexpected monsters appear, and tremors shake the earth. The Hidden Islands face unprecedented threats, and the old rituals are failing. With only their strength, ingenuity, and flying lion to rely on, can the sisters find a new way to keep their people safe?"--
93) Mortal coils
Author
Series
Mortal coils series volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"As the older sibling to identical twins Violet and Lily, Cami Porter was always the odd sister out. The divide grew even wider when their parents split up--while the twins stayed in Cape Sanctuary with their free-spirited mother, Rosemary, fourteen-year-old Cami moved to LA with her attorney father. Nearly twenty years later, when Cami gets the terrible news that Lily has drowned saving a child's life, her mother begs her to return home to help untangle...
95) The third twin
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In The Third Twin, Follett offers a provocative, well-paced and sensational biotech-thriller about the genetic manipulation of human embryos. Striving to prove that offspring genetically predisposed toward aggression can learn to sublimate their combative nature through childhood conditioning by socially responsible parents, a feisty and brilliant young university researcher, Jeannie Ferrami, develops software to identify identical twins who have...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Two fairies are better than one! Kirsty and Rachel are invited to a very special birthday party. It's for children who are twins! There are doubles everywhere they look. One pair of twins is a little different than the rest. Lila and Myla are fairies and they need Kirsty and Rachel's help. Jack Frost has stolen their twin magic and is trying to double himself! Find the magic objects in all three stories inside this Rainbow Magic Special Edition and...
97) The other
Author
Publisher
[Distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution]
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
98) Celeste
Author
Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twins imbued with incredible magic and near-immortality will do anything to keep their family safe-even if it tears the siblings apart-in the first book of a mythic epic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls. Rhea and her twin brother, Lexos, have spent an eternity helping their father rule their small, unstable country, using their control over the seasons, tides, and stars to keep the people in line. For a hundred years,...
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